I'm a Nigerian resident in Nigeria and a sound businessman who always allows sound business judgement to dictate my actions. From my experience on this website just a little over 2 months. I discovered that the major swindlers on this site are from asia and they are in swarms. Making bogus claims and promising a lifetime bargain and asking you to transfer money to them.

Most of the so called Nigerian scammers are usually school dropouts between ages 12- 24 of average intelligence who post just anything on the web at unbelievable price. From Household items, plasma tv, watches even cell phones. I marvell endlessly at how people fall for such trap because A simple check will have revealed that doing business with such people is not worth while.

1. Nigeria doesn't manufacture most of the items posted by Nigerians on alibaba - that is one clue, most of them are imported into nigeria from Taiwan, Dubai, China etc. The only Company that manufacture cell phones in Nigeria is ZTE and they don't manufacture enough to export. If you want to import electronic items, then look at sources from which Nigeria imports them from. We are majorly a consumer nation not an industrial one per say.

2.Any Nigerian promising to sell Nigerian Oil, LPFO, aviation fuel, AGO, PMS etc from this site is a scammer. Allocations for Oil are usually snapped up immediately at NNPC because the demand is more than the supply. You cannot see anyone peddling Nigerian Oil on websites because the President himself has brought sanity into the industry.

FInally there are more honest people in Nigeria than dishonest people, if anyone makes you an offer that is too good to be true - shut down your emotions and greed quotient (GQ) and allow your sense of reason to direct you.

Except where a strong trust bond has been built i.e. several transaction completed succesfully, never send a dime through WESTERN UNION, if you do well - you've just flushed your money down the drain.

Insist that you will do business directly through the bank - where the volume of transaction is huge - request an advance payment guarantee (APG) which makes the bank liable if anything goes wrong. when you are sent the (APG) get the address of the bank (independent of the sender) from the Nigerian Central bank http://wwww.cenbank.org open up correspondence with the bank independent of your nigerian customer and ask them to send you a confirmation letter that the APG was issued by them. This keeps you in safe hands if anything goes wrong as the Nigerian Bank would have secured a collateral of the amount they are guaranteeing from the customer.

If you have been scammed by a nigerian get in touch with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) www.efccnigeria.org they will help you with the recovery of your money. In most countries of the world when you're scammed your money is gone forever - but in Nigeria we are doing something about it and millions of dollars are being recovered and sent back to their owner annually. A sample success story is here:

If you want to do business in solid minerals, contact the ministry directly www.msmd.org

If you want to invest verify from the Nigerian Investment Promotion Council www.nipc-nigeria.org

If you have any problem or any company you want verified, you can get in touch with me, I'll try and verify for you.

Nigeria is not as bad as people think, remember one bad apple doesn't spoil the whole bunch

Replying to [sagarintl]: the mobile number is not for nigeria,+22796562574 so if he claims he is from Nigeria he is lying Scammer, RUN RUN RUN

Replying to [shahid52]: sorry i don't have the resources to go to mali now, but what holds true for Nigeria is sadly true for most west african countries. But ask yourself a few question:

1. How are you sure that the letter you got was really from the bank.
2.How are you sure that the gentleman you spoke to was not a scammer posing as a bank official

My suggestion: contact the Malian commission in your country and ask them to assist you in verification. Even after they say it is true, request a formal letter from them so that you know who to sue if things go wrong, although embassies normally have immunity they may not want the negative publicity that may be generated by such a snafu

Replying to [New Girl]:
The official website is http://www.nafdacnigeria.org/
you can contact them directly

Replying to [New Girl]: Try and fax NAFDAC or call on phone

Replying to [Honest Nigerian]:
Can you check this company for me? Prince Samuel / import manager
Bright Holdings Ltd
Carre 228 Missebo Cotonou
Republique Du Benin
Tel. + 229 9757-3095
Fax. + 229 2131-3701

Replying to [Honest Nigerian]:
My Name is William Anderson and I am the Director of Production at Rock Island & Associates in the US. We are an manufacture firm of bath and body products. We would like to hire you as an consultant specializing in the country of Nigeria. I have read your insight on Nigerians and are very please. We have consultants in other countries doing exactly what you are doing for FREE. Please contact me through the email provided through Alibaba since we can not post emails. We have alot of business in West Africa and your service is well worth investing in. Currently we need your service ASAP. I look forward in establishing a business relationship with you.

Replying to [Honest Nigerian]:Before, i thought it was dangerous to do the business with the Nigerians, and now, i have the new cognition with the country.

Replying to [Honest Nigerian]:
Is there are no any efforts by Nigerian governmnet to capture such elemnet which are being rolled old country honour through out world.

Replying to [Honest Nigerian]: Dear Sir, I would like to thank you for your incite into Nigeria, i have been dealing in Nigeria now for some 7 years, and even though there are young men who think that businessmen world wide will pay money for a non exsistent contract, its easy just pick up the phone to whom ever the contract is with and ask, I have dealt for years, and my clients are all told I dont pay any money upfront, I will check if you are true, and all invoices are locked I have had many a transaction, and as a businessman it is a very good market for exporter. You just need to be proffessional and not greedy.
Please if you could contact me I would like to find out more from you, alway good to find Honest businessmen anywhere in the world.
Sawsee International Corp

Replying to [Honest Nigerian]: Thnx a lot. It will help us to proceed with any Nigerian Buyers.