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Re: Don't Be The Next Land Scam Victim. Verify That Property To Avoid Being Duped by euniquea(f): 10:31pm On May 15, 2025
Farm Land For Sale @ Owode. 1 Acre/Hectare ₦3.5/8.75m. Eunice 08029562694
Re: Don't Be The Next Land Scam Victim. Verify That Property To Avoid Being Duped by Dashlish: 7:38pm On May 25, 2025
CELEBRITYSAND:
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Call 08037136667
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. Do You have trucks for daily Hire?
Re: Don't Be The Next Land Scam Victim. Verify That Property To Avoid Being Duped by CELEBRITYSAND: 2:04am On May 26, 2025
Dashlish:
. Do You have trucks for daily Hire?
Presently!
No sir
Re: Don't Be The Next Land Scam Victim. Verify That Property To Avoid Being Duped by euniquea(f): 8:03pm On Jun 04, 2025
Farm Land For Sale @ Owode. 1 Acre/Hectare ₦3.5/8.75m. Eunice 08029562694🙏
Re: Don't Be The Next Land Scam Victim. Verify That Property To Avoid Being Duped by iFESTAC680(m): 8:21am On Jun 10, 2025
Anyone with an idea where I can find Multi Habitat Grand global resources,
their office use to be at Plot 1454, Block 64, Raji Rasaki Road Extension, beside Asaba Hall) Apple junction, Festac Town, Lagos.

I have been trying to reach them for years since 2019 to no avail.

Re: Don't Be The Next Land Scam Victim. Verify That Property To Avoid Being Duped by olabanji88(m): 8:52pm On Jun 11, 2025
Hello everyone,

I’d appreciate your thoughts or if anyone has experienced something similar.

In 2022, I bought a 300sqm plot of land in an estate in Ogun State, under a contract of sale that was notarized. As part of the agreement, I paid ₦300,000 out of a total ₦800,000 for the development levy, survey, and documentation (the balance was to be paid progressively). I was advised by the agent handling the estate to focus on starting my foundation and not worry too much about paying off the remaining development fees quickly — so I followed that advice.

Fast-forward to 2025, the same agent came back claiming that the development fee had been “reviewed” upwards and that I now had to pay ₦8,000,000 (plus ₦1,000,000 community fee) — which is over 10x the original agreed cost. I refused and insisted on the original agreement. He later cut off communication. When I tried to resolve the matter peacefully, he used some veiled threats like, “how do you plan to build beside me if you don’t follow my terms?” and implied I couldn’t proceed without his approval.

Till date, I haven’t received my survey plan, and no documentation beyond the initial contract of sale has been issued. This delay is now affecting my ability to process a low-interest mortgage through my workplace and make decisions on renewing my current rent. I’ve tried formal written communication with their lawyer, but I’ve received no reply.

At this point, I’m preparing to escalate legally through arbitration, but I wanted to hear from others:
• Has anyone faced something similar?
• How did you resolve it?
• Do I stand a chance legally or should I prepare for long delays?
• Is it normal in some estates to inflate fees for older buyers?

Thanks in advance for your feedback and insights. 🙏
Re: Don't Be The Next Land Scam Victim. Verify That Property To Avoid Being Duped by euniquea(f): 6:55pm On Jun 26, 2025
Farm Land For Sale @ Owode. 1 Acre/Hectare ₦3.5/8.75m. Eunice 08029562694
Re: Don't Be The Next Land Scam Victim. Verify That Property To Avoid Being Duped by Midekin(m): 7:44pm On Jul 05, 2025
FOR SALE

4 blocks of 3 bedroom flats with 2 self contained on a full plot of land for sale in Akute.

Price: 100 Million

WhatsApp: 09133302939

Re: Don't Be The Next Land Scam Victim. Verify That Property To Avoid Being Duped by ChukwuedOkwuobi(m): 3:44pm On Jul 07, 2025
Landlord? Still begging tenants to pay their rent?
Stop!

