Can anyone tell me why this Trigger won't compile correctly?

CREATE OR REPLACE TRIGGER REQ1_NEWREQ_TRIGGER_GCSIFOMTO
AFTER INSERT
ON REQ1
REFERENCING NEW AS NEW OLD AS OLD
FOR EACH ROW
WHEN (
CREATED_USERID.REQ1 != 'REQUESTAPI' --If the RequestAPI is creating
this, don't fire off a new row to the intermediate table
AND REQUEST_ID.REQ1 LIKE 'REQ%' --If the request comes from anywhere
else but the outside source, don't fire
)
DECLARE
--********** Variable Declaration **********
CopyRec some_schema.GCSIFOMTO%ROWTYPE;
ReqID VARCHAR2(20);
********** Trigger Firing Solution **********
BEGIN
ReqID := :new.Request_ID;
SELECT * FROM REQ1 /*WHERE REQ1.Request_id = ReqID */ INTO
CopyRec;
--********** End Trigger Body **********

END;
--********** End Trigger **********

When I put it into the dB I get the following error off of it and I am
not sure why:
ORA-04076: invalid NEW or OLD specification

Very annoying. I can't find an documentation that says I can't do
this, but I obviously can't.

This is running against 9i, and I am a former MS SQL Server programmer
trying to develop against an Oracle dB and I am not HAVING ANY FUN!

Thanks,

Web