someone wants to buy my watch from nigeria

[vesnayaptinchay]

hi. I just want to ask if any of you have ever dealt with someone who wanted to buy your rolex watch from nigeria?

What happened earlier was that someone replied to my ad in the internet regarding my 69173 tapestry face lady date just. I mean I have had several people in my country inquire about the watch previously and we just could not agree on the price but surprisingly, this time i get a text message with a nigerian country code saying that he wanted to buy my watch and that i could communicate with him using the email he texted me.

so i did. i mean this guy, he wanted to buy the watch now or in the next few days. i told him i am going to get the watch its routine rolex maintenance in the service centre in makati, philippines and that it would take 3 weeks before i get back with the paperwork. he tells me not to bother with the service and that he wanted the watch as soon as possible and that he would get it serviced in rolex in nigeria.

I was not sure there was any service centres of rolex in nigeria so i checked, i did not see any in the website of rolex. as for payment, he said it is best to do bank to bank to be safe for both of us. he said his bank was Prudent in london.
he sent me his address in lagos, nigeria and well, i suddenly felt funny. Something is not right....
What do you guys think of this?

[crowncollection]

scam, i would never send to nigeria, johannesberg is the only rolex service centre in Africa

[Old Expat Beast]

Just the title of the thread is enough to set off very loud alarm bells. Sorry, but that's the way it is these days.

[AbsolutelyROLEX!]

Nigeria is the worst country for scams, known by everyone.
All the emails everyone gets claiming large sums of money from sick, dying or dead people are from Nigeria

[justinrose17]

Sounds like a scam to be

[socalwatchcollector]

Run

[bondtoys]

He will send you a fake cheque and then hurry you to send the watch.
Cheque will bounce and you'll loose the watch.
Alternatively he'll send you a forged bank confirmation of a wire to your account.

Just google 'nigeria scam'

[MonBK]

x2

[bondtoys]

Originally Posted by MonBK

Really!!

Really!

Anything constructive to say?

[N_Architect]

Stay away.

Simply the word 'Nigeria' should be enough to keep you off texting or communicating with that same source of "interest" again on such a transaction.

[MonBK]

Originally Posted by bondtoys

Really!

Anything constructive to say?

You mean like your reply?

Is there really anything to say that hasn't already been said about Nigeria.

[bondtoys]

Obviously the op did not know, so I thought that my reply was pretty constructive.

Yours . Not!

[MonBK]

Originally Posted by bondtoys

Obviously the op did not know, so I thought that my reply was pretty constructive.

Yours . Not!

Yes it was.

FYI, my "really!!" reply was meant for the OP (did you see me qoute you)?

I changed it to "x2" just in case there's somebody else who can't read properly or figure things out.

[bondtoys]

well, I fail to see how "Really!!" to the op's question is constructive - more than my reply?

I'll give you the last word on this….

[swatty]

OP has 1 post , chill guys

[nickb732]

Every time I see "Nigeria" I laugh. But then again I feel sorry for legit buyers from Nigeria, their reputation has been tainted too badly to ever get a decent deal from anyone...

[Old Expat Beast]

Originally Posted by nickb732

Every time I see "Nigeria" I laugh. But then again I feel sorry for legit buyers from Nigeria, their reputation has been tainted too badly to ever get a decent deal from anyone...

True. And imagine how tough it must be for a real Nigerian lawyer trying to inform someone by email that they had inerited a million dollars.

[frequentflyer]

Stay away, it's probably a scam. Nigeria is a hotbed for financial fraud.

[subtona]

From recollection the problem is not a rubber check, the problem is the bommerang wire transfer.

International wire transfers will show up as deposited, but when the banks finally communicate with each other several days later, the wire is then reversed...the watch is already on the way, and the money is not in your account.

Yes it is a generalization/stereotype, but i am not doing overseaes business with nigeria under any circumstances.

[Trimapa]

Originally Posted by crowncollection

scam, i would never send to nigeria, johannesberg is the only rolex service centre in Africa

That is correct , but here is an official Rolex distributor in the Hilton of Abuja in Nigeria .

[MonBK]

Originally Posted by subtona

From recollection the problem is not a rubber check, the problem is the bommerang wire transfer.

International wire transfers will show up as deposited, but when the banks finally communicate with each other several days later, the wire is then reversed...the watch is already on the way, and the money is not in your account.

Yes it is a generalization/stereotype, but i am not doing overseaes business with nigeria under any circumstances.

That's exactly how it's done.

Happened to me except I didn't ship the watch.

[crowncollection]

Yep tried me once also fake Barclays Bank wire. I did not ship it luckily also.

[GradyPhilpott]

Originally Posted by bondtoys

Obviously the op did not know, so I thought that my reply was pretty constructive.

Yours . Not!

Are you the response police?

[Britexpat76]

I would trust Paris Hilton with my credit card more than any Nigerian trying to buy a watch of mine.


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[AK797]

Originally Posted by nickb732

Every time I see "Nigeria" I laugh. But then again I feel sorry for legit buyers from Nigeria, their reputation has been tainted too badly to ever get a decent deal from anyone...

That's what I was thinking, John Fashanu could never buy a watch or anything over the net again!

[Swearengen]

....or had $100m left over from an oil contract and is willing to share 10% with you, if you could open a bank account in the UK/Europe/USA for them...

Originally Posted by Old Expat Beast

True. And imagine how tough it must be for a real Nigerian lawyer trying to inform someone by email that they had inerited a million dollars.

[Runnin' Rebel]

K, we're on this. Everyone bring it down a few notches please
Thank you
United World Interweb Special Investigation Services

[mannyv11]

Originally Posted by subtona

From recollection the problem is not a rubber check, the problem is the bommerang wire transfer.

International wire transfers will show up as deposited, but when the banks finally communicate with each other several days later, the wire is then reversed...the watch is already on the way, and the money is not in your account.

Yes it is a generalization/stereotype, but i am not doing overseaes business with nigeria under any circumstances.

can this happen with domestic wire transfers? Just curious as I am about to close a deal the buyer is out of NJ just making sure that they can't boomerang the wire transfer domestically

[Travelair007]

I wasn't aware that you could send a fake wire transfer.... I think what people are trying to say is that they would send you a fake email / or statement showing a fake transfer...

Worse case, you can wait for your bank to clear the funds before you do anything....

I'd be more concerned about the legitimacy of the delivery. They could claim never arrived, etc... I'd be more worried about that.

[Rockrolex]

Originally Posted by mannyv11

can this happen with domestic wire transfers? Just curious as I am about to close a deal the buyer is out of NJ just making sure that they can't boomerang the wire transfer domestically

Fake wire transfers can be sent from anywhere. Best to wait for the wire to clear before sending the watch.