I’ve seen it too many times —
Landlord collects first rent... few months later, the tenant stops paying.

You threaten them. They insult you. You report to police. They laugh.

Why?
Because you didn’t do these 3 things from Day 1:

🔹 Use a proper Tenancy Agreement
🔹 Serve notices the legal way
🔹 Have a rent recovery plan BEFORE problems start

I’ve put everything landlords need into one file:
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👉 Rent recovery letters
👉 Steps to evict legally without wahala

If you manage property (or your family does), and you want this toolkit, send a message to me on 08143306823 and it's yours.

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Re: Don't Be The Next Land Scam Victim. Verify That Property To Avoid Being Duped by stpat1(m): 11:46am On Jul 18, 2025
Scammers are on the prowl in real estate.

Kamorudeen Adebowale Zulu of Shaffykay is a Nigerian Scammer in Real Estate.

Was scammed of 15m. His accomplices are Asualor Benjamin Odinaka and Emmanuel Ben Ewa.

They sell non existent Splendid gardens with fake documents.
Re: Don't Be The Next Land Scam Victim. Verify That Property To Avoid Being Duped by lapo(m): 1:51pm On Jul 20, 2025
Most people fell victims of land or property purchase fraud due to them acting on impulse without doing any due diligence that's required any necessary to avoid unpleasant experiences. Victims of property fraud are usually first time buyers who didn't ask the right questions. It's safer to patronize registered real estate companies like Rise Wise Partners Limited and such others in order to avoid 'stories that touch'. Buying properties from the registered companies my be pricy but that decision also comes with peace of mind.
Re: Don't Be The Next Land Scam Victim. Verify That Property To Avoid Being Duped by Burob: 1:57am On Jul 23, 2025
olabanji88:
Hello everyone,

I’d appreciate your thoughts or if anyone has experienced something similar.

In 2022, I bought a 300sqm plot of land in an estate in Ogun State, under a contract of sale that was notarized. As part of the agreement, I paid ₦300,000 out of a total ₦800,000 for the development levy, survey, and documentation (the balance was to be paid progressively). I was advised by the agent handling the estate to focus on starting my foundation and not worry too much about paying off the remaining development fees quickly — so I followed that advice.

Fast-forward to 2025, the same agent came back claiming that the development fee had been “reviewed” upwards and that I now had to pay ₦8,000,000 (plus ₦1,000,000 community fee) — which is over 10x the original agreed cost. I refused and insisted on the original agreement. He later cut off communication. When I tried to resolve the matter peacefully, he used some veiled threats like, “how do you plan to build beside me if you don’t follow my terms?” and implied I couldn’t proceed without his approval.

Till date, I haven’t received my survey plan, and no documentation beyond the initial contract of sale has been issued. This delay is now affecting my ability to process a low-interest mortgage through my workplace and make decisions on renewing my current rent. I’ve tried formal written communication with their lawyer, but I’ve received no reply.

At this point, I’m preparing to escalate legally through arbitration, but I wanted to hear from others:
• Has anyone faced something similar?
• How did you resolve it?
• Do I stand a chance legally or should I prepare for long delays?
• Is it normal in some estates to inflate fees for older buyers?

Thanks in advance for your feedback and insights. 🙏
j just go to the EFCC, or to the police fraud unit closet to you.
Re: Don't Be The Next Land Scam Victim. Verify That Property To Avoid Being Duped by polimaf(m): 11:34pm On Jul 23, 2025
500sqm of land available in metrobay at Sangotedo, facing the coastal road.
Re: Don't Be The Next Land Scam Victim. Verify That Property To Avoid Being Duped by Illegal1(m): 6:55pm On Jul 25, 2025
l pray to God to answer my Prayer this year and get a landed property this year, latest mid of the year and so shall it be in Jesus Name. Amen

omoh.......
Re: Don't Be The Next Land Scam Victim. Verify That Property To Avoid Being Duped by Illegal1(m): 6:58pm On Jul 25, 2025
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Re: Don't Be The Next Land Scam Victim. Verify That Property To Avoid Being Duped by Illegal1(m): 7:00pm On Jul 25, 2025
Midekin:
FOR SALE

4 blocks of 3 bedroom flats with 2 self contained on a full plot of land for sale in Akute.

