The idea of this blog is to avoid Scam offers on the internet especially from the African scammers which includes Nigeria, Ghana, Ivorycoast etc. These culprits have cheated a good number of people by offering scrap metals and other commodities at unbelievable rates.. From my experience as an administrator of a few B2b portals which deal mainly in scrap I have received more than 30 complaints between 2005 and now which involves more than 300,000 $ . Some have got their money back by legal action, but most of the scammers slip away.
The modus operandi of these criminals is to contact scrap buyers on the online marketplaces and offer them scrap at 1/4th rates. For eg. if the market rate is 200$/ton, these guys offer it for 50 . They claim to have influence in the ministry and can arrange huge volumes like a million ton of scrap. Once the buyer takes the bait, they will ask for an initial amount to take care of the formalities. It would be anything from 3000$ to 10000$. They will ask the buyers to wire them the money and they dont encourage any bank or 3rd party. Some of them are content with the money and disappear while some others even forge the shipping documents and get the freight charges and disappear..
So who is the victim of the scammers.. Buyers who are greedy and after quick money fall for the scams. Here I will provide you with the various scam mails which we receive day to day on our portal..I encourage you to add your experience with scams and mail me if you have any information on these scammers..
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Is this yet another Nigerian scam?
We are pleased to announce that we are ready and willing to sell Heavy Melting Scrap 1 & 2 in quantities of 30, 000MT x 12 Months.
Please read below for full details.
Commodity: Standard & Grade 100% Used Rail (R50-R65)
Specification: International Standard ISRI Code R50 – R65
Composition: C: 0.54-0.82%, SI:0. 18-0.40%, MN:0. 60-1.05%, S: 0.4% MAX, P: 0. 035% MAX, AS: 0.01% MAX. OF MASS SHARE.
Components: These scraps consist of R50-R65 of Rails as R50
(51.67Kg/M Gost-7173-75), R65 (64.72Kg/M Gost-8165-75) According to Incoterm 2000. The Rails shall conform to ISRI CODE R50-R65
Quantity: 1,200,000.00 Metric Tons. (+/-5%) /Shipment 30,000 Metric Ton for shipment 12 Monthly Contracts
Price: $200.00 CIF ASWP, including cost for Loading, Haulage but you will be responsible for the cutting.
Length: 12.5 m
Terms of Payment: By T/ T 14 days after inspection report issued at unloading port or 3 working days after arrival of product at buyers destination port of discharge.
Delivery Time: 35-40 Days after signing of Sales Purchase Agreement and receipt confirmation of an operative financial instrument acceptable to the seller.
Loading Port Terminal: Apapa/Tincan Port Terminal, Lagos
Yard Visit Mandatory after signature of draft contract by both parties at Seller's office.
Procedures:
1-The Buyers side or the Buyer, issues LOI with his demand and price offered. Signs, seals and sends to the Sellers side.
2-The Sellers side issues FCO, signs, seals and sends to the Buyers side or to the Buyer within 24 hours.
3-The Buyers side or the Buyer accepts FCO and send back to the Sellers side within 24 hours.
4-The Sellers side issues the draft contract, NCNDA and sends to the Buyers side or to the Buyer. The IMFPA, if necessary, is sent to the Buyers side parallel. All above within 24 hours.
5-The Buyer confirms his signature and seal the conditions of draft contract with remarks and NCNDA send back to the Sellers side. The Buyers side sends back IMFPA to the Sellers side. All above within 24 hours.
6-The Seller issues the final contract, seals and sends to the Buyer with the NCNDA by electronic mail within 24 hours. The IMFPA reconfirmed by Seller is sent to the Buyer side.
7-The Buyer sends back the final contract signed and sealed to the Seller by electronic post within 24 hours.
8-Seller will arrange invitations for the buyer (s) for yard visit on site.
9-The Buyer depart within 2 days after Yard visit and date of contract signature.
10-The sales contract is executed.
11-Scrap is shipped in bulk, the first shipment will commence not later than 30-45 (thirty-forty five) from the date of Contract execution. The remaining consignments will be shipped in each 30 (thirty) days period as defined in the contract.
Please Only Buyer who can fulfill the procedures only replies.
HOPE THIS WILL MEET YOUR URGENT NEEDS
REGARDS
Fola williams
2348027205939
Some guy, called to himself Jhon Zuma wrote to me, selling scraps at too low price:
Sir,
Firstly I must thank you for your email, However following its contents and for the purpose of getting the transaction moving immediately, I have had to engage in an intensive discussions with the Honorable Minister of Transport –FMT and the Chairman of the South African Rail Commuters Corporation-SARCC who are the top key role players of the entire transaction, the essence of that is to avoid a situation where we are taken by surprise at any point in time. Below, you will find details of our discussions as they explained that the transaction would be conducted on a maximum confidential basis only to avert eyebrows.
Secondly, considering the top government moguls involved in the transaction, feel 100% free and entreat no fear.
Note that the rail materials are stocked uncut in the SARCC yards here in South Africa, and the Sellers (FMT and SARCC) being a government body only allows buyer pre-inspection at the yards and international reputable inspectional company at the port of loading.
However, the buyer must prior note that the payments of the materials shall be paid by direct T.T to account of the sellers after 14days the goods are delivered and cleared at the chosen port of discharge of the buyer.
Procedure:
1. The buyer is physically required here in South Africa to pre-inspect the materials by his or her self if he/she wants.
2. The buyer will upon arrival here in South Africa, be taken to meet with the officials possibly, Hon. Minister of Transport and the SARCC chairman who shall issue the instructions for the buyer to be taken to the yard where the used rails are stocked for pre-inspections against buyer's satisfaction prior any contract signings.
3. Thereafter the buyer's inspections of the materials, he will be required to procure the following documents on the name of his company.
