Cameroon Government Contract Bidding Scam

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This was received by a member of Fraudwatchers Warning staff.

Dear xxxxx,

I have prepared all the emails sent to us by this gang chronologically erasing my name and company name.

I attached also the documents they sent.

I would be glad if you publish all the story on fraudwatchers.org in order to avoid people from their frauds.

Thank you very much.

It was sent by a victim who fortunately contacted us before sending any money. He wanted to tell his story to help others who may be the target of the same scam. This is a scam where the scammers pass off as government officials, in this case Cameroon, but it could have been another country. They search the internet looking for manufacturers whom they can approach with an offer to tender a bid on various items. They then proceed with providing various fake documents to reinforce their legitimacy and the bidder invariably will win the bidding contest. In order to make it more trustable, the assure the manufacturer that the multi-million dollar payment will be deposited into their bank account prior to any products being shipped.

They are then referred to a "barrister" who will handle all the documentation for them, for a fee. Classic Advance Fee Fraud known as 419 scam.

Names/emails/telephone# used in this scam:
Ms. Mary Kalla
MR OKEKE BROWN
CAMEROON TENDER BOARD COMMITTEE
Miss Mandy Smith
DR. JOHN NGWA
Mark Ebai
BARRISTER OZONE MORGAN
OZONE CHAMBERS AND SOLICTORS
MR DGIM CLEMENT *Update

dcac@mail2cameroon.com
mary2papas@yahoo.com
tbc_dcac@mail2Cameroon.com
ozonelawyers@hotmail.com
ozonelawyers@fastermail.com
queen_karl@yahoo.co.uk *Update

TEL+237 6180885
TEL.237- 5244803
tel +237 7579534

Near the bottom, you will see i.p. [196.207.10.38] in the full header of an email supposably from a Cameroon barrister. This i.p. is registered in Nigeria. Although judging from the details below, they seem to have accomplices in Cameroon as well. Fastermail is a free web based mail service.

@mail2cameroon.com is NOT in Cameroon either, but a free webmail like Yahoo based in the U.S.


Various details where removed in order to maintain anonymity.
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Hi,

Miss Marry Kalla has contacted with our company through one of the business to business portals on the internet.

Below are the all emails sent to us by Marry Kala and his friends chronologically.

NOTE: I deleted my name and my company details.

I used “somebody” instead of my name and “our company” instead of our company name if it is necessary.

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Subject Response For Bathrobes, bedsheets, towels, fabrics, kitchen textiles, wellsoft.
From "mary2papas@yahoo.com" <mary2papas@yahoo.com>
xxxx Feb 2006 08:57:49 -0500
To xxxx
CC "admin@TradePeak.com" <admin@TradePeak.com>

My name is Ms. Mary Kalla an IT student attached with the Minister of health ,I graduated from the university of Yaoude Cameroun last year and I am now serving my fatherland.

I was opportune to locate your name from the net trade bulletin when I was searching for a firm to work with on a contract for the supply of 1.000.000 xxxxx .The contract is from the minister of health .

The minister is about to award to a foreign supplier this contract for immidiate supply of 100% advance payment.
I can use my position in the office to make sure that this contract comes to you directly.
The payment is 100% T/T into the suppliers account in advance. so please advice if you can be able to handle this order so that I will advice you on how to proceed with the contract awarding committee.
I will only request for a commission of 0.5% after the supply.
Waiting for your reply asap.
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Date xxxx Feb 2006 005626 -0800 (PST)
From "Mary Kalla" <mary2papas@yahoo.com>
Subject
To

DEAR SIR
THANKS FOR YOUR EMAIL AND PLEASED TO REPLY YOU AS BELOW
*various specifications where mentioned.
KINDLY FORWARD US YOUR CIF QUOTATIONS

MISS MARY
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Date xxx Feb 2006 064842 -0800 (PST)
From "Mary Kalla" <mary2papas@yahoo.com>
Subject xxx
To

DEAR SIR,
YOUR LAST MAIL WAS DUELY RECEIVED AND THE CONTENT WELL NOTED.
CONCERNING THE PICTURE OR SAMPLE IWE DO NOT HAVE ANY .IT WILL DO WELL IF IF U SEND YOUR CATALOGUE URGENTLY .AS WE ARE WAITING FOR YOUR REPLY.

