Legal Question in Banking Law in Nigeria
Wire Transfer
A few weeks ago I recieved an email in my madien and married name informeing me that I relitive had passed away and left an large bank account. If I could prove relationship they would transfer the funds to an account in my name in their bank.
The funds have arrived but they will not let me tranfer the money to the U.S. with out making a $1,000 payment for a Transfer acess code. and you can not transfer money without this code. How do I get them to send me the funds. Or is this a scam.
1 Answer from Attorneys
Re: Wire Transfer
My dear, this is a very common and notorious way of extorting money which is called "419" in my country Nigeria. The figures actually represent the section of the criminal code of Nigeria which provide for punishment and sentence for advanced fee fraud. In fact this is a scam and it is common. Our advise is that you disregard them and their correspondence.
Again there is nothing like transfer access code you pay for in Nigeria. Where you have a relation in Nigheria who is deceased, the procedure is to file certain documents with the court if the relation died without a will i.e interstate and you would legally obtain a letter of administration that would now entitle you to have acces to any of the relations property or bank account.
If you have any further question, please do not hesitate to contact us
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