its not real Christine he has run into real estate lending's version of the Nigerian prince scam.. its all over the internet and BP.talk about rates that are not real induce those who have little to no experience or think they found something no one else has talk them into sending them 500 to start then move the carrot farther out each time asking for a few more dollars funding is just right around the corner... 

its the Nigerian prince version of lending. 

. #2 the man on the phone was definitely Nigerian (not a racial thing I'm African as well, Ethiopian), but the person on the picture of the email address was a white guy with a very American name (Bill Smith or something), and the Nigerian guy couldn't even pronounce the name :/ then the next email he sent had grammatical and spelling errors.

I am wanting to know myself as I am in the midst with them.send no money up front 99% of the so called private lenders that require any amount of money up front are simply fake lenders.real estates version of the Nigerian Prince scams 

Did we seriously just get a pitch on bigger pockets for Nigerian real estate where your investment strategy is explained as "benefiting from Nigeria's corruption"?

I think they're being re-routred through some Nigerian account so PLEASE send in those lottery tickets NOW.

Many Nigerian scam are being handled through the U.K., so, it's likely that it's a scam.

@Stephanie Beard  this is a total SCAM  ,  its the same as the Nigerian ( I need help with getting 10 million out of the country.)No one invest like this.. they will identity theft you is what will happen.. or they will then come back with you have to buy this security bond from a company in Thailand for 5k then the money will come. etc etc.I had an acquaintance place an add in craigs list in middle east ,  and Asia looking for money partners.. and she got bombarded with these exact same type of replys.. they can be some what convincing but they will at the end of the day try to get small dollars out of you.Again there is absolutely ZERO chance anyone is going to invest a large sum of money with someone they met on the internet and further as you claim have no real experience or funding already behind you.. 

@Bernard Chouinard Is he of Nigerian Royalty?

Real estate finance seems to be the ground zero of the new Nigerian prince schemes and those who fall for them