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Ecobank Benin, W. Africa Complaints - Transfer of funds

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Ecobank Benin, W. Africa

Posted: 2008-01-06 by Andres Santiago  [send email]
Transfer of funds
Complaint Rating:  90 % with 21 votes
Company information:
Bank of America
Benin

I was supposed to have received one million four hundred thousand dollars at Bank of America from an Ecobank Benin West Africa as a transfer fund from Donna Franca. I sent them over 2000 dollars for the necessary paperwork done by a staff of lawyers. I wrote to Bank of America and I am yet to receive a proper answer from them, either. I haven't heard anymore from Africa except that I was supposed to pay another 25000 for taxes in Benin before the money could be transfer to my bank account in PR. Otherwise the money would be returned to Africa whereby the tax would increase to 50000. I live on Social Security and it seems I only lost my money, too.
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 669 days ago by Iveta Takeoka  [send email] 0 Votes
YOU NO,I WAS ALSO TO STUPID TO BELEAVE AT THIS SH...YOU ARE LUCKY ONE...
I LOST 18,000$...
 517 days ago by Lionel  [send email] 0 Votes
i am still waiting for my $1200000 too, all this is bullshit. cant we do something about this people?
 508 days ago by S.sankar  [send email] 0 Votes
i need fund transfer help want me any one help for me,
 473 days ago by Reynaldo  [send email] 0 Votes
Reynaldo
Santo Domingo, Republica Dominicana

Estos ladrones hay que colgarlos por los cojones, a mi me ofrecieron depositarme en mi cuenta en mi pais US45, 000, 000.00 y que tenia primero que enviarles us3, 500.00 para abrirme una cuenta en el banco ecobank en benin africa, tambien usan el logo del banco y de la empresa de envios fedex, gracias a dios fui nas astuto que ellos y solo le seguia la corriente y luego los mandaba al diablo, todo el que reciba un mensaje de esta pandilla de ladrones mandelos a robarles dinero a su maldita madre.
 454 days ago by Chrystalla Gallou  [send email] 0 Votes
I was stupid enough to belive them too. I lost 22.000 euro. Can we do something with this stupid people and get our money back?
 453 days ago by Steven Myles  [send email] 0 Votes
SERVES YOU RIGHT YOU BUNCH OF IDIOTS
IF YOU RECEIVE ANY EMAILS ALWAYS CHECK IT ON GOOGLE TO SEE IF IT IS A SCAM WHICH THIS IS
YOU LOT ARE SO STUPID TO SEND MONEY
 397 days ago by John Pearson  [send email] 0 Votes
MY NAME IS JOHN PEARSON: I GOT AN EMAIL FROM A YOUNG LADY IN BENIN AFRIUCA.SHE SAID HER FAHER HAD DIED AND LEFT HER 2.8 MILLION US DOLLOARS.AND SHE CAN'T GET THE MONEY BECAUSE OF HER YOUNG AGE, WHICH IS 21.SHE SAID SHE HAS TO BE 28 BEFORE SHE CAN SIGN FOR HERSELF.SHE ASK ME TO STAND BY HER AND ACT AS A GUARDIAN, WHICH SHE IS THE NEXT OF KIN.AND SHE WILL GIVE ME 50%(1/2) IF THE INHERITANCE.TO HAVE IT TRANSFERRED TO MY BANK ACCOUNT.AND AFTER THAT, TO PETITION HER AND GET5HER TO THE U.S.SO FAR, I SENT THEM 2, 230 U.S. DOLLARS.THAT'S ALL THE MONEY I HAD.AND THEN THEY ASKED FOR ANOTHER $1, 050.00.I KEEP TELLING THEM I DON'T HAVE THE REST OF THE MONEY.I'M BROKE.I LIVE ON SOCIAL SECURITY.BUT, THEY WON'T TAKE NO FOR AN ANSWER.I HAD TO TURN MY CELL PHONE OFF BECAUSE THE BANK MANAGER KEEPS CALLING ME.THIS IS THE, "CONTINENTAL BEMIN-BANK".THE GIRLS NAME, WHO HAS ALL THIS MONEY IS, "NINA YAYI."I GOT ANOTHER EMAIL FROM HERJUST THIS MORNING.AND I TOLD HER AGAIN, I DON'T HAVE THE MONEY TO FINISH THE PAPERS. WHETHER THIS IS A SCAM OR NOT, I STILL DON'T HAVE THE MONEY TO FINISH THE PAPERS. I WAS SO STUPID TO FALL FOR IT.NOW I HAVE NO MONEY TO PAY MY BILLS FOR THIS MONTH.
 372 days ago by Freddy Saturnino  [send email] 0 Votes
Estimated sr my concideracion together in health.