Price: 100 Million
omoh.......u go buy dis for dat amount
Re: Don't Be The Next Land Scam Victim. Verify That Property To Avoid Being Duped by Dashlish: 4:47pm On Jul 30, 2025
polimaf:
500sqm of land available in metrobay at Sangotedo, facing the coastal road.
And At what price, Title With picture
Re: Don't Be The Next Land Scam Victim. Verify That Property To Avoid Being Duped by Ifexibe(m): 12:10pm On Aug 03, 2025
lawyer:
13 years ago I wrote this Nairaland article Don't Be A Victim. Investigate Every Property Before You Buy Any Land This Year- https://www.nairaland.com/377377/dont-victim-investigate-every-property to educate people to avoid being victims of land and property scams. 13 years later, a horrible number of people, particularly young professionals in this new generation, continue to suffer agonizing losses at the hands of these land and property scammers.


Buying a land or house in Lagos, especially in popular places like Lekki, Ajah, Ibeju Lekki, Epe, Ikorodu, Surulere, Ebute Metta, Yaba, Festac/Ojo and the outskirts of Ikeja/ Maryland/ Isheri North and Alimosho environs has become painful and stressful because of the rise of land scammers and property fraudsters. Every day, thousands of Nigerians both at home and abroad are victims of losing Billions of Naira due to the following reasons:


1. Dubious real estate companies selling lands that have wahala and serious legal problems attached to them or properties with non-existent documents

2. Questionable real estate developers selling houses with defective and bogus title documents or houses built on government lands,

3. Omo-oniles selling family lands with existing community issues or lands with serious court or police cases attached to them,

4. Private Owners of property selling lands or houses that have incomplete documents or faulty titles or homes constructed on lands belonging to the Lagos state.

Last year alone, I know about 200 people that lost Millions of Naira to many shady real estate companies in Ibeju Lekki, and in the end they had no land and are still hopping from one police station to another in an effort to recover their money back, which they will probably never receive from these shady real estate companies because they bought lands with defective titles or no allocation.

I am also aware of another group of people who purchased multi-million Naira homes in Lekki and Ajah from dishonest developers and deceitful Instagram agents only to discover later that the homes either had defects or were not for sale since the true seller did not exist or the documentation for the homes were defective.

I also know a handful of people that fell victim to Omo-oniles who bought community family lands in Ajah and Ibeju lekki worth millions of Naira and at the end of the day lost the land and their money because they bought stolen lands that belonged to other people and resold to them. Other victims bought lands that out rightly belonged to the Lagos State government and any structure put on it will surely be demolished.

In short last year was a bad record year for property victims who lost Billions of Naira of their life savings to Real Estate Thieves and they were all guilty of one thing.

"They all failed to conduct a verification exercise and investigate that property before paying for the land or house"

Many of the victims who were scammed,

1. were either too impatient,

2. some were in a hurry to buy properties without investigating,

3. some refused to listen to advice to calm down and investigate the property,

4. some were too stingy to spend a token to give a property lawyer, licensed surveyor, licensed Agent, broker or estate surveyor to investigate the property,

5. some were just too busy to worry about verifying a property,

6. some entrusted buying a property to their relatives or close friends without monitoring it or getting an independent person,

7. some were excited by the offer and preferred to buy without verifying,

8. some just bought because of the lies they read in the beautiful flyers promising them a piece of an estate that would look like Dubai

9. while many I know just bought properties because of the beautiful agent or marketer they were dealing with without using their senses.