MISS MARY
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Date xxx Feb 2006 021837 -0800 (PST)
From "Mary Kalla" <mary2papas@yahoo.com>
Subject requirements for contracts supply
To

Dear sir, Thanks for your email and have noted your prices douala port of Cameroun of the (*Details of product) from the answers i received from the superiors official here in our office about the quality, i was informed your prices are okay and they assured to assist me by using thier position and connection in granting me the client, i did also hinted the chairman of the DCAC Prof Dr John Ngwa about your firm and he fully
assurd to help me due to his relationship with my late father.

As per your prices is very much competative compared with the ones i have been coming accross from the other foreign suppliers also bidding for this contract

Below are the contract requirements for enrollments

(1) LETTER OF INTRODUCTION OF YOUR COMPANY TO THE HONOURABLE PRESIDENT OF THE TENDER BOARD CAMEROUN.

(2)YOUR PROFORMA INVOICE SHOWING SEPARATELY, THE UNITS COSTS, TOTAL

AMOUNT
OF THE 1.000.000 (*Product) ,
INSURANCE COSTS AND SEA
FREIGHT COST BASED ON CIF DOUALA INTL. SEAPORT
CAMEROON.

(3) COPY CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRATION OF INCORPORATION OF YOUR COMPANY NAME IN YOUR COUNTRY.

(4) BACK-UP LETTER CONFIRMING YOUR POSSIBLITY FOR THE DELIVERY WITHIN REQUIRED TIME UPON YOUR RECEIPTS OF 100% PAYMENT BY T/T.

(5) 6 PIECES SAMPLE OF THE PRODUCT FOR QUALITY INSPECTION.

THIS DOCUMENTS AND SAMPLES MUST BE SEND TO THE ATTN.

MR OKEKE BROWN
1-3 RUE DE NEW BELL
DOUALA CAMEROUN
TEL+237 6180885
CAMEROUN

IN THE CASE OF ITEM 1 AND 2, IT MUST BE WRITTEN IN YOUR LETTER HEADED PAPERS DULLY SIGNED AND STAMPED WITH YOUR COMPANY SEAL FOR AUTHENTICATION.

THE PROFORMA-INVOICE MUST HAVE THE ADDRESS OF THE TENDER BOARD CAMEROUN
DEVELOPMENT AND CONTRACT AWARDING COMMITTEE
10 RUE DE ANCEIN ROUTE
BONA BERI IMMEUBLE 58
DOUALA CAMEROON
TEL.237- 5244803

CONTACT PERSON DR. JOHN NGWA AS THE PRINCIPAL BUYER.
THE LETTER OF INTRODUCTION CAN BE WRITTEN IN THE BELOW MANNER;
OFFICE OF THE HON. PRESIDENT
TENDER BOARD CAMEROUN
CAMEROON.
DEAR SIR,
WE ARE AN EXPORTER OF (product) FROM ??????
WE HAVE LEARNT OF YOUR INTENTION TO AWARD A CONTRACT FOR THE PURCHASE
OF 1.000.000 (product) TO A FOREIGN SUPPLIER.
WE TAKE THIS LIBERTY TO INTRODUCE OURSELF TO YOU AS ONE OF THE LEADING EXPORTER OF (product) OF REPUTABLE
QUALITY . WE CAN SUPPLY THE REQUESTED QUANTITY OF THIS PRODUCTS WITHIN A VERY SHORT NOTICE PROVIDED WE RECEIVE UP-FRONT PAYMENT BY
T/T. WE ARE CONFIDENT THAT WE CAN UNDERTAKE THE CONTRACT FOR THE SUPPLY OF THE ABOVE MENTIONED QUANTITY TO YOUR OFFICE. WE ENCLOSE HEREWITH OUR PROFOMA INVOICE, VITAL INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTS OF OUR COMPANY FOR YOUR STUDY.

WE HOPE YOU WILL FIND FAVOUR IN OUR OFFERS AND AWARD THE CONTRACT TO US.WE ANTICIPATE A FAVOURABLE ANSWER FROM YOU IN THE SHORTEST PERIOD.

