Legal Question in Banking Law in Nigeria
official check from Nigeria
Do you know of any scams in Nigeria about cashing a official check (cashiers check) and wire transfering the funds to a person in Nigeria?
Thank you for your help.
I was asked to do this
Sincerely,
--name removed--Krasel
2 Answers from Attorneys
Re: official check from Nigeria
Our advise are, first, scams of this nature, within the country occur once in a while, but it is illegal. An instance is officials of Government agencies in collaboration with third parties cashing the said checks and transfering the money into their private accounts. In most cases the cuprits are apprehended and eventually prosecuted.
secondly, since someone in Nigeria contacted you to help him in this transaction. Our advise is this may be a scam to dupe you. please disregard the correspondence as it may be from fraudsters. This fraudsters have a perculier way of making you part with your money in other to facilitate the "so called transfer". Unfortunately, my country men are notorious for this act. For further information on the the letter formats of this fraudsters, please visit the website www.ifcc.org.
We hope the above satifies you, if you require any further clearification, please do not hesitate to contact us.
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