Kerian Agu/FDPRMO/Bank Of Nigeria/CBN Tried to get shipping customs tax for non inspection of diplomatic accompanied package to me for $1867.00 on inheritance shipment Victoria Island Internet
Contacted by e-mail saying a dead relative had left me an inheritance in the form of cash. Later e-mailed, said I need not pay any monies because the inheritance was such a big sum that a diplomat was being sent by the Central Bank of Nigeria from a thief named Kerian Agu from a deparment called FDPRMO, Foreign Accounts Chairman, Central Bank of Nigeria.
Got another e-mail with a phone # for a diplomat named Barbara Johnson to call, that he was leaving for the USA with my package that night, 01/10/08. Got telephone call on 01/11/08 around 9 pm. from someone saying they were from JFK Airport Customs, her name was Lauren Taylor, she left a message, said package was confiscated and would be destroyed if I did not pay the un-inspected yellow tag fee of $1867.00 on a package of estimated value of .5 millilion us dollars and a weight of 80 lbs.
01/12/08 Mr. Kerian Agu asking me if I had sent the money yet so the diplomat could fly to jacksonville with my package. 01/12/08 10:30 am. I called airport customs chief of of customs cargo and talked to Mr. Davis (718) 487-2691 and asked him if he had an emplyee named Luaren Taylor,(718) 395-7780 he asked why and I told him I was expecting a package from CBN (CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA) she contacted me about, he said " Sir, you didn't send them any money did you? " I replied "hell no" he proceded to tell me there was no such employee and gave me a 24 hotline mail fraud # that was not open twenty four hours but the web site claimed it was for emergency fraud, however it give me a rip off web site to go to.
What a shame that even our postal inspections emergency departments are closed on the weekends ! No wonder these scams continue to take peoples money. You would think I gathered enough information, nubers, and names that these theifs could be tracked down today, but they are closed, I tried three different 24 hour postal inspectors fraud emergency numbers here is just one 800-877-654876-2455. Now I signed up for this rip-off alert report and hope it falls on the right ears.
Homer
Jacksonville, North Carolina
U.S.A.
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Atlanta Guy
Atlanta,Georgia,
U.S.A.
You're kidding, right ???
#5Consumer Comment
Fri, September 05, 2008
You fell for the Nigerian scam ???????? Good grief !! This thing has been going around for YEARS !!!! And you think you had a rich African relative who left you money ?????? ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR MIND ??????? Who in the hell do you know in NIGERIA, AFRICA ???? I get several of these same ridiculous e-mails every day. Quit wasting your time and money on this. And, NO, they will never be caught.....they're in NIGERIA for Pete's sake. What authority does the US law enforcement have there ??? NONE !!! Geeezzzz.
Laurie
Haslet,Texas,
U.S.A.
Most scams will use legitimate business names and numbers
#5Consumer Comment
Thu, September 04, 2008
In an attempt to convince you that they are legit when they are not.
Monica
Brooklyn,New York,
U.S.A.
These people on several occasions have used our telephone number and company information. We are not and never have been invovled with any form of bus
#5UPDATE Employee
Thu, September 04, 2008
We have not been invovled in any form of business activity with Nigeria. This story is a completed an unfounded lie, probably by the Nigerians themselves.
We are a USA based company!
Kyrandia
Winchester,Virginia,
U.S.A.
Why would you believe that email?
#5Consumer Comment
Fri, February 01, 2008
Why in the world would you believe that someone from Nigeria of all places would have FREE money for you? if you have ever had an email address for any length of time you would already know this is a huge scam in the first place. I personally get half a dozen of these so call "Nigerian scams" a week. Nothing is free in this world. And if you had an common sense you would have realized this. I'm not trying to be rude. But by now you should know NEVER give any personel information like name, number, ss#, bank account number out over email or even phone for that matter. Anyone who says that you have a long lost relative that you never knew about and you have a large inheritance is a BSer. Were you originally from Nigeria? It might make a bit more sense to believe if you were but if not....no offense...WHAT WERE YOU THINKING?????