Cameroon Government Contract Bidding Scam

[Dodobird]

Thank you for posting this information Zoho. It will at least help others to find the information!

[Vincent]

Further to my fun time back in May (as reported earlier in this thread) while nearly getting sucked in myself along comes the below out of the blue. This was ignoring later email correspondence and referred to my request for this scammer to provide some form of legitimate confirmation of his identity. I guess it is pretty useful confirmation that people's efforts here matter and make a difference. I have no idea what this message was meant to achieve, so here it is for posterity:

From: Hon.Simon Achidi Achu [mailto:hon_achidiachu@live.com]
Sent: Monday, 03 October, 2011 2:06 AM
To: ************
Subject: RE: Re the hoppers I need to ask you one small favor

Attn; *******,
Thank you for paying me back with evil for the good intentions I had approaching you. Now I have a very big problem with my party and the government haven seen what you have placed over the internet. I did not mean any bad approaching you as you interprete it now. All thesame thanks for the ruin. Dont forget you are a growing young man with many miles to cover unlike my self already about to rest. Thank you. You would certainly look for ways to reconcile when you find out the truth you don't know.

They provide you fake Government Info Centre email ID. When you send a mail to that ID to verify the genuiness of the contract/buyer/agent, they "certify" you are indeed dealing with a "contract commitee"..... see below :

CAMEROON GOVERNMENT INFORMATION CENTER
AVENUE DE L’INDEPENDENCE YAOUNDE
CENTRE REGION
Tel + 237 227 003 17
Zip: 237
B.p. 10012

Our Ref: CGIC/MINCOM/dla010241411/CM Date: 23 Dec. 2011

ATTN/ XXXXXXXX

SUBJECT: MAIL ACKNOWLEDGEMENT NOTICE

We acknowledge the receipt of your mail the inquiry of the information you have received from Cameroon and after verifying from the contract committee office regarding the said tender, they have confirmed that the same is ongoing now and that the company you are corresponding with is a registered agent with them for sourcing of reliable suppliers.

Hence we approve your correspondence with them and wish you good luck towards winning this contract as we welcome your inquiry towards ensuring you are dealing with the correct office and we are open always to assist you in any business verification here in Cameroon.

On behalf of the board, I am

Hon. Ngassa Kenfack / Information department

CAMEROON GOVERNMENT INFORMATION CENTER
REPUBLIC OF CAMEROON


Disclaimer:-

The information(s) in this e-mail or in any of its attachments is strictly confidential. If you are not the intended recipient you must not copy it, distribute it, and disclose its contents to a third party or take action in reliance on it. Please notify this authority if you received this email in error and delete it immediately. We do not accept liability for any person acting or failing to act on the information contained in this message if not the intended recipient as communication via e-mail over the internet is not 100% secure and messages may be read, manipulated or compromised by third parties.

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SENT FROM THE: CAMEROON GOVERNMENT INFO DEPARTMENT
TEL/ (00237) 227 003 17 FAX/ (00237) 301-223-01
E-mail: inquiry@camnet-cm.info
Dated: 2011-12-22

[poirot]

Originally Posted by Unregistered

CAMEROON GOVERNMENT INFORMATION CENTER
AVENUE DE L’INDEPENDENCE YAOUNDE
CENTRE REGION
Tel + 237 227 003 17
Zip: 237
B.p. 10012

CAMEROON GOVERNMENT INFO DEPARTMENT
TEL/ (00237) 227 003 17 FAX/ (00237) 301-223-01
E-mail: inquiry@camnet-cm.info
Dated: 2011-12-22

Thanks you for posting.

237 227 003 17 was also used on scam site camnet-cm.net which indicates that camnet-cm.info was setup by the same thieves.

I was looking for sugar suppliers on the internet and was contacted by a company called Global Sugar (website:www.global-sugar.com), email: manusugar@gmail.com.
When i asked them for verification they asked me to visit the website for Cameroon Chamber of Commerce and Industries - www.cccimc.net and check the registration of Global Sugars through that website. I was also given a registration number by them :sw/gp/08/05/8006.
Is there anyway to check the authencity as i feel it may be a scam.