BEST REGARDS

MR. ....................
urgently send the requirments via courrier and advise on its tracking details to enable me follow up and enroll immediately upon its receipt.

Yours faithfully
Miss Mandy Smith (*Letter to DR. JOHN NGWA was written as requested)
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Date: xxxx Mar 2006 04:05:49 -0800 (PST)
From: "Mary Kalla" <mary2papas@yahoo.com>
Subject: clarification

DEAR SIR,

THANK OU FOR OUR PROMT REPLY.
I HAVE MET THE HIGH OFFICIALS AND CONCERNING THE DELIVER DATE,IT WILL BE 8-10 MONTHS AFTER WINNING THE CONTRACT AND UPON RECIEVING THE 100% CONTRACT PAYMENT INTO YOUR ACCOUNT.
ANTICIPATING OUR REPLY.
REGARDS
MISS MARY KALLA
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From: "CAMEROUN TENDER BOARD" <tbc_dcac@mail2Cameroon.com>
To:
Subject: acknowledgement slip
Date: xxx Mar 2006 03:32:43 -0800
SIR

WE / I WRITE TO ACKNOWLEDGE OUR RECEIPT OF YOUR TENDER DOCUMENTS AND SAMPLES FOR THE CONTRACT BID .
SEE ATTACHED DOCUMENT FOR INFORMATION

WE REMAIN
PROF DR JOHN NGWA
DCAC CHAIRMAN
TEL00237 5244803
TENDER BOARD ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ATTACHEd doc1
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Date: xxx Mar 2006 04:51:37 -0800 (PST)
From: "Mary Kalla" <mary2papas@yahoo.com>
Subject: samples delivered
Dear sir
Yesterday i rcvd your samples and i submitted same to the DCAC committe.
I spoke with the chairman as rgds to his assiatnce and aid in granting us the contract, he promised to be of help to me due to the relationship between my late father and him. I suggest you call him up at phone number 00237 5244803 Prof Dr JOh Ngwa. Mention my name to him and convience more about your capability and quality.
Get back to me after that to enable me kow how to follwo up same over here
Rgds
Miss Mary
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(*Here I wrote to ask what date will the tender be awarded. Is this tender going to be done in public? and are there any other requirements?)

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Date: xxxMar 2006 05:44:56 -0800 (PST)
From: "Mary Kalla" <mary2papas@yahoo.com>
Subject: Re: tender acknowledgement letter..
Dear sir
Thanks for your email and glad to note you have received an acknowldgement letter from the committe which means they consider our company.
Pls do try and call the chairman as i earlier advised and talk to him for i beleive it might create more chances for us if you are closer with him. I do beleive you have his contract direct number.
Meanwhile , i i heard the contract winner will be decided before the weekend. So call him and get back to me
Regards
Miss Mary
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Date: xxx Mar 2006 00:21:25 -0800 (PST)
From: "Mary Kalla" <mary2papas@yahoo.com>
SIR

WE / I WRITE TO OFFICIALLY CONGRATULATE AND INFORM YOU THAT YOUR COMPANY HAS WON THE CONTRACT SUPPLY FOR (product) WITH THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH CAMEROUN.
SEE ATTACHED DOCUMENTS FOR MORE INFORMATION

WE REMAIN
PROF DR JOHN NGWA
DCAC CHAIRMAN
TEL 00237 5244803

DOCUMENT ATTACHED.. 2/3
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From: "CAMEROUN TENDER BOARD" <tbc_dcac@mail2Cameroon.com>
To:
Subject: HOUSE OF SENATE CAMEROUN
Date: xxx Mar 2006 05:36:57 -0800
SIRS

WE / I ARE PLEASED TO FORWARD YOU DOCUMENT RECEIVED FROM THE HOUSE OF SENATE AS REGARDS TO THE CONTRACT PAYMENT RELEASE INTO YOUR ACCOUNT.
SEE ATTACHED DOCUMENT FOR MORE DETAILS

