Nigerian Scam
My wife and I were almost of victim of this type of scam. However it wasn't for business like this per say.
A few years ago we were looking to rent a house in our city and went on craigslist. Yes I know scam heaven. There was a posting for a house owned by a doctor that traveled. Think of it like doctors with borders. The house was a decent size,we were able to drive past it. Almost everything in the add checked out. It wasn't until we had an actual phone conversation that things started to sound fishy. In the process of getting to know you new landlord I asked a few questions that someone in the medical field would know about. Board numbers etc. After a 15 minute round table of discussions they call was suddenly dropped. After further research we found out the real owner of the houses name and informed him of the scam taking place with his property. It turns out the house was actually up for rent but he was a local doctor and had never traveled overseas. This scam almost cost my family thousands of dollars. Although we wound up renting the house from the actual doctor well lets just say I think maybe dealing with his Nigerian doppelganger may have been a better deal.
