You just need to be careful trading on the website. Below is my experience:

I posted my product on the website, buyer from Nigeria was interested in my product (fabrics ready-stocks). I find it very suspicious because she aksed me for the prices & confirmed straight away without negotiating. The volume & Qty of the goods are very huge, amounts are close to US$112,000.00.

The cut the story short. We sent samples in yardage for buyer's confirmation. For payment term, our manufacturer asked for T/T amount 30% inadvance, balance amounts 70% within 2 weeks after buyer physcially inspect the goods before loading.

Nigerian's buyer email replied below:

pls get us the legalised invitation immediately to enable us visit you this month. arrange the goods and ship and then fax us copy shipment documents for 100% TT payment, as is because our manager said he cannot send the advance deposit (TT) without doucmentary evidence showing that shippment has been effected,
so, pls ship goods now and fax copy shippment bills for the transfering of the invoice value, we will visit you soonest we received the invitation for arrangement of more shipments and cash payment.

I checked with High Commission Of the Federal Republic Of Nigeria in Singapore about the above matter.

Their advise is payment can be done through bank, T/T payment is not a problem. High Commission told us that import of fabrics IS PROHIBITED IN NIGERIA.

It is for sure the buyer is scams & frauds or to say they are doing things illegally if they do import.

NAME & COMPANY OF THE PERSON:
Ms.Rose Ali,
ROSE GROUP CO,LTD.
162 EHI ROAD
ABA
NIGERIA
TEL. 2348063616618
E-MAIL
roseimpgroupltd@yahoo.com

If you do have any experience that you can share with us so that we will know what to expect by trading with different countries.

Replying to [eddylyw]:

Nigeria is a poor and undeveloped country. The monthly income there is about 30 USD per month.

They wanted to get the invitation to your country, just to be able to emigrate illegaly to Singapore.

Such an invitation costs hundreds dollars in Nigeria.

If you trust them and send it to them, they will become rich selling it to somebody.

They will sell it to a person, and this person will be told to be an "inspector" of the stuff you sell.

This person will be allowed to entry in your country, to work at black, and live much better life... so he will BUY the invitation with his 2-3 years income...

I live in Romania, and 10-15 years ago here was the same. People sold their own property flats to buy a visa and emigrate in Western Europe. Business visas were given ONLY with invitation from a reliable company.

Other important thing: just watch their text, full of illiterate words and mistakes. They are not a Company, but a young kid, hoping to obtain from you their life dream: the visa invitation from a developed country.

I can be contacted at skype :
mois-daniel-romania

or mail:
danimois@yahoo.com

Replying to [eddylyw]:actually ,i got so much scamer from nigeria from the start of my beginning ,but at last it turned into painful work and anger thing indeed.
so from then on , i told mysefl not to trust the letter from that country.
but if you dont wanna loss any opportunity ,just do it carelly .
as to this letter ,i definitely say that it is a scam.

as the saying in China,the road to happiness full of hardships.

good luck .

Replying to [eddylyw]:
sorry you went through this and am happy you did not ship to this customer never send goods without payment. and Aba is a high fraud city i live in Nigeria and will never sell to aba
we are settin up a free web site to verify this people in Africa especially in Nigeria. there are a lot of honest business people in Nigeria that do legitimate business
I will verify for you free of charge do not get scammed with this people

Replying to [Sherry]:

Sherry, can you verify this company:

Uren Kalu Family Company Ltd
116 Cameroun Road Aba Abia State
Nigeria
Tel:234-082-225035
Fax: 234-082-233030
Email: urenkalu@yahoo.com


I think they are scammers, but I thought I'd run it by you first.

Replying to [derweze]:yes fraud the address does not exist scamer

Replying to [Sherry]:

Can you please verufy the following company:

DIMSON DAVID CO.LTD
147 Hospital Road, Aba
post code:00234
Abia State, Nigeria
Phone:+234 7031976430

Replying to [derweze]:

Did you find out if this company are scammers, as I just received a request from them with a different company name, and address, but the same phone number and fax number.

CHIDI HOMS LTD

221 Market Road

Aba-Abia State

Nigeria

Tel: 234-082-225035

Fax: 234-082-233030

Email: chidi.kalu@yahoo.com

Replying to [Sherry]:
Hello Sherry,
could you verify the exsistence of this company?
"CHIDI HOMS LTD
221 Market Road Aba-Abia State
Nigeria" I think that they are scam
Thanks a lot
Mary

Hello Sherry!
I have received another proposal from another Nigerian buyer, this is the address: "DONE JAME INVESTMENT LIMITED.
108 EHI ROAD ABA, ABIA STATE.
NIGERIA. TELE 234-8035479823
FAX 234-82-23452523
CEO/ MR DONE JAME".
Could you verify the existence of this comapny because they have ordered our goods.
thanks a lot.
Mary

Replying to [bibo]:I was worry that i'm coming across fraud companies and guess what, this company have the same address as your.


MORGAN TRADING LIMITED
108 EHI ROAD ABA ABIA STATE NIGERIA
TEL 2348052011638
FAX 23482309153
DIRCETOR MR Morgan Ogwo