10. Some were victims of their “I too know” because they read some land purchasing tips online and decided to verify it themselves without covering all the basics.

11. Some were simply not bothered about verifying and put all their trust in the transaction and ended up getting burned.

The summary is that many of them ended up dashing their life savings and family money to a stranger who ended up using their money for frivolous things. These victims ended up having no good land after they were scammed neither have they been refunded their money.

How can you work so hard to save money for many months or years ranging from ₦1,000,000 to ₦100,000,000 and above to buy a land or house and then refuse to pay a small token to verify the property because you are "stingy" or feel pressured by the agent or marketer to pay for the property without exercising caution to verify it?

Instead of giving away your life savings to a land thief and then scrambling to find a lawyer or the police to help you recover the money when problems arise, if you are so wealthy and have money to throw away, why not donate it to an orphanage or NGO? The worst aspect is that many victims are willing to pay 10 times as much money to reclaim the land or money at the police station when the land wahala arises.
If so, does this make sense?

I also know many people are ignorant about the property-buying tricks, tips, and laws of buying land in Lagos so this thread would be dedicated to answering all property-buying questions and would be updated with articles and information about buying a fraud-free land or house in Lagos without falling victim to fraud this year.

On no account should this advice be substituted for conducting a physical verification on land done by a property lawyer. It is just for educational purposes so that no Jibiti developer, wuru-wuru agent or wayo omonile can put wool on your eyes anymore. it is only for educational purposes.

Visit www.omonilelawyer.com for more information on how to avoid becoming the next victim of a land or property scam, or contact me at 08077943514 or 07036681104 or info@omonilelawyer.com to verify your next property.

Omonilelawyer’s motto when it comes to land or property purchase is


“OGA NO VEX - I TRUST YOU BUT I MUST VERIFY YOU. IF YOU WAN VEX, PLEASE VEX BUT I MUST STILL VERIFY YOU”


See you in the comments section.
Your numbers are not going through. How do I get in contact with you?
Re: Don't Be The Next Land Scam Victim. Verify That Property To Avoid Being Duped by Electroweb(m): 1:31pm On Aug 06, 2025
Hello Everyone,
For anyone that has processed Governors Consent recently for a land in Lagos. Did you have to present the Original C of O of the previous owner for sighting at Lands Registry Alausa at any point in the processing?
Re: Don't Be The Next Land Scam Victim. Verify That Property To Avoid Being Duped by euniquea(f): 2:37pm On Aug 11, 2025
Oya oooo phase 2 don land oooo

Phase 1 was sold out within 18days

All you need to do is a commitment fee of 1M


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Re: Don't Be The Next Land Scam Victim. Verify That Property To Avoid Being Duped by zaffrehomes(m): 8:09pm On Aug 22, 2025
Hi Brother, have you gotten a land yet? If not we need to talk.
ebenezry:
l pray to God to answer my Prayer this year and get a landed property this year, latest mid of the year and so shall it be in Jesus Name. Amen.
Re: Don't Be The Next Land Scam Victim. Verify That Property To Avoid Being Duped by hslbroker2(m): 7:48am On Aug 23, 2025
Send your building plans and get quotation for your hardwood to roof your house & roofing sheets to cover your house.


call or whatsapp 090-2022-4350

email us @ lifelightproperties@gmail.com

We sell

2x2

2x3

2x4

2x6

3x4

1x12

We sell Aluminum such as
Longspan, stepped tiles, mettecopo e.t.c

We also sell stone coated such
Bond, classic, romans, shingles e.t.c

Thanks for checking on us and for your patronage
Re: Don't Be The Next Land Scam Victim. Verify That Property To Avoid Being Duped by ghetto101(m): 6:57pm On Aug 23, 2025
A plot of land for sale at Obadore village, Alimosho local govt area. Lagos.

