Does TRANSFER CERTIFICATE has something to do with 419 Scam?

Question

I am about to receive a Transfer Certificate from Abidjan, Ivory Coast. A fund has been rewarded to me. Standard Trust Bank is the processing bank. They have been requiring me open an account with them so that i the fund could be transferred to my name. After that, they will send me a Transfer Certificate wherein i could have the money transferred. Shall appreciate your advise. thanks

Answer 1

Do you know anyone in or anything about Ivory Coast? If not, you could probably assume it's a scam.

What do they want in order to open the account? Your social security number, date of birth, etc.? Do they also want your bank account information for your checking account?

They're lying to you. They are trying to get information from you so that they can impersonate you. Impersonating you is as simple as saying "Hello, I am ___ ___. My SSN is ___ ___ and date of birth are ___ ___ _____."

Your mission is to keep those blanks blank.

Answer 2

99% guarantee it is 419 scam! Just think about it, someone awards you money for doing nothing, right? Oh, you're helping them to move some funds out of the country, because they just couldn't do it without your help... And I wonder why they couldn't?
Anyway, just google the following string "ivory coast transfer certificates" except without quotes and you will get a lot of hits. This is a scam. You will probably need to pay some fee to open that account, or whatever. Just drop this thing and move on with your life, you will either pay some advance fees, or they will steal your identity in the process of opening account at that Standard Federal Trust or whatever that is.
Run Forest, Run!!!


You know, on the second thought, it is not 99% scam it's a full blown 100% scam. Giving it 1% chance of being legit is way too much.

Answer 3

huh