Why should you not ship to Nigeria?

Question

I recently posted an XBox 360 for sale on Craigslist, and had a reply from a man who wanted me to ship it to Nigeria. The material I have found says not to ship anything to Nigeria, but I was unable to find a reason why. Does anyone know?

Answer 1

If you want to protect yourself, you should tell him to set up an American address with http://www.BongoUS.com

Bongo will do a fraud check on them and you just ship the product to them in CT.  Most likely, they will be fraudulent though.  Bongo will do this check for free so it is worth it for you to send the item to them.  You also won't have to worry about the international complications.  They will handle that for you for free too.  It will cost the guy in Nigeria $5.00 to set up an address at http://www.BongoUS.com

Answer 2

More than likely they will send you a check for too much. You will then get a message saying please send the change back to me by wire. In a week the check will bounce and you will be out the Xbox and the money you wired in addition to the check. You will then be on your way to jail for passing a counterfeit check.

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Answer 3

For some reason the Nigerians have emerged as the crookedest country on earth (except for Bush's America).   I also advertised on Craig's List and got all kinds of hilarious stuff from Nigeria.