WE REMAIN
PROF DR JOHN NGWA
DCAC CHAIRMAN
TEL 00237 5244803

DOCUMENT ATTACHED. 4
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From: "CAMEROUN TENDER BOARD" <tbc_dcac@mail2Cameroon.com>
To:
Subject: CONTRACT
Date: xx Mar 2006 02:20:29 -0800
RESPECTED SIR

WE / I WRITE TO INFORM YOU THAT WE JUST CALLED YOUR OFFICE TO KNOW YOUR POSITION AS REGARDS TO THE CONTRACT YOU WON WITH THE DCAC / MINSTRY OF HEALTH BUT WE COULD COMMUNICATE DUE TO LANGUAGE.
KINDLY GET BACK TO US VIA EMAIL OR PHNE CALL TO ENABLE US KNOW HOW TO PROCEED WITH THE PAPER WORKS LEADING TO YOUR CONTRACT PAYMENT RELEASE

WE REMAIN
PROF DR JOHN NGWA
DCAC CHAIRMAN
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From: "CAMEROUN TENDER BOARD" <tbc_dcac@mail2Cameroon.com>
To:
Subject: lawyers information
Date: xxx Mar 2006 10:03:10 -0800
SIR,

AFTER GOING THROUGH MY FILES , AM PLEASED TO FORWARD YOU THE CONTACT ADRESS OF A GOOD , GOVERNMENT APPROVED SENIOR ADVOCATE OF CAMEROUN.
I HAVE DISSCUSSED WITH HIM VIA PHONE AND HE PROMISED TO BE OF GOOD SERVICE TO YOU.
BELWO IS HIS CONTACT INFORMATION

ATTENTION BARRISTER OZONE MORGAN
OZONE CHAMBERS AND SOLICTORS
102 CLIFFORD AVENUE NDOKOTI
DOUALA CAMEROUN
TEL 00237 7579534
EMAIL: ozonelawyers@hotmail.com or ozonelawyers@fastermail.com.

YOU CAN CONTACT THEM WITH THE ABOVE INFORMATION RIGHT AWAY FOR HIM TO COME FORTH AND SIGN THE CONTRACT AS TO ENABLE US CONCLUDE THE DOCUMENTATION OF THE CONTRACT PAYMENT RELEASE INTO YOUR ACCOUNT.

ONCE AGAIN CONGRATULATION

WE REMAIN
PROF DR JOHN NGWA
DCAC CHAIRMAN
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Dear sir,

Thanks for your inquiry.
The services you required is completely within our scope of operations. A letter of authorization (POWER OF ATTORNEY) written in our favour on your company letter-head duly stamped and signed by the authorised signatories of your company will be required in carrying out the services.

Additional informations such as contract numbers, contract value and venue for the signing of the agreement will be required . Send this informations attachment as to print out as original copy.

Concerning professional charges, You need to open a file with our chamber for us to start up our duty. The service fee is 7.000 Euros which 4200 Euros will be paid us in advance .

If we can have above required informations and documents readily available from you, we will get ourself ready to sign the agreement on your behalf on the stipulated date .You can send this fee through
Western union money transfer or any other means of fastest wire transfer due to time factor and send the power of attorney through email. The reciever of the money should be
Ogechi Kalu (SECERATRY)
Ozone chambers
Douala Cameroon

Thanks for choosing this chambers.

Barr. Ozone Morgan
Ozone Chambers
tel +237 7579534
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From: "CAMEROUN TENDER BOARD" <tbc_dcac@mail2Cameroon.com>
To:
Subject: CONTRACT SIGNING
Date: xxx Mar 2006 02:06:36 -0800
THE PRESIDENT
OUR COMPANY
A COUNTRY

SIR

WE WRITE TO INFORM YOU TILL THIS WRITING, WE HAVE NOT HEARD EITHER FROM YOU OR YOUR ATTORNEY AS REGARDS TO THE PENDING CONTRACT TO BE SIGNED TO ENABLE US PROCEED WITH THE PAPER WORKS YOUR CONTRACT RELEASE PAYMENT

