Harold Halpin
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The value of the package is unknown but it was in the neiborhood of approximately one million and two million dollars
I had a package sent to me from England about a year ago and have not recieved it
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Red Kayak
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My cousin has a friend in Nigeria with a similar problem.
zddoodah
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Sent to you in what country? Sent from whom (e.g., a business, a friend/family member)? What was in the package? Was the package sent to you in consideration for you paying some amount of money to the sender? If so, how much money did you send, and how was it paid?
Unknown to whom? To you? Surely the sender must know the value. Right? If you paid money for the package, then why would you pay any amount of money for something of unknown value?
"One million and two million dollars"? So...a total of $3 million? Sorry, but what sort of staggering moron would send a package valued at $3 million internationally without insuring it?
Anyway...what's your question?
army judge
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If one wishes to send MONEY, there are safer ways to send money electronically, ie... ACH generated wires, cashier's checks, or certified funds transfers. Sending large amounts of CASH via snail or express mail is extremely risky!
Tax Counsel
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You haven't told us any facts so there's not much anyone here can give you b way of advice. All you've said in terms of facts is that you expected to receive a package from the UK about a year ago. You've said that you don't know the value of the package, but think it's worth between $1million to 2 million. That wide range tells me that the value you picked is speculative, and that is a big problem when trying to take legal action. You haven't told us in which country you are located, but I'm guessing that it is the U.S. given the way your post was written. In particular, you used the American spelling of words and used American phrases. English speakers outside the U.S. spell the word neighborhood as neighbourhood. The U.S. is the only major English speaking nation that uses the spelling neighborhood. If I'm right and you are in the U.S. it matters a lot in which state you are located.
I'd need to know what occurred that lead you to the point you are at now. Did you enter into a contract with someone in the UK? If so, what were the terms of the deal and did you get the deal in writing signed by the other party? If this was a gift then the details of that gift matter. In general, U.S. law doesn't give you a remedy for gifts that were promised and never made. But there are a few narrow exceptions to that. Were you expecting an inheritance? If so, the details of that are important, particularly the location of the decedent's main place o residence when he or she died.
If it was a contract obligation or inheritance then I'd have a hard time believing its worth millions of US dollars. Few people in those situations would wait a year before going after what they are owed. They'd also make their first step consulting an attorney, especially in the US. The US has by far more lawyers than any other nation on earth and Americans file more lawsuits than any other nation. That's lead to a culture where if there is any dispute over a significant amount money, the first thing most people do is run to lawyer to discuss it.
If you are in the U.S. running to a lawyer is something you should have done a year ago when the problem first came up. There are time limits for lawsuits to be filed, and when the transaction crosses national borders, it becomes more complex and difficult to get your money.
Now, I've said all of the above in case you do have a real case to pursue for that large amount of money. But I'm skeptical that you do. The large amount of money and almost no facts is often an indicator that you are the victim of some kind of fraud. If that's your situation then generally what you'd be entitled to get from a lawsuit is likely limited to however much you lost in the scam, and extra money as civil fraud penalty (in many states that's three times the amount the con artist got from you. In this case, it's very unlikely that you'll even find the person who scammed you, much less get your money back.
Give us more facts and we can help narrow down what steps are available to you.