pc comnunico with me so I'm siguientess foreign representative and beneficiary of funds of U.S. $ 3250000.00 three million dollars to two hundred fifty presumed, I say this because according to documentation dated Oct. 3 of this file indicates that according to the ministry of finance of the republique of Cotonou, Benin, there is an approved immediate payment to my name, funds that guard you, and Brusellas were sent to Belgium, where on the recommendation of my ambassador to Belgium in my country do not advise, travel, which according to the experience of LNA embada, Chose not to take any contact with strangers, if you do not interbank, international as it is, in fact and law legalisado once represented the documentosu because suspicasias, this partre the documents say that, on 1 / 10 / 2008 in effect, gives orders for payments to the bank ECOBANK for the transfer of these funds in my account of the "Banco de Chile" as indicating where to transfer them, at account number and everything, which is not achieving irregularly, or not order, arguing the funds to send ING BANK is not under that order, Brusellas Belgium? where the alleged MTS Financial Consultant Firm in Belgium charged me 1, 500 euros, for legalisar again my documents? According to them the European union cancels all protocol, and then my legalisar documentation that carries the payment order in two offices, and inviting accommodation in a hotel in belgium euro capital, with the condition of 5 days notice before? .. . so I think I was irregular, for my indiosingracia foreign, and you know the middle decades because the plea was not transferred to my CTA in Chile, or tell me to be missing for that purpose, or is there something irregular that is not informed or ignorant of everything, to take the case because it deceseo not be disappointed, and prevent the payment order documentation with all its bells and other writings, reads like OUR REF, ECO / DU / REP / 08 CODE CAD / ECO / 2008 TRANSFER BY KEY Telegraphic (KTT) THOUNG: MTS FINSANCIAL CONSULTANT FIRM IN BELGIUM. Beneficiary BANK BANCO DE CHILE NUMEMERO PARTICULARLY OF THE MIND AND MY NAME, FREDDY RIVERA NUÑEZ WITH AN IMMEDIATE PAYMENT Aprovado SIGNATURE MR Peter Brown Remittance DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR INTERNATIONAL ECOBANK ETC ASK YOU TO FOLLOW THESE FUNDS presumed BELGIUM TO GET BACK AND IF YOUR BANK REQUESTS estrudiar my case and inform their Attn serviciuos freddy riverfront nuñezs please contact transferred as REZA AND DOCUMENTATION, OR TO REPORT some irregularities THAN ORDERED MI, CESA ALL DUE TO ORDER OF THE MANDATE OF barrister, who THE ONLY BE ABLE TO ACT DIRECTLY TO BENEFICIARY LEGAL FREDDY RIVERA NUÑEZ I request your INFORM THESE KEEP RECORDS AND IDENTIFICATION OF SEVERAL OTHER Barrister De: El remitente ha sido verificado por DomainKeys "consult firm" <financeconsultantfirmco@gmail.com>Añadir remitente a Contactos Para: leicazeissnikon@yahoo.es
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Brussels 9th Oct. 2008
From:MTS Financial Consultant FirmAvenue Louise 391Brussels, Belgium. Attention:Sr. Fredy Saturnino Rivera Nunez,
Estimado señor:

Esto es para acusar recibo de su información personal volvió a la internacional y su pasaporte es ha sido verificada y que han sido confirmadas tiene el beneficiario de los fondos / El derecho de dólares de los US$3, 250, 000, 00 (tres millones y doscientos cincuenta mil dólares de los Estados Unidos sólo ) Haya depositado en poder del Banco ING de Bruselas de Ecobank Cotonú, República de Benin. También la amabilidad de señalar que para el asesoramiento financiero y de documentación que una copia de seguridad de la liberación de los fondos de nuestra empresa consultor financiero ha recibido el mandato de supervisar el pago.
En vista de ello, todos los documentos necesarios relacionados con la liquidación de los fondos se ha cubierto, pero como usted puede saber que las normas y reglamentos de la Unión Europea (UE) y Monetario Internacional inhabilitar la Junta del Reglamento de la liberación de pago de la enorme suma de fondo como la suya al beneficiario a su cuenta bancaria sin la debida legalización / aprobación de todos los documentos destinados a la liberación de pago de los fondos, tan amablemente nota que en la actualidad sus fondos no puede ser puesta en libertad sin la legalización / aprobación de los documentos.
Como consultor nuestra empresa sirve como autorizar a un agente para supervisar la liberación de sus fondos, que tendrán que ponerse en contacto con nuestra empresa departamento jurídico, para la aprobación / Legalización de la''liberación de formulario de pedido''/''telegráfica documentos de Liquidación'' y todos los documentos necesarios destinados a la liquidación de sus fondos a la autoridad competente en Bélgica. Sin embargo, como el beneficiario y el derecho propietario de estos fondos lo tanto, se aconseja a proceder a nuestra oficina en Bruselas para la identificación y la legalización de los documentos con el texto siguiente: 1. Usted debe tener con usted su pasaporte internacional con fines de identificación.

