It seems like this is some big business in Africa. I'm imagining rows and rows of people in a 8-5 job (Like a call center from hell), on desk with computers lurking to scam desperate people like us looking for a puppy or cars seems to be a hot topic too.
Back in February, I was helping my sister look for a car and thank god I came to check out what my mom was doing. She almost sent $4000 to someone trying to scam her!!
I checked out all her emails (they were emailing each other for weeks!) and educated her on what were the red flags. They claimed that she can pay through ebay (even though the car was not listed in ebay), they had different address of where to send the money, their phone number did not match the state/county where the money should be sent. There was even a 3rd party or escrow party in a different country!
What has the world gone too??