7 August 2007, 02:42
Norixone
Guest
I must congratulate whoever has set up this site.
I work for an Italian company and recentlysigned up in ALIBABA.
I did some good business there in the past and when received a request from Benin thought to give it a shot.
Well, they seemed very serious: asked for info, samples (which we sent) and timing was perfect.
They even called me by phone.
Then they asked to wire transfer via Western Union Euro 2.600 to BFDCAC for the registration of our products.
Here is the mail we received from the organisation
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File Ref: BFDCAC/20128/IT
To: OYSTER COSMETICS S.p.A.
Attn: Ricardo Bersi
Attn: Srivastava
Thanks for your email information.
We will be pleased to provide you with registration procedures and requirements.
Accordingly, you are required to provide us the order Sales proforma invoice between you and Kabinson Corp / Jack K. Ogbugha.
Also note that your range of hair care products will be register in one category and not per each.
Looking forward to receiving your prompt response.
Yours faithfully,
Mohammed Ahmed / Gen. Director
Benin Food, Drugs & Cosmetics Administration & Control (B.F.D.C.A.C.)
BFDCAC Building, Carre 192 Boulevard du Saint Michel,
Cotonou, Republic du Benin.
Website:
http://www.bfdcac.com DeadUNQUOTE
The e-mail address is
info@bfdcac.comThe company who has contacted us is KABINSON CORP. and this is their presentation
QUOTE
Dear ,
Thank you very much for contacting our company in respect to our contact enquiry message to your company. we have read of your mail and noted the contents.
owner's name:Mr.Jack K. Ogbuha.
company name:Kabinson Corp
address:Carre: 38 New Market Road
Missebo Cotonou Benin Repulic 03 BP 0659
tel.number:BeninTel/Fax:
0022997473805brief company profile:
Kabinson Corp,is a distributorship company registered in Benin Republic .
our company is interested in marketing your fine line of products in our
region. We have a flagship office at the Cotonou , which happens to house the largest open market in all of Africa. Our main aim of being in business is to source for the best products from around the world and bring same to the teeming buyers in our market.
Asides from having about 20 free lance marketers, we also have representaives,who sell and market our products in the rest of the West African sub-region. and I am convinced that your products will be highly marketted in our regional market.
With this, I have no doubt that my company can place your fine products conveniently,on the customership map of our region of specialty. We hope you can give us some more products information and let us have your best prices as well. You will also do well to give us some hints on your terms and conditionalities.
I personally look forward to handling these issues and all other issues concerning this business by myself. As well i look forward to receiving a really positive response from you as well hoping that this can be the beginning of a really worthwhile and rewarding business relationship for us.
And we shall successfully market your products in our country and African negbouring countries. and our activities have not been documented in any web page or printed journal but we can assure you that i have the experience and connections to market your products in this part of the world, we have a very pivotal position on the cosmetics market right at this time,this is because our distribution network,is one of the best in our region.besides this, our years or experinece in this field ,stands us out among our peers.you can be rest assured that if you can give my company the rare opportunuty of bringing your fine line of products to the market over here,then i'am going to do my best to put your products on the buyership map of this region.
i trust that you can contact me as soon as possible,if you should have considerations to do business with my company. wishing you all the best.
Yours Faithfully.
Mr Jack K.Ogbugha
UNQUOTE
Their e-mail address is
kaonep2000@yahoo.com and
info_ceodocs@yahoo.comThe excuse for the mail address change was that their server was down.
On a YAHOO account?????
Be aware of this one.
Bye.
Norixone
8 August 2007, 01:57
joewein
Support
Another case of the Benin import scam:
From:
forex.boabj@oued.infoIn reference to your transferring sum valued proforma invoice for Product Shipment valued for the sum of €118,093.00 in favour of :
Swift Telegraphic Transfer To
Amount €118,093.00
Account No: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
SWIFT Code:XXXXXXXX
Banker: XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
Beneficiary: XXXXXXXXXX.