2. Se espera que llevar con usted a lo largo de la suma de 1.500, 00 euros (mil quinientos euros solamente) se Administrativo costo de la legalización y / Aprobación de pago. Por favor, estar bien sabido que sus fondos ha sido "legalmente servidumbre y ASEGURADO''antes de que se depositarán en poder del Banco Dexia, a causa de esta póliza de seguro de nuestra empresa o cualquiera de nuestros funcionarios de esta empresa no tienen autoridad legal para descontar o añadir a la valor de su Funds.Nos hacer asesoramos a nuestros clientes a veces sobre seguro / hotel garantizado, si no le importa hacer su reserva de hotel en este hotel a la información: EURO CAPITAL HOTEL
Avenue, Fonsny 9
1060 SAINT-GILLES
Brussel Midi,
Brussel, Belgium
Tel:+32-253-51700
Fax:+32-253-51701
E-mail:info@ec-hotel.com
www.ec-hotel.com Estaremos esperando en su fecha de llegada a Bruselas en cualquier hotel situado en el corazón de la ciudad, desde donde nuestra empresa oficial de protocolo sería capaz de reunirse y determinar que usted y que usted en nuestra oficina, donde la documentación final se harán y sus fondos serán noticia para usted. la amabilidad de saber que se le exige que nos dan 5 días hábiles antes del anuncio de su llegada para que podamos fijar una fecha de nombramiento y el tiempo para usted, para más aclaración ponerse en contacto con nuestro gestor de la operación en la persona del Sr. Oliver +32-487-411-779 o Sr Benjamin Mulder en línea de ayuda + 32-488-063-599

Vamos a estar esperando su respuesta. Recuerdos, Mark Blenheim
(Dir. Admin)

--- El mié, 29/10/08, freddy rivera n <leicazeissnikon@yahoo.es> escribió:

De: freddy rivera n <leicazeissnikon@yahoo.es>
Asunto: MTS COPY
Para: "freddy rivera n" <leicazeissnikon@yahoo.es>
Fecha: miércoles, 29 octubre, 2008 11:01


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Brussels 18th Oct. 2008
From:MTS Financial Consultant FirmAvenue Louise 391Brussels, Belgium. Attention:Sr. Fredy Saturnino Rivera Nunez,
Estimado señor: Este mail es para confirmar que los dos mails que has enviado a esta oficina fueron bien recibidas. Con referencia a su primer correo electrónico relativos a la documentación, nosotros estamos aquí para representar a su interés y el interés de Ecobank Benin. es cuando usted llega en Bélgica que vamos a preparar todos los documentos necesario legalisado y después de que le acompañarán a la ING Bank a firmar para la liberación de sus fondos as su cuenta en Chile. Por favor estar bien informar que EcoBank Cotonou ha enviado todos los documentos necesarios a usted directamente de Cotonú y antes de que podamos plantear cualquier otro certificado de aquí en Bélgica usted tiene que estar presentes aquí en nuestra oficina para firmar por ellos. Sobre la segunda cuestión, si no puede estar presente aquí en Bélgica que el asesoramiento que usted envíe un representante que lo represente o alternativamente, usted tendrá que escribir una carta oficial a nosotros con su honorarios documentación de 1.500 € que usted ha Autorizar nosotros para llevar a cabo la operación para que al mismo tiempo vamos a tener que conseguir un Notario Público que represente a firmar todos los documentos y sus fondos serán transferir a BCHICLRM BANCO DE CHILE SANTIAGO DE CHILE. sin demora alguna. Esta es la información hasta ahora que tenemos para usted. Esperando su respuesta. Recuerdos, Mark Blenheim
(Dir. Admin)


QUE SIGNIFICA ESTO UNA MAFIA TE ASESINARA POR GIRAR MIS FONDOS EN BELGICA ...