[poirot]

www.global-sugar.com is a fraud. You can verify websites legitimacy by following instructions here: Identifying Obvious Scam Websites

Domain Name: GLOBAL-SUGAR.COM
Registrar: DIRECTI INTERNET SOLUTIONS PVT. LTD. D/B/A PUBLICDOMAINREGISTRY.COM
Whois Server: whois.PublicDomainRegistry.com
Referral URL: http://www.PublicDomainRegistry.com
Name Server: XO.EARTH.ORDERBOX-DNS.COM
Name Server: XO.MARS.ORDERBOX-DNS.COM
Name Server: XO.MERCURY.ORDERBOX-DNS.COM
Name Server: XO.VENUS.ORDERBOX-DNS.COM
Status: clientTransferProhibited
Updated Date: 18-may-2012
Creation Date: 18-may-2012
Expiration Date: 18-may-2013

http://www.global-sugar.com/ (Fraud / fake company)
http://sucaglo.net76.net/

Global Sugar
101 EVERGREEN STREET
Douala, Litoral Region,
Landline : +237 76 41 11 96
E-mail : manusugar9@gmail.com

Another fraud website from the same Cameroon criminal
http://woodpell.webuda.com

Cam Wood Pellets
Rue 234,
Avenue Winston Churchill,
Douala, Litoral Region.
23776411196
Fax : +237 76 41 11 96
E-mail :companyman2000@gmail.com
Cameroon

When it comes to Cameroon, 99.99% of offers of agricultural commodities advertised on the Internet are frauds. Stay away from Cameroon or face a high probability that you will be defrauded.

[mysteryquest]

www.cccimc.net is also fake. Cameroons scammers are notorious for putting up fake Chamber of Commerce sites which of course "confirm" the legitimacy of their scam companies.

www.cccimc.net redirected to
http://ccimc.unbeatablehosting.net
Tel: 237 3315 9192 , 237 2267083
Fax: 237 3121-4450
Email: info@cccimc.net

Domain Name: CCCIMC.NET
Registrar: DIRECTI INTERNET SOLUTIONS PVT. LTD. D/B/A PUBLICDOMAINREGISTRY.COM
Whois Server: whois.PublicDomainRegistry.com
Referral URL: http://www.PublicDomainRegistry.com
Name Server: XO.EARTH.ORDERBOX-DNS.COM
Name Server: XO.MARS.ORDERBOX-DNS.COM
Name Server: XO.MERCURY.ORDERBOX-DNS.COM
Name Server: XO.VENUS.ORDERBOX-DNS.COM
Status: clientTransferProhibited
Updated Date: 10-apr-2012
Creation Date: 05-apr-2012
Expiration Date: 05-apr-2013

[mysteryquest]

www.global-sugar.com (Dead)
www.cccimc.net (Dead)

[Mkholood2in]

obalmaritimelogistic - Legit Cameroon Companies?

My company existing in Palestinian Territory held an agreement to export three (3) containers of green cardamom from Cameroon Agro Max LTD in Cameroon.


This was at the end of Oct.2011. During this long period of time my company transfered them what money amount they were asking so they could send what we had agreed upon.


Subsequently I became suspicious of what is supposed to be my fright agency.

Despite the agreement between our com & Dr. Chali (Not his really name) of Cam. Agro. Max. was including the fright costs, he convinced me to pay the amount of (13500 U.S.$) as refundable insurance which will be transferd to us after receiving our shipment at port of discharge in Asdood-Israel.

We argued a lot of time until he finally agreed to deduct this from the final invoice between us.

Global maritime logistic provided me with my tracking code with them & send me an e.mail confirming that they are holding my commodity & assured me that my shipment will reach it's destination within max. one month.

I tracked my shipment for more than three weeks, my tracking code hence told me that our shipment were held at terminal c at Durban Port. And because of the many delays occurred i decided this time to checkout directly with the Durban Authority.

What shocked me was to find that there was no goods as my tracking code was suggesting.

I contacted both my shipper & the fright company, they both have told me that the shipment is existing, at Port Elizabeth this time, and the delay occurred because they need money for making permeation from Ministry of Agriculture in South Africa which will coast me 4200 U.S.$( I hesitate at first) then they ask for additional 7500U.S.$.


This makes me feel unrest & I decided to contact the Cameroonian embassy in Israel to assist. They ask me to send all the documents & I did. I call them many times & the secretary told me that will take time.


I become patient until yesterday when Globalmaritimelogistic had send me an e.mail (which i'll attach to this letter) which proved the theory of conspiracy against our com.


I cut the e.mail & resend it to the embassy's e.mail so that we can both react & catch those scammers.


But the embassy doesn't take an immediate action or for other reasons taking time to respond.


I'll send you the same e.mail which i received so that I can find assessment which might help.

