Legal Question in International Law in Ohio

Can i really become a millionair or is this a really good scam for no reason?

ok i recieved a email from a man in nigeria asking for me to claim the next of kin of a decessed man who hold a bank account of 14.3 million. he is asking me because i hole the last surname. here is the second e-mail he sent me let me know if you guys think it sounds ligit, i'll try and get as much as possible. a). I will provide you with the recent bank statement of the deceased and his death certificate.

(b). You will be required to engage the services of a lawyer, who will professional act on your behalf as your attorney, such a lawyer to hired must be duly registered in nigeria and practices in nigeria. The attorney will process all the required legal back up documents from the high court of nigeria and forward same to the bank with the bank's application form for inheritance claims on your behalf.(c). When the bank receives your claims application, they will immediately draw my attention to it, notifying me that some one has put in a claim as the next of kin to the deceased. I will be asked by the bank to verify the genuiness of the said claim and recommend to them, what action they should take as regards

payment.(d). The bank on the receipt of my confirmation, will now get in touch with you through your attorney asking th


Asked on 8/22/05, 12:44 am

2 Answers from Attorneys
Daniel Press Chung & Press, P.C.

Re: Can i really become a millionair or is this a really good scam for no reason

This is a fraud. They ask you for bank information, and then take everything in the account. Or they ask for an advance fee to pay to get the big money released. Then you never hear from them again.

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Answered on 8/22/05, 8:20 am
Lawrence Graves Coolidge & Graves PLLC

Re: Can i really become a millionair or is this a really good scam for no reason

If it sounds too good to be true....

Nigeria is the central breeding ground for fraud -- they used to do it by mail but e-mail drove their costs way down and the scammers now target a far wider audience (used to be they only mailed to people involved in international business). Their government refuses to take any real action to shut these people down. I believe that there is an advisory on the FTC's web site about these scams.

As the prior posted response correctly stated, the goal of the scam is to obtain valid bank account numbers so they can drain the account, or to solicit large processing fees (they will ask for fees for translation of documents, legal fees, and other processing fees); sometimes they will try to have you travel to a third country where the supposed exchange of documents will take place.

Best wishes,

LDWG

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Answered on 8/22/05, 9:49 am


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