(a) Letter of References from the International Chamber of Commerce here in South Africa
(b) Non-Resident Business Permit Certificate from the Department of Trade and Industries of South Africa.
(c) Contract Tender Clearance Certificate from the Contracts Committee of South Africa.
(d) Environmental Safety Metro Monitoring Clearance Certificates from the Department of Safety.
4. The above-mentioned documents will be required from the buyer by the Sellers (FMT & SARCC) immediately after buyer's inspections of the materials before signing of the final phase contract with the buyer.
5. The FMT & SARC will put these documents in their files before and after signing the contract with the buyer and give immediate directives to the SARCC yards where the used rail materials are stocked to book them in favor of the buyer's name, and copy the same instructions to the South African Customs Authority and the Directorate of Presidential Task force who monitors the movement of Used Rail Scraps in the country to be preview of the buyer's purchase contract clearance from the sellers to Export the materials by the order of the FMT.
6. The party who will assist the buyer secure all these documents from the mentioned offices said to completely procure all the documents will take them maximum of 48hours upon the arrival of the buyer in South Africa and the buyer will bear the costs calculated at the amount of $20,000.00.
7. After all the satisfactory inspections of the material by the buyer and procurement of the mentioned documents, the contract will be signed between the buyer and FMT/SARC as the sellers.
8. Immediately after signing of the contract by both parties, the contract commences immediately as the sellers will assume the buyer with the full ownership of the materials and will assume them to begin cutting and moving of the materials from the yards to the loading port harbor for immediate exports.
9. The above has led me to open contact with the company that handles such cutting services for the Government, who has confirmed that for the facts that Durban sea port is an International Standard Sea Port that can facilitate Ships with the capacities of accommodating above 180,000 M/T of goods, they can handle the service contract and they can be delivering minimum of 90,000M/T every three week and conclude containerizing, transporting and loading to the vessel within the remaining seven days which rounds the first shipment under maximum of 45days.
10. The buyer will be responsible for the costs of cutting of the materials to the containerize-able sizes and the cutters have explained that they charge US$11.00 per ton.
So if the procedures explained above are suitable to you, please do not hesitate to revert to me for next line of actions.
You can reach me on my direct hotline +27-83-472-2059
Thanks and regards
John Zuma.
richard bein> wrote:
dear sir
your propossal is intersting
can you sendme some pictures of your goods?
thankyou very much
Richard Bein
2008/5/1 John SurnameZuma zumametals@yahoo.co.uk:
Dear Sir,
Our company is a reliable marketing company here in Southern Africa and an accredited Auctioneers/License seller to the Republic of South Africa, presently we have an allocation of 120,000 M/TS of used rail from the South African railway cooperation.
We are therefore, looking for serious buyers who can enter into contract with us and they will be ready to buy up to 30,000 m/t per month.
Our payment terms is by T/T within 14 days upon the arrival of the materials at the destination port, and our unit price is $120dollars {USD] CIF any sea port of the world:
Specification;
Used Rails as GOST R50-R65
R50 (51.67KG/METER) GOST 7173-55
R65 (64.72KG/METER) GOST 8161-75
Chemical composition of the used rails scrap.
MN:0.60 1.05; C:0.54 0.82; SI:0.18 - 0.12; S:0.04Max; P:0.035Max;
AS:0.01% Max of Max Share; and CR: Residual
If our offer interest you, Kindly get back to us for more details.
John Zuma
Telephone Number: 27-83-472-2059
Fax : 27-86-512-1226
You have this guy also on alibaba.com look at the look-alike proposal I got. These idiots are ruining the B2B websites to other business people who want to do proper business.
Company Name: ZUMA SCRAP METALS (PTY)
Business Owner:
Emplyees: 51 - 100 People
Main markets:
Business Type: Trading Company
Product/Service: USED RAILS,
About Us: Dear Sir,
Our company is a reliable marketing company here in Southern Africa and an accredited Auctioneers/License seller to the Republic of South Africa : ENTERPRICE DETAILS: 2007/210362/23 ENTERPRICE NAME: ZUMA SCRAP METALS (PTY).
Presently we have an allocation of 650,000 M/TS of used rail from the South African railway cooperation and 250,000 M/T HMS 1$2 available.
We are therefore, looking for serious buyers who can enter into contract with us and they will be ready to buy up to 30,000 m/t per month.
Our payment term is by T/T within 14 days upon the arrival of the materials at the destination port,and our unit price is $120dollars {USD] CIF any sea port of the world:
Specification;
Used Rails as GOST R50-R65
R50 (51.67KG/METER) GOST 7173-55
R65 (64.72KG/METER) GOST 8161-75
Chemical composition of the used rails scrap.
MN:0.60 1.05; C:0.54 0.82; SI:0.18 - 0.12; S:0.04Max; P:0.035Max;
AS:0.01% Max of Max Share; and CR: Residual
Length: 12.5 M;
Width: 5.5 inches; Weight: 65Kg/143.3lbs.
For faster communications, you can reach me at +27-783-949-496 for more verbal discussions, or contact on my private E-mail:
Regards,
Zuma Smith
Category: Minerals & Metallurgy - Metal Scrap
Region: South Africa
Link Tool: South Africa Minerals & Metallurgy - South Africa Metal Scrap
Tags: hms 1 - scrap metals - republic of south africa
Contact Persion: Mr. ZUMA SMITH
Zip Code: 2001
Website: http://www.gmdu.net/corp-266478.html
Address: CRESSWELL STREET, Johannesburg, gauteng, South Africa
Fax: 27
Telephone: 27-783-949496
I get really similar scam emails all the time. Here are some examples, along with my responses: http://daisybrain.wordpress.com/2010/03/08/more-african-scam-emails/
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