With our best wishes to you

Cameroon - read more about Cameroon Africa Cam. Agro. Max. ltd & Globalmaritimelogistic - Legit Cameroon Companies? http://www.cameroon-today.com/cam-ag...#ixzz1z0spWHOl
Cameroon

[Mkholood2in]

Response to Cam. Agro. Max. ltd & Globalmaritimelogistic - Legit Cameroon Companies?


Sir:

So sorry for your lost. This is a huge sum of money that can bankrupt a small business in the current economic crisis.


The article you wrote is full of incompleteness. To achieve the greatest good, I advice you to attached the payment slips. The slips from Western Union usually contains the REAL names of these crooks and you do yourself no good by hiding these. It is a powerful weapon as it can get the local community to be aware and develop a distaste for the ill-wealth of such individuals.

Regards
cameroon-today.com

Cameroon - read more about Cameroon Africa Cam. Agro. Max. ltd & Globalmaritimelogistic - Legit Cameroon Companies? http://www.cameroon-today.com/cam-ag...#ixzz1z0urdLok
Cameroon

[Mkholood2in]

To: "fraudwatch@tradekey.com" <fraudwatch@tradekey.com>
Sent: Saturday, April 21, 2012 12:55 AM
Subject: Cam Agro Max -Cameroonian scamers?

Dear Mad/Sir,
With my great respect to your site;i found scamers joining ,which stimulated me to inform you that you can act.
I'm not adedective who's main aim is watching poeple to do job. But those criminals coast me more than 50000 U.S.$ plus they cause me unbearable conditions during six months& extra more I lost my apitite at work and my house.
While checking I find the following which provide my theory against them:
1- all their posts contains the same tell no.s
2-they use different sites to convice costumers that they are will known internationaly & they had alarge com.
3-they use these adresses just to catch costumers & after that they begin using free e.mail adresses like yahoo&hotmail.
4-all the conontact persons belong to the same catagory,they sometimes change their positions.
5-after deluting acostomer they began asking little payments & after that the ammounts will accelate.
6-they use the costumer lake of information about investing in their country & began asking to send money for ccc registration & etc.
8-if they con vince the costumer they will hold in squeezing his money untill he abadon his goods.
For assisting my words you can check my documented story with those criminals.By investigation through the attached files my words become more clear.
With my best regards to your site.

[Mkholood2in]

When trade Key managers test the documenation which i attached with my
e.mail,they send me their tender feeling& speaking the truth they pot Cam.Agro.Max site with them under investigation.
Thanks to Tradekey for their assistance.

[Mkholood2in]

I forwarded another e,mail to ec plaza site,but their I founded no co-operation.
Why such electronic sites help criminals to mountain there bad deeds???

[crivetta]

Good afternoon,

I received two emails (in blue below) from Mr. Tzaku Agbor with email address takumarc@yahoo.com, I think it's a scam:



First Letter:
Dear Sir\Madam,
I write to inform you of an on going contract. The Government of Cameroon , through Federal Ministry of internal affairs requires food and beverages Consequently, the Ministry is asking for tenders from reliable suppliers and manufacturers to submit their tender for the supply of the required product

I am working as a commission agent, and I am looking for a reliable supplier whom i can work with. I have strong relationship with the workers in the Ministry and if you work with me, my contacts in the Ministry and their contract award committee will help you to win the contract if you can give me 1% commission upon your receipt of payment from the Government.
The contract payment term is 100% upfront payment through T/T and payable before production and supplying, while the delivery period is 1 year upon receipt of the full payment.
Thanks for your kind understanding, and looking forward to your strong and positive response.

Best regards
taku





Second Letter:

Dear Sir,
Pleased to inform you that i Just came from the CONTRACT AWARDING COMMITTEE and they have approved your price and given me the requirements for the contract enrollment , please read carefully and make available the below listed items so that we can enroll for this contract.

1)Your proforma invoice covering the total order of ...


The proforma invoice which must be prepared with the below name

Attn: The Duputy General - Director
Islamic Programme for Human Assistance (IPHA)
Ave. Douala Manga Bell
B.P 528, Douala-Littoral
Cameroon

2)Copy certificate of registration of incorporation of
your company in your country.
3)Back up letter confirming your possibility of
delivery with stipulated time upon receipt of your 100%
payment
4)A letter on introduction of your company addressed
to the chairman of the CONTRACT AWARDING COMMITTEE
5) Full banking Details
6) some samples for quality inspection

The document and samples must be sent to the below address

Attention: Mr. NOUTCHA BAUDALAIRE
Rue 32 De Bona Priso Avenue
Douala Cameroun
Tel 00 237 78 54 55 23

please prepare these documents as quickly as possible and send via courier. while i make arrangements here with the officials of the committee to make sure once they get the documents they will treat it with special favor. give me the courier infos once you send them

awaiting your quick response
.
Best Regards
Taku

It may help...