DO ADVISE

WE REMAIN
PROF DR JOHN NGWA
DCAC CHAIRMAN
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From: "CAMEROUN TENDER BOARD" <tbc_dcac@mail2Cameroon.com>
To:
Subject: REPLY URGENTLY
Date: xxx Mar 2006 07:53:33 -0800
THE PRESIDENT
OUR COMPANY
A COUNTRY

SIR

DO CONFIRM IF YOU HAVE CONTACTED THE LAWYER INTRODUCED TO YOU AND YOUR POSITION WITH THEM AS REGARDS TO THE CONTRACT SIGNING.
WE REMAIN
PROF DR JOHN NGWA
DCAC CHAIRMAN
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From: "CAMEROUN TENDER BOARD" <tbc_dcac@mail2Cameroon.com>
To:
Subject: REPLY
Date: xxx Mar 2006 00:26:02 -0800
SIRS

WE WRITE TO INFORM YOU AGAIN THAT WE ARE ON THE VERGE OF TERMINATING THIS CONTRACT WITH YOUR FIRM DUE TO YOUR DELAY AND SILENCE.
URGHENTLY WRITE AND LET US KNOW IF YOU ARE NO LONGER INTRESTED


WE REMAIN
PROF DR JOHN NGWA
DCAC CHAIRMAN
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[topcop]

Pretty good paperwork - looks kinda believeable..... If only they used their power (or time) for good --- LOL

[poirot]

If only they used their power (or time) for good

Not much chance of that. I think that it's something in the "ozone".

[ocean]

Hi,

I just wanted to thank "someone from Fraudwatchers" who has made our Cameroon Story posted on this site to avoid people against these kinds of criminals and has given us valuable information about the scams.

Fortunately, we contacted with Fraudwatchers on time before sending any money to those criminals. As you see, all the documents seem to be legitimate at first sight.

Thank you again "someone from Fraudwatchers".

Please be aware of all the scams...

bye
Ocean

[Rob]

Ocean, your willingness to publish the story is much appreciated, many victims feel ashamed about them being conned and therefore don't want to reveal the communications between them and the scammer. Your story here will hopefully lead victims to come forward

[poirot]

I'll second Rob's comment. Sharing your experience with this scam will make a difference by informing others of the way this particular fraud works. Many thanks Ocean.

[ocean]

Thanks a lot again.

I hope I made a little contribution to warning all people against these scams and criminals through Fraudwatchers.

I belive we can lessen their effects on the victims only by exposing their ways, tactics, and means they used in cheating people. So that they can not use the same tactics for a while.

As victims, we have to be more courageous than the others in exposing the frauds, because we know physical, psychological and social losses or harms.

[poirot]

Very well said Ocean. You will note that one thing in common of most scams is the request that the transaction be kept confidential. The reason being that they don't want victims to go public such as you did because that ruins their business. All the more reasons for victims to be courageous and fight back.

[raven co]

Hello,
I receive this fraud latter as well,
I would like to thank again to you all, that posted this and saved a lot of pepole time and money.

Also i would like to add that these as smart as they seems to be are still not to good, as they dont change a thing, i received the exact same latters that others did and with the exact same info, so when it came out it was quite easy to find out on them thanks to you.

I would like to update these names and contacts related to this fraud.

conntact info uesed by them:

- TENDER BOARD CAMEROUN
DEVELOPMENT AND CONTRACT AWARDING COMMITTEE
10 RUE DE ANCEIN ROUTE
BONA BERI IMMEUBLE 58
DOUALA CAMEROON
TEL.237- 5244803
CONTACT PERSON: DR. JOHN NGWA


- MR DGIM CLEMENT
1-3 RUE DE NEW BELL
DOUALA CAMEROUN
TEL+237 6180885
CAMEROUN

- Miss Queen karl
email queen_karl@yahoo.co.uk


So again thank you all,
Oz

[poirot]

Welcome to Fraudwatchers raven co, and thank you for the kind words. The compliments belong to Ocean as he is the one that had the courage and took the time to detail the whole scheme. And you not falling a victim is the result, and that's very gratifying for everyone here.

Also, thank you for posting updated contact info of this scam.

Together, we are making a difference.

