Verification before payment
No payment should precede completed verification of seller, document and location.
Owning from abroad is mostly an exercise in verification discipline.
No payment should precede completed verification of seller, document and location.
Confirm the document chain, not just the final page you are shown.
Instruct a professional who is not introduced by, or paid by, the seller.
Duplicate sales, forged surveys, impersonated families and pressure to pay quickly are the recurring patterns.
Recovering money after a bad Nigerian property transaction is slow, expensive and frequently impossible.
Educational information only. This is not legal, tax, immigration or financial advice — consult a qualified professional before acting.