We, Bank of Africa confirm and approved the transfer sum €118,093.00 with our swift remittance information File Ref N°:BOA/HA(6K-H) with Reference remittance transfer Ref:N° 2007/50478 and Credit remittance STC-DB2007 Advice Reference RG - A/FGNINTIAL Sum and Foreign Payment Allocation DB/FPAN/X-01/3745/-XX With the Foreign Exchange Control Authority are to inform you that your payment have been stop and placed onhold due to the following:
Precaution:- In respect to the Ministry of Trade and Finance / Foreign Exchange Authority regulatory constraints imposed on approval of Foreign Exchange for swift telegraphic transfer, The transferred payment have been stop and place on hold and subject to be transferable as soon as Sodel Group Ltd. provide us an import licence/permit for the importation of your products while your company Vertikal AD the Exporter and Beneficiary obtain Products registration certificate certifying that your company product is registered in Benin with the concern authority BENIN FOOD DRUGS ADMINISTRATIVE CONTROL - BEFDAC otherwise contact the below authority for the registration of your products.
Benin Foods/ Drugs Administrative Control - BEFDAC
C/650 Jericho ,
Phase II, Cotonou Central depth.
Cotonou , Benin Republic.
Tel:
00229 95312656,
Fax:
00229 21326266Email:
contact_befdac@presidency.com Declaration:- With full corporate responsibility, We certify that we stands the credit and irrevocably guarantee the release transfer of the valued amount €118,093.00 only on provision of the above requirement - Import Licence/permit required of the importer and product registration certificate required of the exporter accordingly.
Remittance Validity:- 14 Days from date of confirmation and issued of transferred payment receipt.
We ratify and stand irrevocable the release transfer of your pending bill upon the receipt of the requirement. Kindly contact your client for these requirement.
Yours Faithfuly
Dr. JEAN PHILIPPS Dossou / International Credit Remittance Dept.-ICRD
Bank of Africa - Benin
Agence PK3, Cotonou ,
Tel:
00229 9307 8160
As has been mentioned before, no institution by the name "Benin Foods/ Drugs Administrative Control" (BEFDAC) exists in Benin. Any business correspondence that brings it up is therefore an import scam.
The phone numbers listed above are mobiles, the email addresses free webmail accounts which have no connection to the government of Benin.
9 August 2007, 22:57
Bizz
Guest
Ok they almost got me =) Now they name them selfs
Ahmed Salif
Ste.Footmark Sarl
C/112 Scoa Gbeto Cotonou
Benin Republic
Tel:
00229 95964798This is second their e-mail
Dear Sir ,
Thanks for your introductory mail and response to our inquiry on the Dairy Products and interesting chat with you this morning.
We are working with Shepherd Aid Network (SAN), as the principal buyer for the Dairy Products. SAN is an aid organization office here in Cotonou.
Our client wants to import frrom your company the Condensed milk Tops 460g, Condensed milk with vegetable supplements Tops 460g, Condensed milk Tube 230g,
Butter „LAUKU†72,5%, packed up in a foil and Butter a/l 82,5%, packed up in a foil as listed in your product offer.
Item Packing Per Box Quantity
Condensed milk Tops 460g 24 30,000 Boxes
Condensed milk with vegetable supplements Tops 460g 24 30,000 Boxes
Condensed milk Tube 230g 15 30,000 Boxes
Butter „LAUKU†72,5%, packed up in a foil 30 15,000 Boxes
Butter a/l 82,5% 30 15,000 Boxes
SAN wants to buy the products in a large order and on a 10 month contract, which means after signing a contract agreement with them, you will be expected to complete shipment within 10 months after you have received full payment from them.
If your company can supply the quantity within the time frame as stated above, please reply us with your company FOB price for the items, so that we can go and submit same to our client for their view and comments.
Meanwhile, although we have seen the prices you offered, we did not show it to the buyers, because as the accredited sourcing agents for the supplies, we are entitled to a commission in this business, hence we advice you, to add 3% commission for our company in the FOB price quotation before sending it to us in your company letter head.
As soon as we receive the price quotation, we will submit it to our client SAN, for their study and comments and if they approve the price offer they will issue your company with approved purchase order.
If you have any further information, please send us an e-mail or call us on
+229 95 964798. I tried to call your given number
+371 25547158 and number picked the phone.
We thank you and hope to read from you very soon.
Then they send ous FPA and NCND 9 I wont post them, coes they long and ain't very interesting)
After a while they introdused to me their "buyer": SAN.