[Mkholood2in]

My little advice which i can sent to you;is to ignore those scams totally without sending them any further details.
this is not my own assumption .
Chick the tel.no provided;it's a cell no.Then take in mind the free e.mail a dress. And above all mentioned you're dealing with a Cameroonian scam.
For further & full understanding of the whole subject;review my full story with
Cam Agro Max ltd & glopalmaritimelogistic in Cameroon.

[poirot]

Originally Posted by crivetta

I received two emails (in blue below) from Mr. Tzaku Agbor with email address takumarc@yahoo.com, I think it's a scam:

Attn: The Duputy General - Director
Islamic Programme for Human Assistance (IPHA)
Ave. Douala Manga Bell
B.P 528, Douala-Littoral
Cameroon
CONTRACT AWARDING COMMITTEE
Attention: Mr. NOUTCHA BAUDALAIRE
Rue 32 De Bona Priso Avenue
Douala Cameroun
Tel 00 237 78 54 55 23 / 23778545523

Just another fraud from Cameroon. Here's their fake website setup a few days ago with content copy&pasted from other sites...
http://islamicpha.org

Islamic Programme for Human Assistance (IPHA) (FAKE / FRAUD)
HeadQuater
Ave. Douala Manga Bell
B.P 528, Douala-Littoral,
Cameroon.
Email: ipha@islamicpa.org, islamicpha@hotmail.com / ipha@islamicpha.org
Url: www.islamicpha.org
Togo Branch
IPHA Building Complex
Face - Pharmacie Lafia, Kara,
Bakpessi - Kara 0.21 km.
Eglise Evangélique -
Avenue du 23 Septembre 0.21 km .
Kara Togo.
Email: ipha.tg@islamicpha.org

Domain Name:ISLAMICPHA.ORG
Created On:14-Aug-2012 22:19:18 UTC
Last Updated On:16-Aug-2012 08:26:18 UTC
Expiration Date:14-Aug-2013 22:19:18 UTC
Sponsoring Registrar: PSI-USA, Inc. dba Domain Robot (R68-LROR)
Status:CLIENT TRANSFER PROHIBITED
Status:TRANSFER PROHIBITED
Registrant ID:ABM-11644111
Registrant Name:Masud Ahmed
Registrant Organization:IPHA Organisation
Registrant Street1:Rue 2.801, Acien Phamancie, Diedo
Registrant Street2:
Registrant Street3:
Registrant City: Douala
Registrant State/Province:CM
Registrant Postal Code:00000
Registrant Country:CM
Registrant Phone:+237.988301
Registrant Email: mailto: islamicpha@hotmail.com

[Willy_Brandt]

We received these emails from a Chief Mbanyamsig III. Since it resembles many of the mails I saw abowe, I am convinced it is scam:

1st email:
Attn: Director

Please, permit me introduce myself to you as Chief Mbanyamsig III,
Contract Award committee Board Chairman and Member of
the Governing CPDM Central Bureau - Cameroon.

We need mobile stone crushers in cameroon.

The duration of the contract is 36 months (Thirty Six Months) from the
date of acceptance.

Let me know if your company can handle the supply and Please,
advise your best possible price per crusher with their capacities.


Regards,
Chief Mbanyamsig III
The CPDM Building
B.P 1114 Bamenda, N/W Region,
Rep of Cameroon ,

And a second email (some parts deleted):

Permit me introduce myself once more; I am Chief Mbanyamsig III,
Member of the Governing CPDM Central Bureau - Cameroon
and Board Chairman of the ongoing CPDM Contract Award committee.
The contract award committee had a meeting as planned and with results of the meeting, I decide to personally make the following mail to you.

This is a contract to supply 12 stone crushers in different regions of the republic of Cameroon.

This contract is sponsored by The Cameroon People's Democratic
Movement (C.P.D.M), the ruling party in Cameroon.