You will be dealing with the owner directly.
Re: Don't Be The Next Land Scam Victim. Verify That Property To Avoid Being Duped by zaffrehomes(m): 11:16pm On Aug 25, 2025
My long-time friend was scrolling through WhatsApp one day when he stumbled on my status update about lands and properties.

He quickly reached out. After exchanging pleasantries, he said:

“Guy, I didn’t know you were into real estate now. Funny enough, I already told my cousin to help me get a land back home.”

He added that it was cheaper than the ones he saw on my status and that it was a “hot deal.”

He mentioned the location and the people involved, but something just didn’t sit right with me.

So I told him:

👉 “Bro wait… let’s check this land properly first and verify” As me I only deal with verified properties.

We ran a proper verification and boom 💔 — it turned out to be government-acquired land.

If he had paid, all his hard-earned money abroad would have just vanished. Just like that.

He couldn’t believe it. He kept thanking me and said,
“Guy, you just saved me from losing everything.”

Lesssons.
The cheapest land can become the most expensive mistake if you don’t verify.
✅ Always VERIFY before you buy.
✅ Don’t let “cheap” deceive you.
✅ Don’t rush into land deals.

At Zaffre Homes, we don’t just sell land, we protect your future.

💬 DM us today — let’s help you buy safely & stress-free.

Re: Don't Be The Next Land Scam Victim. Verify That Property To Avoid Being Duped by Procontractor(m): 9:35pm On Sep 06, 2025
Electroweb:
Hello Everyone,
For anyone that has processed Governors Consent recently for a land in Lagos. Did you have to present the Original C of O of the previous owner for sighting at Lands Registry Alausa at any point in the processing?
It will be fine if this question is answered by an expert. This in itself is a very important question and or is this thread no longer alive?

@ Lawyer plz sir kindly throw a light on this, I am just about to go through this process for a client...thanks in anticipation.
Re: Don't Be The Next Land Scam Victim. Verify That Property To Avoid Being Duped by Procontractor(m): 2:19am On Sep 12, 2025
I await contributions on the Governors Consent title document procedures, anyone with experience kindly share.
Re: Don't Be The Next Land Scam Victim. Verify That Property To Avoid Being Duped by hslbroker2(m): 7:38am On Sep 16, 2025
Send your building plans and get quotation for your hardwood to roof your house & roofing sheets to cover your house.


call or whatsapp 090-2022-4350

email us @ lifelightproperties@gmail.com

We sell

2x2

2x3

2x4

2x6

3x4

1x12

We sell Aluminum such as
Longspan, stepped tiles, mettecopo e.t.c

We also sell stone coated such
Bond, classic, romans, shingles e.t.c

Thanks for checking on us and for your patronage...
Re: Don't Be The Next Land Scam Victim. Verify That Property To Avoid Being Duped by Onaz2025(m): 1:55am On Sep 18, 2025
Ade prime estate are offering lands for sale at ibadan at LAGELU IWO ROAD IBADAN. The land title is C of O government allocated! The landmarks are oyo state housing corporation, divisional police headquarters, FRSC Lagelu command office, Nigeria security and civil defense, Air Force comprehensive secondary school, Dry pot, proposed ajoda golf course, Bowen university, Bethlem resort. These lands come with 12 months payment plans which means after making an initial deposit of N500k, then the rest of the balance can be spread over 12 months to make it easier for the client to pay. but we can encourage the client to make an outright payment if they can which is paying it once, and the advantage of paying it once is this; For the 300sqm, if they pay it once the price is 2.5 million naira but if they want to pay it over 12 months then the price is 3.6 million. For the 500sqm, if they pay it once, the price is 4.2 million naira but if they want to pay it over 12 months then the price is 6 million. For the one acre is 19 million and the initial deposit is 3 million. If interested kindly send me an Email: confidenceona@yahoo.com or call 📞 me or WhatsApp me via 09058995049

Re: Don't Be The Next Land Scam Victim. Verify That Property To Avoid Being Duped by jaysam28: 7:10am On Sep 24, 2025
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