Well, maybe or maybe not..

The University he is talking about is likely to be the mini-campus in Isale-Igbein right in the centre of Abeokuta, the Capital of Ogun State.

There is really two points I noticed, first is the phone number starting 1 (702) yet the area code in that area is (234) and as far as I am aware Nigeria does not use Zip Codes.

Just let him pay by Paypal, if you get your money, then fine, provided he does not complain to Paypal that he did not get his goods.

I wouldn't touch it with a bargepole. There's every chance that a dodgy credit card will be used for the transaction that doesn't show up initially but Paypal themselves will do a claw back from you leaving you without speakers and owing money. I've heard of this before and Paypal officially do not offer their services in Nigeria. This means they would not help you in the event of a fraudulent transaction. 

 Insist on direct bank transfer or nothing.

Steve

If in doubt - leave it out..Bank Transfer or nothing, as has just been said.  Although there are of course plenty of honest people in Nigeria, the vast majority i'm afraid have made me extremely suspicious when dealing over the internet!

Lee

Hi,

 Couldn't agree more please be careful. As a B&O dealer I once had £18 000 transfered into my bank account from a gentleman overseas. I decided not to release the goods immediately. 3 days later the bank clawed back the money and said it was a fraudulent transaction.

Good Luck

St Urrock

Ps Argyle Moss, where are you? I think Beoworld now has 2 Argyle fans!!

Hi everyone, I feel in the best position to respond to this; being Nigerian and all.

I agree that there is a lot of fraud perpetrated by Nigerian scammers, however, as Lee pointed out, there are a lot of decent ones as well. This particular case though is definitely dodgy:  The phone number is a Lagos number not an Abeokuta one.  It's very odd that he would be buying his son B&O speakers as well.  Credit cards are still not so widely used in Nigeria as well.   Zip codes are not really widely used in Nigeria either.

So, yes, I wouldn't go near it either!  

Too much doubt for my liking here.

There's nothing to stop them putting in a paypal claim after receiving the speakers which will really mess your paypal account up. The only way round this would be get the buyer to agree to a 30 day wait after payment before sending the speakers as by this time the right to claim will have expired.

Personally I wouldn't deal with anyone from Nigeria simply on the reputation of being a scammers hotbed.

Chris.

PS. Welcome to Beoworld St Urrock🙂

Yes, welcome St Urrock1😁
Love the photo' in your avatar.
Why do I get the feeling we are going to hear a lot more from you?🤔

Andy T.