Need to find out if this company exists

milessat · #1 19 December 2007, 21:08

WE have an offer from a company to purchase our product, Zamaotue, has anyone heard of this company? Are they legitimate and what is the best way to find out? HELP!!!!!

#2 19 December 2007, 21:19

Not a lot to go on is it?

Website address, company address? Context of the contact?

Help us with quality intel, and you'll get quality data back again.

I have searched Google for the company name you have said, and get zero hits.

milessat · #3 20 December 2007, 01:11

You are right. I have searched myself and cannot find anything. I was not even able to find the website. I hope this helps.

The address is:

Zamaotue Benin Sarl Organization
Carre 101/109 Akpakpa
Cotonou, Benin
229 97 93 62 66

Frazzle · #4 20 December 2007, 09:35

Still not a lot to go on, but it already smells like a Benin Import License Scam.

The phone number is a mobile.

If you could post the email you received, it would be a big help to us.

If, for whatever reason, you don't want to do that, I would be happy for you to PM it to me. I have no business interest in Benin, and won't disclose the deal to anyone else.

Or, you could check it out yourself using our handy DIY Scam Email Checklist at http://www.fraudwatchers.org/checker/

#5 20 December 2007, 09:35

Quote:

Originally Posted by milessat

You are right. I have searched myself and cannot find anything. I was not even able to find the website. I hope this helps.

The address is:

Zamaotue Benin Sarl Organization
Carre 101/109 Akpakpa
Cotonou, Benin
229 97 93 62 66

The telephone number is a Mobile number on the BéninCell network.
As for the address, not really any more of a clue. The phrase 'Benin+"Sarl Organization"' brings back a few hits but all point to frauds as far as I can see.

If the alleged company is attempting to purchase products from you, how are they offering payment? Cheque? Money Orders? Wire Transfer? Is the person you are in communication with stating that they are currently in a different location, or that payment would be issued to you from someone else? Are they asking that a balance of the payment be sent somewhere else? Are they asking for an up-front payment for some reason?

There is still not really enough information here to say for sure that this may be a fraud, though the facts are stacking up on the side of caution.

** edit to add **
Also with what Frazzle said above, that's also something I was thinking.

#6 23 April 2008, 19:04

Quote:

Originally Posted by milessat

WE have an offer from a company to purchase our product, Zamaotue, has anyone heard of this company? Are they legitimate and what is the best way to find out? HELP!!!!!

Dear Milessat,

I just received a offer from the same comapany 2 weeks ago, and they are pushing me to forward the orders fast.

I don't have many information about this african company, so I would like to know if have you got any deals to them?

Regards,
Fabio Caus

poirot · #7 23 April 2008, 19:33

This has Benin Import scam written all over it.

If you have been informed that you won the bidding and they have placed a large order with your company, next will come a request that you send a fee for product registration with some government department or organization. It's a scam. There are no such registration. The whole purpose is to make you pay endless fees for various permits, licenses, barrister fees etc.., etc..,

You can see some examples of the fraud posted here: http://www.fraudwatchers.org/forums/...t=1666&page=11

You should know that transacting business with any West African countries is very risky, specially Benin, Nigeria, Togo and Cameroon. Some people find it preferable to avoid the whole region altogether.

#8 6 May 2008, 18:06

WE have an offer from a company to purchase our product, Zamaotue, has anyone heard of this company? Are they legitimate and what is the best way to find out? HELP!!!!!

The address is:

Zamaotue Benin Sarl Organization
Carre 101/109 Akpakpa
Cotonou, Benin
229 97 93 62 66[/quote]

Frazzle · #9 6 May 2008, 19:46

They have no web presence.

The number 229 97 93 62 66 is a mobile.

I would insist on a landline phone number before proceeding. And then be careful.

If you had given us more information, we would be able to give a more definitive answer.

poirot · #10 6 May 2008, 23:37

Also, there is no such company listed in the Benin phonebooks

#11 17 May 2008, 00:23

This is the last informations that I got from them. The responsible now is a guy named:

Chief Samuel Manigo (CEO)
Zamaotue Sarl Benin
Telephone N° +229 97698074

ZAMAOTUE SARL BENIN
CARRIER 1102-1129 AKAPKPA COTONOU
REPUBLIQUE DU BENIN
TEL: +229 97698074, FAX : +229 97461000
E-MAIL: zamaotusarl.benin@yahoo.fr

Before who contact me were a guy named: Mr. Michael Acuba.
+229 938 187 85.

They send me this deatils to prepare all Proformas Invoice:
STE ZAMAOTUE BENIN SARL ORGANISATION
CARRIER 1102-1129 AKPAKPA COTONOU
TEL:+229 93 604314 FAX:+229974461000
AKPAKPA DODOMEY COTONOU
REPUBLIQUE DU BENIN W/A
E-mail:zamaotue.beninsarl@writeme.com

ATTN to CHIEF DR.SAMUEL MICHEAL
PRESIDENT.CEO

And in the last 5 days he called me sometimes but the link was too noising...

Please, if you can do the last resarch I would be glad to be sure.

Best Regards,
Fabio Caus - International Trade Group

poirot · #12 17 May 2008, 12:03

As I mentionned, ZAMAOTUE SARL BENIN does not exist. It's bogus.

All phone and fax are mobiles and all email addresses are from free webmail accounts including writeme.com. ALL ANONYMOUS.

Quote:

they are pushing me to forward the orders fast.

That's a common tactic of scammers. Don't fall for it.

Details of the Benin Import Scam are at the following link: http://www.fraudwatchers.org/forums/...ead.php?t=1666