The European Union Delegation to Nigeria and ECOWAS has rejected a document that claim to purportedly provide assisted recovery for those affected by alleged fraudulent practice in Africa.
The said document promises compensation for citizens of Europe and other countries whose legally transferred funds are trapped in banks and other financial institutions across West Africa. It also claims that the European Union Ambassador to Nigeria and ECOWAS has been mandated to monitor the compensation process and urges claimants to approach him for that purpose.
A statement by the EU delegation described the document as ‘fake’ and ‘non-existent.’
It said: “The attention of the European Union Delegation to Nigeria and ECOWAS has been drawn to a fake document purported to have emanated from the Secretary General of the Council of the European Union, Ms Thérèse Blanchet, on a non-existent European Union-World Bank assisted recovery programme for those affected by alleged fraudulent practices in the handling of fund transfers in Africa.”
It said “this document in its entirety is a scam. The information and claims contained therein are false. The European Union is neither aware of any such bogus programme nor part of it.”
The EU said the email addresses and phone number provided in the document as those of Ms Blanchet and Ambassador Mignot “are fake, and obviously belong to the scammers.”
The Delegation urged members of the public to disregard the information.
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