In this scam, the "client" Mr. John Andersen, promises to transfer 18.5 million dollars of his money into your bank account, in order to get his money out of the country and open up a business in the US. His reasoning is due to the poor economic status of his country. He then refers you to work with the Central Bank of Gambia, where You deal with a man by the name of Essa Sey.
He requires that you send money to obtain an anti-laundering certificate due to the large amount of money being transferred into your account. They say this certificate is needed due to more strict guidelines for transferring money into the country because of 9-11. They say that the certificat is 11,200.00.
They then tell you that if you can't afford this, you can contact a lawyer referred by them, who can represent you in court and travel to London to obtain the certificate, but you have to pay him 3500.00. Once the lawyer gets there, he calls back to tell you that you still need to send the 11,200.00 even after paying him the 3500.00 to tell you what you already knew. They send you several documents that seem official but they are not.
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