There are lots of scam formats out there. Some are well known, while there are many unknown ones. But, at the end of the day, the goal is to steal your money or property through you. The main target and chief psychological propeller is greed on behalf of the victims.

Below are the popularly known ones.

1] THE NIGERIAN PRINCE

The list will be incomplete without this famous scam technique. It does come in different variation, But regardless of the style or format it takes, the story is the same and the end game is to scam you of your hard earned money.

It usually follows this format; a person from nowhere befriends you online or physically. After a sizing you up for a while, they will tell you of a story about their sudden large inheritance from a past relative or family member.

They spin the story so well that you are made to believe that you just probably hit a goldmine by friends with them at this critical point in their life. They may be letting you in on how the legal process to claim the inheritance is going, probably even telling you to put them in your prayers so that corrupt relatives or officials don’t hijack the inheritance from them.


After a week, they will probably tell you that the processing is taking too long and that they are almost exhausted financially, stating that it remains for a certain official to sign off. They will even give you a date when they will finally claim their inheritance.

All this may take up to a month or more since ordinarily, if someone is moving too fast with certain things, it may create some red flags. This is just an example of the early psychological works they may take time to work on the potential victim and you will possibly never realize what is being done. In the end though, the main purpose is to prime your mind to believe that they are actually getting an inheritance.

They may even chip in that they will surely visit you or send you something once they get it. But, don’t get carried away. Somewhere along the line, they are always going to stylishly ask you to send them money to solve a sudden hiccup and get their fantasy inheritance.


http://uptownerd.com/2021/09/27/5-popular-nigerian-scams-you-should-be-aware-of/

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