THE CONDITIONS OF THE CONTRACT ARE AS FOLLOWS;

As you must know there are compliance rules and regulations that
govern every tender or contract award and this one is no exception so
you should be aware of them before we step any further. This is an
insight on how this is supposed to evolve;

Pre-Qualification: This tender is open to local companies as well as
international companies that exhibit a local business presence through the intermediary of locally registered offices/branches in Cameroon. I have ruled out the possibility of you using an already existing
establishment in Cameroon to serve as your local representative for
security and confidentiality reasons. The only way to show proof of
your local business presence in Cameroon will be to register your
company in Cameroon in accordance with the country's business
registration laws that is to register in Cameroon under OHADA Uniform Act.

Duration: 36 months from the date the contract is signed.

An attestation of 10% from a bank as a guarantee is also required as
part of the condition but I will personally take care of that.

If this offer is OK with you, register your company under OHADA
Uniform Act for you to be able to qualify for the tender and I will
award you the contract.

I would like to know If you will be interested to work according to my proposal?

Please understand that our present communications are unofficial and
for the moment must be kept confidential because this project has not
yet been publicly released. It will be officially submitted as a
tender for public bidding on October 24 2012. It is true that my
position as the Chairman of the tender board endows me with enough
powers to affect the choice of the final candidate, so I can easily
swing the award of the contract to any company that I deem capable but
you must bear in mind that any public knowledge on our communications
will not be good.
Questions might be raised on the decision to award the contract to you
if it is known that I have been in contact with you for reasons of
personal benefits and my public image and administrative ambitions as
well will suffer serious setbacks. Do let me know if there's anything
that you don't understand.

I want you to know that as soon as the award is granted to your company, You will automatically be notified and invited by the board for official signing.

We will discuss further base on your response. Your prompt response
will be highly appreciated.


Regards,
Chief Mbanyamsig III
The CPDM Congress Hall
B.P 1114 Bamenda, N/W Region,
Rep. of Cameroon ,
TEL: 00237 91513996

[poirot]

Originally Posted by Willy_Brandt

Chief Mbanyamsig III
The CPDM Congress Hall
B.P 1114 Bamenda, N/W Region,
Rep. of Cameroon ,
TEL: 00237 91513996

Yes just another scam. From my experience, there are no legitimate offers from Cameroon on the Internet, it's that simple.

Simply googling the phone number shows the various fake names used by this scammer and the product he's offering like edible oil, which Cameroon does not export... https://www.google.com/search?q=%222...ient=firefox-a

http://www.tradekey.com/company/Inte...s-6982931.html

International Trading And Business
Nkosi Mark Sales Manager
Cameroon[Member Since: September 15, 2012]
Vegetable oil: Palm Oil, Palm kernel oil, Soybean oil, Rapeseed oil, Sunflower seed oil
Cottonseed oil, Coconut oil, Olive oil
22+ carats gold dust/alluvial gold,
Address:
Mvog-Mbi, Yaounde, Centre, Cameroon
Telephone : 237-91-513996 / 0023791513996
Fax : 237-33-117104 / 23733117104 / 0023733117104
Mobile : 237-91513996 / 23791513996

One more, just a few weeks old:

Dear xxx,

This is a contract sponsored by CamCCUL (Cameroon Cooperative Credit Union League) so CamCCUL is the contracting Authority responsible for the payment of the contract. The money for this contract has been mapped out according to the Cameroon contract code for the establishment of xxx that is the supply and installation. Once more we are going to order 120 units not 200.

I was appointed the chairman of the contract award committee to see to the realization of this project not that I have much knowledge of recycling but because of my integrity as many people have failed before in this kind of project by supplying low quality products. So power have been invested on me to award this contract to any company I deem fit to accomplish the contract faithfully.
Due to this trust and confidence they have in me, I decided that I will award this contract to a company I connected to make sure my people receive good quality products this time. Therefore my reason of contacting you is that I want to award this contract to a company that will not abandon the project after receiving payment from CamCCUL and who will furnish my people with good quality products that will stand the test time.

Secondly, I will like to compensate myself for realizing a big project as this. Therefore, I will like to over invoice the contract in my favor.

From my explanation, you understand that now we are treating on personal basis so I would like you to give me the total cost that will make a xxx function proper including the transport and installation so that I submitted it to the committee.

Regards,
Dr. George Asongayi
North West Building Commercial Avenue Bamenda,
B.P 1114 Bamenda, N/W Region,
Rep of Cameroon.
Phone: +237 7094 3318
Email:chiefasongayi@gmail.com

[Mkholood2in]

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we are treating on personal basis ;these words your scammer used.
Secondly;your scammer used acell phone which is identical for scams users.
& finaly your scammer used a free e.mail.