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My brother sent me a parcel from abroad using FedEx freight shipment in the parcel he stashed $4800 in it when the parcel arrived at Nigeria at there headquarters in abuja I was asked to pay custom fee which was N17750 and home delivery N15750 after that I was mailed that after unboxing and reboxing for clearance money was found and it placed on ban and I can't go to abuja to claim it because am in Lagos please what should I do. Who are the neccesary agency I can talk to. Nairalander please help me out.

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Damn... Terrible experience for you.

Wetin happen to western union. I believe their limit is 5k dols. Well I pray they hand the money over to you or just tell it bye bye

He should have known better na, that cash might end up been seized

Money laundering act straight to Jail. Don't even try to go there, na straight to prison. Talk true na your maga send the money.

By the way what's your package doing in Abuja when you are in Lagos. I believe you are being scammed or there is more to your story.

You fall for a old scam that as been existing since the time of Blackberry messenger. They will show you invoice and receipt of the shipping company. Guy you don pay mugu money.

Ha! custom? money?! How come or there is something you are hiding from us ? Why not western union?

He his a citizen of that country nd he can't use western union cause he has no domincilary nd besides he wanted to deliver goods to me so used d opportunity to stash the cash in there

abiolap89:
He his a citizen of that country nd he can't use western union cause he has no domincilary nd besides he wanted to deliver goods to me so used d opportunity to stash the cash in there

Stash? That will only imply that, he is trying to evade a whole lot. Now for records purpose, if the said parcel had gotten to you alongisde the money. How do we now have statistics of cash remitted from the diaspora?

Firstly your writeup is not been straight, it obvious u hiding some fact and secondly you been scam.

Op this is a pure case of money laundry.
I am sure wen ur supposed broda was sending the money, he didn't disclose he had cash in his parcel.
But OP wait u sure say u no b game boy wey dey use parcel collect fund.
It is going to be very hard 4 u to claim the money

Was the money stolen or gotten illicitly, why didn't you guys use electronic transfer?

You people put yourselves in that mess, who still does this kind of thing? I dey vex sef

You've been scammed. The so called brother na audio, there is no parcel, there is no dollar.
This format is old I don't know why you fell for it. Count your losses and move on. A word is enough. But I doubt if you are wise.

How is much is $4800 that he can't forward it through your , western union, PayPal or direct transfer to you bank ..

Bros there is no money,na scam...and that person is not your bro.....move on .....

You are either a Maga or a Yahoo boy.
Nobody sends $4800 through mail except criminals.

Send me a DM. Let me see what I can do

Why parcel?
What happened to using world remit, transfer wise etc.

That money don go because it looks like a case of money laundering. Your brother would have bought like 2 Corolla 2005 and sending it to Nigeria with that money. The car will provide that money same week it leaves the port.

Penny wise, pound foolish!

Ordinary 20 to 40 bucks for money transfer una no wan pay. Now you've lost your principal

u sure say na d full story be dis? well bros from my last encounter with custom, u go need one big oga for dis kin mata o

Go and collect it.
We would read about your story here on Nairaland.

Those guys are criminal...that is what they do...They with yahooboys, now legit people can even send things over again

'you can't go to Abuja to reclaim it because you're in Lagos' abi what did I just read? Stay there and let the money sort itself out and come and meet you in Lagos, it's obvious that you don't really need the money. Please kindly give it anything it'll take to get that money but your brother shouldn't have sent cash na.

Firstly , an average Nigerian will say Get a good lawyer NOW with all your documentations to back it up!!!
.......but on a 2nd look at the story,
There is more to it that meet the eye.

To start with.........

This matter get K leg .let's leave it to the pro

InfernoNig:
Wetin happen to western union. I believe their limit is 5k dols. Well I pray they hand the money over to you or just tell it bye bye

na 1k ...2k dem no go allow d guy senc am again

Tah

abiolap89:
My brother sent me a parcel from abroad using FedEx freight shipment in the parcel he stashed $4800 in it when the parcel arrived at Nigeria at there headquarters in abuja I was asked to pay custom fee which was N17750 and home delivery N15750 after that I was mailed that after unboxing and reboxing for clearance money was found and it placed on ban and I can't go to abuja to claim it because am in Lagos please what should I do. Who are the neccesary agency I can talk to. Nairalander please help me out.

To start with, your brothers foolish idea of stashing cash, was straight from an asylum.......

Has he or you never heard of money transfer services?....

I get it, he is allergic to paying transfer fees..... Serves both of you right........

People dey vex o


See the abusive words up there

Lifestone:
You've been scammed. The so called brother na audio, there is no parcel, there is no dollar.
This format is old I don't know why you fell for it. Count your losses and move on. A word is enough. But I doubt if you are wise.

Gbam, he must have paid for the delivery that's why it hurts. This is an old, well known scam, I wonder how he fell for it