Someone contacted me from Benin, West Africa posing as a trading agent for a military organization and wanted to buy a large volume of products from me without even sampling them. Pricing was not an issue, but the only catch was that I would have be personally present in Benin to sign the full contract, and I could not bring a lawyer with me.
I was already suspicious at the "too good to be true" nature of the deal but the requirement for me to be in Benin and without a lawyer caused me to be more wary. I called up the Chamber of Commerce in Benin and verified that the final consumer did not even exist in the country and they warned me that this was surely a scam.
Once they got me to Benin, they would ask me to pay for registering the deal and paying for lawyer fees for the procedure.
I promptly cancelled the deal and backed out. Please be careful of any contacts from West Africa and make sure you contact the local Chambers of Commerce/Trade Commissioners offcs to verify the ligitimacy of the companies.
Safe trading.
Re: Beware of Religious Group
by gazelle on 03 Oct 2008 14:17
Quoting from [cautioustrader]: Safe trading.A Mrs Seva Joel from Divine Grace Investment in Benin, Africa requested samples . I asked for government documents proving this was a legit trading co. What I got was a bad print of fraudulant papers. They then asked for mor4e free samples. When I requested freight payment they sent a nasty letter of refusal. Since then I have had other companies inform me of this practice and to be thankful I did not pay the "import" fees requested.
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by kandiwa2008 on 16 Dec 2008 00:11
my name is casper im looking 4 rough diamond buyers
Re: Beware of Fraudulent
by MAN U on 01 Apr 2009 20:15
Quoting from [cautioustrader]:
Someone contacted me from Benin, West Africa posing as a trading agent for a military organization and wanted to buy a large volume of products from me without even sampling them. Pricing was not an issue, but the only catch was that I would have be personally present in Benin to sign the full contract, and I could not bring a lawyer with me.
I was already suspicious at the "too good to be true" nature of the deal but the requirement for me to be in Benin and without a lawyer caused me to be more wary. I called up the Chamber of Commerce in Benin and verified that the final consumer did not even exist in the country and they warned me that this was surely a scam.
Once they got me to Benin, they would ask me to pay for registering the deal and paying for lawyer fees for the procedure.
I promptly cancelled the deal and backed out. Please be careful of any contacts from West Africa and make sure you contact the local Chambers of Commerce/Trade Commissioners offcs to verify the ligitimacy of the companies.
Safe trading.
Can tell me how to contact the Chamber of Commerce in Benin ? I seearch from internet and contact them through email so far no reply. We currentlt having some business discussion with 3 company from Benin.
man u
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