No, this is not an African Scam.

He said they seemed to be operating from an voice-over-internet phone, had an African accent, requested a $1500 up-front fee deposited to a personal account and didn't know how to answer the question of points charged for the loan.For me, it's safe to say, I'm avoiding them.

I am a 19 year old African american male from Brooklyn, New York.

@Taylor L.Thanks very much for your response.Quite closely related to SA Property Investors Network and I would certainly advise anyone in or visiting SA to go to one of there events and meet ups.I was hoping there may be some people out there that I haven’t met at the meet ups who could be on BIggerPocketsAny South Africans keen to meet or Skype in?

Take "Only Section 8" and replace it with "Only African Americans", "Only Christians", "Only (insert protected class)".

There is some racial tension as well with a very high population of African Muslim immigrants in a very traditionally caucasian state.

@Jeremy A.Your question in Maine is like asking:How do I screen against Gay peopleHow do I screen against ChristiansHow do I screen against people born in Mexico How do I screen against African Americans if they apply online.If you feel it is the community that responded to you wrong, I suggest you look at what you asked.

The only record we could find of a woman from that era in that neighborhood (a block or two away) was a young African American woman. 

I’m a young African American from Houston Texas who fell in love with real estate.

It would be no different than say X rent for African Americans and Y rent for Caucasians.Your profile says DC, and in DC source of income is a protected class.