Nigerian house purchase scam?
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The plot of land next to my house has been developed into a gated community, 3 houses worth about £650k each. The builder has struggled to sell one and had to take a part exchance and has let the other leaving one more for sale. I know the builder quite well and he is a very grounded chap. We had Lewis Hamilton's dad around looking at the house for his disabled son at one point but that didn't come off.
On Wednesday a very nice Nigerian lady came by with 2 polite kids and had a look at the house, she was in a new ML and told the builder she was getting a bigger newer one and was concerned about fitting it in the garage, and wanted a wall building up for security reasons. She left and told the builder she would come back with her husband.
Next day the builder is laying turf keeping dry by wearing a bin bag when a RR Phantom on a 58 plate pulls into the drive. The builder thought the white guy at the wheel was the husband of the Nigerian lady he had seen the day before, but a large Nigerian chap gets out of the back with the aforementioned wife. He has a look around and when asked has no questions, the wife likes the house and the Nigerian offers the deposit in cash from the boot but the builder turns him down. They agree a price and the Nigerians will be in touch with their solicitors details. Builder introduces them to the owners of the one house he has sold and all indications are that they will take the house.
This actually happened and my mate the builder is on top of the world! Why would someone buy a house worth about twice the value of his car? Very very fishy indeed.
On Wednesday a very nice Nigerian lady came by with 2 polite kids and had a look at the house, she was in a new ML and told the builder she was getting a bigger newer one and was concerned about fitting it in the garage, and wanted a wall building up for security reasons. She left and told the builder she would come back with her husband.
Next day the builder is laying turf keeping dry by wearing a bin bag when a RR Phantom on a 58 plate pulls into the drive. The builder thought the white guy at the wheel was the husband of the Nigerian lady he had seen the day before, but a large Nigerian chap gets out of the back with the aforementioned wife. He has a look around and when asked has no questions, the wife likes the house and the Nigerian offers the deposit in cash from the boot but the builder turns him down. They agree a price and the Nigerians will be in touch with their solicitors details. Builder introduces them to the owners of the one house he has sold and all indications are that they will take the house.
This actually happened and my mate the builder is on top of the world! Why would someone buy a house worth about twice the value of his car? Very very fishy indeed.
Phantom was not on diplomatic plates, builder checked this before he did anything.
These houses will rather outgun my driveway, so far M3, RR Sport, ML and Phantom. My drive has a Citroen ZX on veg oil, Mitsu L300 white van, old Volvo estate and the piece de la resistance an A6 estate. However my driveway is 3x the size of all three of these new houses parking, and they are all going to be fighting over parking.
These houses will rather outgun my driveway, so far M3, RR Sport, ML and Phantom. My drive has a Citroen ZX on veg oil, Mitsu L300 white van, old Volvo estate and the piece de la resistance an A6 estate. However my driveway is 3x the size of all three of these new houses parking, and they are all going to be fighting over parking.
Mobile Chicane said:
Simpo Two said:
The house purchse might be real but you can't help wondering where they got the loot from... Western Union?
Who cares, so long as they're well-mannered and polite?lost in espace said:
Why would someone buy a house worth about twice the value of his car? Very very fishy indeed.
Not sure the relevance of the value of someone's car to the value of property?Mate of mine lives in Alderley Edge in Cheshire in a house easily worth £3m+. He has absolutely no interest in cars whatsoever & drives a Passat as it does what he asks of it. I can assure you there is nothing fishy about him but by your theory there is.
northwest monkey said:
lost in espace said:
Why would someone buy a house worth about twice the value of his car? Very very fishy indeed.
Not sure the relevance of the value of someone's car to the value of property?Mate of mine lives in Alderley Edge in Cheshire in a house easily worth £3m+. He has absolutely no interest in cars whatsoever & drives a Passat as it does what he asks of it. I can assure you there is nothing fishy about him but by your theory there is.
If the bloke had any suspicions he should have just asked the guy what he did. Why be intimidated? It's perfectly normal to want to know who you're selling something to.
The car may well have been a hotel chauffeured car. The wife could be here in serviced accomodation with the nippers already (hence her with the ML) whilst the husband is in the process of moving money / business over from wherever they have come.
Have seen similarly strange antics over here too.
Have seen similarly strange antics over here too.
Why does it have to be a scam just because they are Nigerian? You have to remember the Nigerians that have managed to leave the country tend to be very, very successful and clever. I work with a guy who's the nicest bloke in the world, and an expect in image processing and vision systems. Don't forget, Nigeria has a massive wealth of oil, though my money would be some link to the church. If you're in the right place in the right church he could be very wealthy indeed...
VxDuncan said:
Why does it have to be a scam just because they are Nigerian? You have to remember the Nigerians that have managed to leave the country tend to be very, very successful and clever. I work with a guy who's the nicest bloke in the world, and an expect in image processing and vision systems. Don't forget, Nigeria has a massive wealth of oil, though my money would be some link to the church. If you're in the right place in the right church he could be very wealthy indeed...
Exactly. Essentially, the OP is saying "They're black with money? Got to be something fishy going on."Gassing Station | The Lounge | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff