doublegunshop.com - home Forums General Discussion DoubleGun BBS @ doublegunshop.com a strange request on my 'for sale' ad (in the UK)

Gunter, you missed a big chance. You could have had your uncle from Nigeria, deliver the gun in person. I know he is about to travel to the US and for just a extra two hundred dollars he could have carried the gun, to him, in person. Funds would have needed to be transferred to his Nigerian Bank, before the trip. To make it simple he should just pay your uncle first for the gun and then he, your uncle, can give you your money upon his return. If he decides later to return the gun your Uncle can send him a Bank of Nigeria Bank certificated check for the entire amount.

I was given this option several years ago for a gun I had for sale. I explained to the seller that it was OK because I was in fact going to be traveling to Nigeria myself and could bring the gun to him if he could obtain the needed import papers. He assured me he could for an extra two hundred dollars up front. He asked if I was returning to Nigeria to see my "slave family roots". I said no, I was a decedent of slave owners, and wanted to find the proper authorities to get a partial refund. At that point he became rather nasty and the email got rather short. I guess he knew the scam was up or maybe his family owed me money. Not too sure which.

KY Jon,
hehe - that reminds me of a Nigerian scam that went on in Europe in the early 1990's - particularly the UK - probably because they speak english here -
this was before the days of email or the internet - so one would receive a telex:
from chief (add your title) ademambo soandso (son of the field marshal soandso)
who had inherited $ 50.000.000 from his american father (in law?) and was very interested in getting his money out of Nigeria!
Could you give us a bank account number where we can transfer the money to and we pay you a 5% fee (which would have been $2.5 million!)
Once you gave them your bank account number, they would scam you or someone else (usually the bank) out of a number of dollars!
There was a name for that particular scam - but I can't remember it now - too long ago.

Gunter
Rochester, Kent, UK

The scam is this.
You accept Paypal and a Nigerian Prince does in fact come and pick up the item. Scammer then contacts Paypal and says you never delivered the goods. Paypal who almost always sides with the buyer then freezes the money in your account until you prove you delivered the goods. You have no proof of delivery, you lose. Scammer has your gun and ultimately his funds are returned to him.

"IT'S GOOD TO BE THE KING !!"

KY Jon..."partial refund", too funny.

I was stationed at NAS Alameda back in the early 70's. The station has LONG since closed. As a matter of fact, when I watched a couple of episodes of MythBusters, it looked to me like they were filming at NAS Alameda from the background I could make out.

ROTFLMAO

SRH

This was making its way around the pigeon watch forums a while back i have seen a couple of other threads and heard from friends of mine they have received the same message - it is a scam.

The same scam is perpetuated in the UK classic car market.

I very much doubt this scammer has been anywhere near the US Navy Reserve!

Gunter, sorry about your ESS loss. I still miss mine and she went off to hunt in the sky 10 years ago; I've not been able to find her replacement yet.

Tim

In the US, at the very least this would be considered a straw sale (he is buying a gun for someone else) and would be a felony. Not even to mention the fact that this could be a money scam as well. Best to move on.

No one with grammar that bad should be allowed to own any gun!

Well Marc II that would exclude more than a few people in the US who both own guns and are challenged to spell, write or talk in decent grammar.