Attn.

FREDDY RIVERA NUÑEZ
SANTIAGO DE CHILE

FREDDY@LEICA.CL
 356 days ago by Ferdie Smith  [send email] 0 Votes
Here in South Africa I received plenty of these e-mails. This is the first one from Benin, but previously plenty across the globe. If you have not entered any competition and are not expecting any winnings, why believe these stories. I keep record of all sweepstakes and lotteries and refer back to them should something like this comes up. Even then, google it to find out if there was any winnings and what the numbers were. Compare it with yours. Don’t ever send money or give your personal details, including bank details to anyone. If in doubt google it.

Attached are two e-mails I received today. Read it but DON’T SEND MONEY.

Regards


Ferdie

South Africa


FROM THE DESK OF USMAN BELLO
FINANCIAL MINISTER OF FREDERAL REPUBLIC OF BENIN FOREIGN CONTRACTOR PAYMENT OFFICE.
TEL +229-97374132 FAX+229-93-202-545.
Email:ubello1@hotmail.fr


Attn: Dear Beneficiary,


I want to inform you regards to the final conclusion of transfer your fund
(US$1.9million) by the Board of Federal Ministry of Finance Benin republic, has Instructed (Western Union Office) to send your funds
(US$1.9million) to you through Western Union Money Transfer for easier receive of your inherited funds without any further delay and to avoid paying money to the fraud stars that is going on through the global.

The maximum amount you will be receiving each day starting from the any moment you have contacted them is the sum of $7, 000.00 US Dollars per day, also your are required to send them the sum of $298.00 dollars for Re-newal and Re-confirming your fund payment file that deposited in their office.

Be advised to send the Western Union Office the below information listed where you want them to send the fund to you per day:

Name Beneficiary:...
Your Full Address:...
Your Currently Telphone:...


Contact office with their below information:
CONTACT PERSON: USMAN BELLO.
EMAIL: ubello1@hotmail.fr
TEL: +229-93-20-46-87

Be informed as soon as you send the western union office the required fee of $298.00 for the Re-newing and Re-confirming of your payment file was deposited there on your behalf by the Federal Ministry Of Finance Benin, they will be starting sending your fund immediately to you without any further delay and you will start receiving your fund every day $7, 000.00 until your total payment ($1.9 million) United States Dollars is finished.

Finally, kindly let me know as soon as you have contacted them and send the money to them.

Thanks for your understanding and God bless you.

Yours in service


MR USMAN BELLO
Finance Minister
Federal Republic of Benin

I DON'T HEAR FROM YOU AS MY BOSS TOLD ME REGARDING YOUR DRAFTED CHEQUE.I RECEIVED AN URGENT CALL WHICH PROMPT THAT I WILL LEAVE THIS COUNTRY TOMORROW.I WENT TO THE BANK TO DEPOSIT YOUR CHEQUE FOR SAFE KEEPING BEFORE MY LEAVING BUT IS QUITE UNFORTUNATLE THAT ECOBANK DIRECTOR BENIN TOLD ME THAT THE CHEQUE HAS ONE WEEK TO EXPIRE AND I TRIED TO REACH YOU WHEN I WAS WITH THE BANK MANAGER TO KNOW WHAT TO DO ABOUT THIS MATTER BUT YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS KEEP RETURNING.I TOLD THE DIRECTOR MARTHINS DAVE TO CONVERT THE CHEQUE INTO CASH TO AVOID LOOSING THE MONEY UNDER EXPIRATION BECAUSE IF IT HAPPENED AS HE TOLD ME IT MEANS YOU WILL LOOSE THE FUND BECAUSE MY BOSS WHOM INSTRUCTED TO SEND THE MONEY AS YOUR COMPENSATION HAS LEFT THIS COUNTRY.I TOLD THE BANK TO TRANSFER THE TOTAL AMOUNT($2.5MILLION USD) DIRECT TO YOUR ACCOUNT BUT BOARDS OF THE DIRECTORS OF ECOBANK STATED THAT THE GOVERNMENT WILL NOT ALLOW THEM TO TRANSFER THE FUND INTO USA ACCOUNT, THAT IS THE REASON THEY ADVISED ME TO SEND THE FUND TO YOU AS PACKAGE THROUGH TOPCHRONO MAIL COMPANY BENIN REPUBLIC.