First they used
salifmed28@gmail.com email,
then
shepherdaidnet@netcourrier.comAnd when I almost been ready to sign contract why reqested to register products witf DAFCA. And then I found out that there is no DAFCA
Oh eah e-mail of DAFCA
dafca.benin@laposte.netMr.Minaho Sossou
Product Inspection & Registration Department
(+229) 93 061 266.
DRUG AND FOOD CONTROL AGENCY
LOT 833 BOULEVARD DE ROI
BP 33441 MINONTIN COTONOU
REPUBLIQUE DU BENIN
http://www.dafcabenin.org/ <--- Dead14 August 2007, 01:26
Bizz
Guest
STE AVIPAN SARL(SAS)
Any1 knows anything about STE AVIPAN SARL(SAS)? or about
Below is the information you asked for:
Like Full name,; MARIA
surname. THOMPSON,
adders. 18AB SODJEATIME
working place AKPAKPA COTONOU,
position,CHIEF EXECUTIVE
Reg No.. RG017021,
Full name of company/ THOMSON ENTERISES SARL
They look good, but its really hard to get information from them 9like reg.no and Vat. no) and they both using free e-mails:
maria_thomson2@yahoo.commayorslink02@yahoo.com ("representative" of SAS).
15 August 2007, 22:32
joewein
Support
Another Benin import scam.
The phone & fax numbers of the fake government officials is the same as used in the WEST AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY - WADECO scam last December, the trader is using a mobile phone.
There are 0 hits on the "BENIN PUBLIC HEALTH MANAGEMENT BOARD,COTONOU" name. In any case, since the administrative language of Benin is French any real institution would have a French name, not an English one.
Dear ##############,
Thank you for your mail with the attached PROFORMA INVOICE of your offer. It
received our kind attention and understanding.
After the study of the PROFORMA INVOICE and due consultations with BPHMB, you are to
effect the following adjustment immediately.
1. ADDRESS THE PROFORMA INVOICE TO THE BUYER BPHMB.(as shown below).
2.Sign it and seal with your official stamp.
When you have done that, we therefore advice your goodselves to fax and attach by
e-mail the PROFORMA INVOICE to BPHMB directly for their kind perual and approval
as I have already discussed at length with the exceutives.They will definitely
approve it and fax it back to you for your kind persual and necessary production
arrangement, Also copy me.
Full address:
Dr.Patrick Dodo ( Director of ADMIN/FIN.).
BENIN PUBLIC HEALTH MANAGEMENT BOARD,COTONOU (BPHMB).
Plot: Zone des Ambassade, 01 BP 2204 Cotonou,
BENIN REPUBLIC,
WEST AFRICA.
Tel: +229 2133 42 39
Fax: +229 2133 42 41
E-MAIL; beninphmb_tender@africamail.com
Please advice us immediately you have either fax or e-mail the p/invoice to BPHMB to
enable us follow-up for their approval.
we hope to hear from you asap.
Regards,
Mike David,
Mike David trading co. sarl,
Tel: +229 93208215
17 August 2007, 10:20
prepsuna
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: Bangalore,India
Timezone: GMT+5.3
Thumbs up Benin Custom Authority Certificate
Hello,
My name is prepsuna from India.I am a beginner in exports.I request all of you to learn from my mistakes.
Benin,Cameroon,Nigeria are all filled with Sample hunters only and fraudsters.
Here is my story.
Mr Auston Paul,expresscommodities sarl of Benin wanted 100 tons of honey from India.And i sent just 100 grams of pure honey by DHL spending 100 USD for honey that is costing less than .5USD
Mr Paul after receving the honey sent the below message :
Dear Mr.Sundaram,
We are glad to inform you that our buyers have accepted and approved the honey.
They like the taste and it's moisture.And we have submitted the invoice which amounting US$375905.00 only for their confirmation and approval.
Futherance,we will like to know what will be our commission,which will be transfer to us immediately you received payment in your account.Normally we always request 2% commission.
Meanwhile,our buyers need a certified approval number certificate from our Custom Authority here to enable them sell your product here.
And we have inquired from the authority regards to the approval.And they told us that you need to contact their legal representative for the application and issuance of their certified approval number certificate.
