Is this a legitimate government website?

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Hello I'm New here! Joined: 30 Jun 2009 Posts: 2

Hi guys,

Can anyone tell whether or not the following website is an official Nigerian government website? The website seems to be offline and I can't find anything relating to it online.

www.mofsokoto.gov.ng

Thanks

Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2009 3:50 pm

.gov.ng domains can only be registered with the relevanty clearance as they are Government domains.

So, unless the scammer has managed to get hold of clearance, I would say that it is real. It is however hard to prove as the domain is down.

How did you come across it?

Hello I'm New here! Joined: 30 Jun 2009 Posts: 2

Thanks, B8er.

It was on the business card of a Nigerian government official. Everything else seems to check out but the website on the card doesn't seem to exist.

Does anyone know if there is a way of finding out if this website ever existed? It seems strange that he would have a non existent website on his business card.

Posted: Tue Jun 30, 2009 5:16 pm

Is this a legitimate Nigerian businessman, or someone you're corresponding with in a bait? If the latter, it may just be a smoke screen - something put there to make him look like someone with connections. If the former, it just may be a problem with the website.

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