[joewein]

Here is another one using the same phone number and same postal address:

From: <mandyluvpets@yahoo.com>

Dear sir
Thanks for your email and have noted your prices
douala port of Cameroun of the medicated
soaps FOB. from the answers i received from the
superiors official here in our office about the
quality, i was informed your prices are okay and
they assured to assist me by using thier position
and connection in granting me the client, i did also
hinted the chairman of the DCAC Prof Dr John Ngwa
about your firm and he fully assurd to help me due to
his relationship with my late father.
Yours prices are very much competative
compared with the ones i have been coming
accross from the other foreign suppliers also
bidding for this contract
Below are the contract requirements for enrollments
(1) LETTER OF INTRODUCTION OF YOUR COMPANY TO THE
HONOURABLE
PRESIDENT
OF THE TENDER BOARD CAMEROUN.
(2)YOUR PROFORMA INVOICE SHOWING SEPARATELY, THE
UNITS COSTS, TOTAL AMOUNT OF THE 10.000.000 TABLETS
OF MEDICATED SOAPS , INSURANCE COSTS AND SEA FREIGHT
COST BASED ON FOB
(3) COPY CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRATION OF
INCORPORATION OF YOUR COMPANY NAME IN YOUR COUNTRY.
(4) BACK-UP LETTER CONFIRMING YOUR POSSIBLITY FOR
THE DELIVERY WITHIN REQUIRED TIME UPON YOUR RECEIPTS
OF 100% PAYMENT BY T/T.
(5) 2 DOZEN SAMPLES OF THE PRODUCT FOR QUALITY
INSPECTION.
THIS DOCUMENTS AND SAMPLES MUST BE SEND TO THE ATTN.

MR NGIM CLEMENT
1-3 RUE DE NEW BELL
DOUALA CAMEROUN
TEL+237 6180885
CAMEROUN

IN THE CASE OF ITEM 1 AND 2, IT MUST BE WRITTEN IN
YOUR LETTER HEADED PAPERS DULLY SIGNED AND STAMPED
WITH YOUR COMPANY SEAL FOR AUTHENTICATION.
THE PROFORMA-INVOICE MUST HAVE THE ADDRESS OF THE :
TENDER BOARD CAMEROUN
DEVELOPMENT AND CONTRACT AWARDING COMMITTEE
10 RUE DE ANCEIN ROUTE
MAKEPE IMMEUBLE 58
DOUALA CAMEROON
TEL.237- 5244803
CONTACT PERSON: DR. JOHN NGWA
AS THE PRINCIPAL BUYER.
THE LETTER OF INTRODUCTION CAN BE WRITTEN IN THE BELOW
MANNER;
OFFICE OF THE HON. PRESIDENT
TENDER BOARD CAMEROUN
CAMEROON.
DEAR SIR,
WE ARE AN EXPORTER OF MEDICATED SOAPS FROM ??????
WE HAVE LEARNT OF YOUR INTENTION TO AWARD A CONTRACT
FOR THE PURCHASE OF 10.000.000 MEDICATED SOAPS TO A
FOREIGN SUPPLIER.
WE TAKE THIS LIBERTY TO INTRODUCE OURSELF TO YOU AS
ONE OF THE LEADING EXPORTER OF MEDICTED SOAPS OF
REPUTABLE QUALITY .
WE CAN SUPPLY THE REQUESTED QUANTITY OF THIS PRODUCTS
WITHIN A VERY SHORT NOTICE PROVIDED WE RECEIVE
UP-FRONT PAYMENT BY T/T.
WE ARE CONFIDENT THAT WE CAN UNDERTAKE THE CONTRACT
FOR THE SUPPLY OF THE ABOVE MENTIONED QUANTITY TO
YOUR OFFICE. WE ENCLOSE HEREWITH OUR PROFOMA
INVOICE, VITAL INFORMATION AND DOCUMENTS OF OUR
COMPANY FOR YOUR STUDY.
WE HOPE YOU WILL FIND FAVOUR IN OUR OFFERS AND AWARD
THE CONTRACT TO US.WE ANTICIPATE A FAVOURABLE ANSWER
FROM YOU IN THE SHORTEST PERIOD.
BEST REGARDS
MR. ....................

urgently send the requirments via courrier and advise
on its tracking details to enable me follow up and
enroll immediately upon its receipt.