WELL, I THANKS GOD THAT ALL THE ARRANGEMENT OF DELIVERING $$2.5MILLION DOLLARS IN CASH WAS MADE SUCCEESFUL WITH TOPCHRONO DELIVERY COMPANY.I HAVE SETTLED THEM WITH THEIR DELIVERY CHARGE.FOR SECURITY REASONS AND TO ENSURE THAT THE TRUNK BOX GET TO YOU SAFETLY, I WAS DEPOSITED IT IN THE NAME OF BENIN NATIVE CLOTHS AND IT COVERED WITH BOND INSURANCE WHICH MAKE IT IMPOSSIBLE TO BE OPEN TILL IT GET TO YOUR HAND.ALL THIS IDEA IS FROM MARTHINS DAVE DIRECTOR WHOM HELPED ME PACKAGED THE FUND IN BOX.DO NOT LET THE COMPANY OR ANY BODY TO KNOW THE REAL CONTENT OF THE BOX TO AVOID LOOSING OF THE BOX.

BELLOW IS THE CONTACT PERSON.
MR.FREDRICK SANCHEZ THE DIRECTOR.
Email(top_chrono_file@hotmail.fr)
OFFICE PHONE:+229-937-718-92
BELOW IS THE INFORMTION THEY REQUEST FROM YOU, FULL NAME...
ADDRESS...
AGE...
PHONE...

INCLUDE YOUR PACKAGE REGISTERATION NO.No, 27.2KGXX5 AND DEPOSITED DATE, 23OCT.2008 TO AVOID NOT DELIVER ANOTHER PERSON PACKAGE TO YOU.
FINALLY, THE KEY OF THE BOX STILL WITH THE PAYING BANK.YOU ARE TO CONTACT DR.MARTHINS DAVE ON HIS PHONE, 0022998283043.I PLEAD HIM TO SEND IT TO YOU, IF YOU NEED IT BEFORE THE DELIVERY AND YOU HAVE TO MAKE GOOD ARRANGEMENT TO RECEIVE YOUR COMPENSATION AS I PLAYED MY PART IN LINE AS YOUR PARTNER INSTRUCTED ME BEFORE HIS TRAVEL.

BEST OF LUCK,

SECRETARY.BENARD KALU.
 293 days ago by   fanny isabel armendariz flores 0 Votes
BUENAS TARDES SOLO UNA PREGUNTA DONDE PUEDO COBRAR UN DINERO QUE FUE ENVIADO DEL PAIS DE BENIN REPUBLICA, COTONOU.
RECEIVIV NAME...EZECHUKWVEDV ADILI
COUNTRY...BENIN REPUBLIC
TEST QUESTION...WHAT COLOR
TEST ANSWER...BLUE
OMOUNT...100USD
MTCH 3624966327
CUANDO PUEDO RECIBIR MI DINERO FAVOR DE AVISARME A MI CORREO
arflor72@univision.com
fanny isabel armendariz flores.
 277 days ago by   Bjorn Bagn 0 Votes
I have an acknowledged $ 1. 2 Mill USD as accrued interest with Ecobank. Previoously, i had to distribute $ 3 millUSD due to pressures by Ecobank, Cotonou Messrs Mark Jovi, Travaly Cheick and later Mrs.Evelyne Tall. The latter is on local Board of Directors.
Frankly, either they - or crooks using their e-mail addresses have done everything to make this transfer out of the bank impossible and imposed fees for this, that and the other.
Complaints via e-mail to Ecobank @ecobankbj.com has gone unanswered. requests for accounting and accrued interest accounts has been equally unanswered, but with diverted counter questions.

I believe this bank's Cotonou branch is so infiltrated by crooks so that international banking business with them is impossible.
I am about to file complaint with the Benin chambers of commerce, the equivalent Banking commission, release newspaper summaries and forwarn the U.S.embassy not to deal with this bank!
I would not recommend this bank to anyone. The bank has been notified officially by e-mail ofmy intention - and I have received no response
 262 days ago by   walkerl11 0 Votes
they had sent me an email to and said I had to give 85 dollars and I was like I cant pay that much then he asked what could i pay i said 50 so he said ok send it. But i'm the type of person I don't send no money no where unless I receive what I suppose to receive first and if it cant go like that they could kiss my ass. And I told them they gone have to find someone else. I don't trust things like that because I feel it's all a scam. Weather it is or it isn't I'm not giving my money to no one. I'm not that greedy for money I'm fine trying to finish college so I could earn that on my on

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