Kindly contact the legal attorneyas below:
Barr.Onuoha Nnaya Oma
email:
barrister_onu@lawyer.comHe will give you directives on how to get the approval number.
As soon as you get the approval certificate,we will submit it to the buyers for immediate transfer of the invoice amount.Note that we have submitted the invoice to them for their approval.
Thanks and we look forward receiving your mail.
Paul
Next when I contacted the lawyer,he replied like this:To:S.Kalyana Sundaram
Prepsuna Exim India.
Sir,
Refroduct Approval Form
Sorry we were unable to get back to you yesterday due to our national holiday
With due respect,we have attached to you the Custom products approval form.
Print it out and fill where that is applicable and send it back to us for submission to the custorm authority for the processing and issuance of the approval number.
Furtherance,the processing approval fees is $1850.We are directed to submit the form and the fees within 5 bank working days.
Send the fees via Money Gram Transfer or Western Union Money Transfer or Bank Transfer for immediate collection and processing of the approval number.
We await your reply .
Yours Faithfully
Barr.Onuoha Nnaya Oma
Hon.Bsc Law
Telephone:
+22993205688Then i replied like this:Dear Paul,
We will pay your commission of 2%.Please contact the attorney and pay him for his services.We will repay you later along with your commission.
Regards
SKS
This time,i never got back any reply till date.Fortunately,even though i lost 100USD for sending the sample,i learnt a good lesson.
I hereby advise ALL GENUINE MEN AND WOMEN to be extremely careful with Benin,Nigeria importers.
These people are worms in the stool and even lower than that
17 August 2007, 17:55
joewein
Support
Join Date: Oct 2005
Location: Japan
Languages: English Deutsch
Import scammer from Togo that mentions a non-existent "West African Project Development Agency (WAPDA)":
Quote:
Company: Otuloba International
Address: 300 Blvd 24 Janvier
City/State: Lome
Post Code: 228
Country: Togo
Tel.: 9414712
Fax: 2223341
E-mail
Contact: Imora Gadi
Description: Dear Sir, We are an Exporter of Used Bakery and Falafel, Organic Food, Fruit Juice, Olive Oil etc and we hereby like to inform you that Otuloba International is an oriented Importer and a Registered Consultant with the West African Project Development Agency. Due to our extensive range of diferential sales and consulting in diferent locations we are looking foward to hear from an interested exporter and manufacturer to contact us. Thank you, While waiting for your urgent reply. Mr. Imora Gadi 300 Blvd 24 Janvier Tel: 00228 99414712 Fax:: 00228 2223341 Email: otuloba@fastermail.com
Product: Organic Foods, Fruits Juice, Cereals and Flours, Olive Oil etc
and
Quote:
From-:
Imora Gadi
M/s. Sotraco International
223 Blvd 13 Janvier
Lome Togo.
Phone:
228-941-4712 E-Mail:
sotraco_intl@yahoo.com Description: Dear Sir,
Sotraco International is an Import oriented Firm and a registered Consultant with West African Project Development Agency (WAPDA) We are engaged in the consultation, Importation and distribution of Rat Repellent, Vector Spray,Insecticides, Fungicides.
In a brief profile,Sotraco International is a general Consulting Company established 14 years ago with the singular reputable aim of aiding,Consulting and importation to meet the high demands of mordern development.
Due to current developements in African, Wapda was formed by a legislation of member state ECOWAS as a Health relief Agency due to the increasing Epidemic/Hunger arising from Civil unrest: Wars, Natural Disaster.
An offer exist for the supply of Rat Repellent,Vector Spray,Insecticides, Fungicides to the West African Project Development Agency and this will be used to all War Zone in African States,Refugee Camps to prevent Mosquito/Ants bite which courses Malaria and other sickness.
Same phone number and contact person's name but different company name, street addresses and lines of business.
Google finds no legitimate refererences to "West African Project Development Agency" anywhere on the net. There are may hits for an organisation in Pakistan with the same WAPDA acronym, but none for Togo or West Africa.
I think it will be safe to assume that any "import agent" claiming to negotiate contracts on behalf of a non-existent "West African Project Development Agency (WAPDA)" is an import scammer.
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