Yours faithfully
Miss Mandy Smith

[Browade]

Hi Raven and Ocean,
I will add my compliments to you, to those already expressed by the other guys here. I wish all victims were as brave. Raven you pointed out that the mails they send are exactly the same, but that usually lasts only for a little while. They do frequently change thier scams and how they present them; but some of them send as many as 20,000 scam mails a day using special mailing programs. That is why so many are identical.

Thanks to some of our people like Joe who have such excellent organization skills, we are sometimes able to track and identify the changes and link the scams to one scammer or group scamming as a team. That is the most likely reason that this group appears to be in both Nigeria and Cameroon. You may well have more than one scammer, in different countries working together on this scam and sharing the same e-mail accounts.

Thank both of you again.

[poirot]

Thanks Joe for the new variation. This will help feed updated information to the search engines.

And Browade, it's great to see LEOs joining in to help. And you're right on the mark about victims having the courage and taking time to post. This teaming up is saving future potential victims, some of which are small manufacturers, from losing very large sums of money to these criminals.

And to those who like to say that 419 scam victims bring it upon themselves through greed, as was once commented to me by a scammer (cringe), this is one example of the many Advance Fee Frauds that claims completely innocent honest hard working victims.

To some if Festac Town Nigeria, the 419'ers are looked upon as heros, driving their Hummers and Mercedes when in fact, they are nothing more than two bit crooks and petty thieves. A good analogy is that they would in an instant, rush to some poor old lady victim of an accident just to steal her purse and run to leave her to die. They would then boast of being non-violent because they didn't cause the accident. These low-life prey on the weak, depressed, confused, or even suffering from Alzheimer as seen again recently. They prey as organized gangs. Any weakness in a victim is looked upon as an opportunity and is exploited to the fullest, often for years, until the poor victim is completely ruined.

Many virtual purse snatching from many poor defenseless victims paid for that Hummer. And that says it all about the owner.

Just blowing off a bit of steam.

[Browade]

@Poirot blow away. I got into this because a friend was victimized. He was a Pastor who had been disabled in a wreck and had gone through bankruptcy. He was selling a car on the internet and received a $30,000 COUNTERFEIT check. He was so greedy that he dutifully wired the excess $9,000 to the shipper in Houston TX as the scammer asked him to. This caused him to loose his house and his parents house that was on the same note at the bank where he deposited the check. I too get upset when I hear that all victims are greedy. My estimate is that about 95% of the victims are not greedy but desperate, and it is the hope of bettering their circumstances that gets them.

[poirot]

I'm sorry to hear about your friend Browade. Those stories are heartbreaking, unfortunately we all know that he's only one of thousands so you can imagine the ravages caused by these thieves. There are a majority of Nigerians that abhor 419 and are trying to stop it. The Central Bank of Nigeria is an example. They setup a discussion forum on the CBN web site where people can ask about Soludo/CBN scams, and they put a top notch anti419 moderator (Scam Patroller) in charge. And discussions are refreshingly candid for a Nigerian site.
Nigeria isn't the only problem, it's just the biggest.

[MaxPro]

I just got the same documents threw my email today saying I needed to get to the office in Cameroon in 3 days to sign the documents or I could pay a trusted lawyer $8,000.00 USD to sign for me. I thought since I have won many other contracts and never had to sign in person, something was wrong. I then did a Google search for the organization and this forum was the first to come up and the exact same documents appeared but they did not contact me directly I was contacted threw what they claim is their USA office by a company called Breeze Global and their representative is Troy Randolph when I called Troy and tried to see what he might know about it being a fake he acted like he did not care So not saying Breeze Global is a bad company but be careful.

[Miyuki]

Hello and welcome MaxPro. Good news that you trusted your instincts and that your search brought you here.

[poirot]

Thanks for posting MaxPro.

I was contacted threw what they claim is their USA office by a company called Breeze Global and their representative is Troy Randolph

Could you send me their email address and phone number by private message?

andercam_sarl@yahoo.com is another fraud to your list

[poirot]

Could you PM me some of their emails unregistered, otherwise there is no proof that the email address you posted is part of any scam.