dikkodrahmed@gmail.com donealltd@gmail.com

[1n3gant]

The guys from Benin are asking to sell them some significant amount of fertilizer.
They've agreed to pay in advance from their money fund and signed a contract and invoice as well as made a kind of certificate for the funds transfer.
Now they offer me to come to Belgium to complete the fund transfer operation.
They have never asked for any money from me, but still my CEO asked me to double-check everything.

Thank you in advance for any clues or help.

[SlapHappy]

First we need more information.
What are their email addresses? Names?
Do they have a website? What is it?
Send us copies of signed a "contract and invoice as well as made a kind of certificate for the funds transfer." Be sure to black out your name or otherwise obscure it.
Send copies of their emails to you, deleting your name or company name from them.

[1n3gant]

Thank you very much for your reply.

This is e-mail of the Financial advisor: Dr. Ahmed Dikko" <dikkodrahmed@gmail.com>
The phone number is: +256 786 551420

The contracting company details:
Buyer Company Name:

The company name is D-Oneal International Marketing Ltd, with registered address at: 225 Missebo Akpakpa, COTONOU, (commercial city) Email: donealltd@gmail.com Telephone + 22996248873

The banking details: Bank name: Continental bank of Benin, Account name: D-O. I. M. Ltd, Account no: 209981xxxx Swift Code: COBBBJBJXXX Address: 01 BP 2020, Avenue Pape Jean-Paul II, Cotonou, Benin.

Signed by DR. AHMED DIKKO, THE OFFSHORE PERSONAL ASSISTANCE SECRETARY

The same details are in the invoice.

You could see the certificate attached.
Thank you in advance for your suggestions and investigations.

[1n3gant]

The important thing is that we have been contacting for more than a month already, and they haven't asked for any money or anything else so far. Now they are asking me to come to their Bank to Belgium to confirm the fund ownership.

[SlapHappy]

It is a scam. Stay away and do not tell them that you have reported them here.
This post will be moved to the main forum where it can be seen soon.

[SlapHappy]

Can you please post the first few emails for us, to show their approach to you? And also his email asking you to come to Belgium?

[1n3gant]

Yes, sure.
The first contacting person was: Ms Monreal Penpal

Thanks for your interest to do business with us.
We are trading company handling a project of purchase/delivery of 100,000 metric tons Urea N46 and investment of his financial assets.
The product will be delivered to his Constituency people, a reasonable amount of money has been budgeted and set aside for this project, though we are not permitted to disclose the exact amount until a memorandum of understanding and non-disclosure agreement is signed.

The sponsor of this project has requested strict confidentiality due to his public nature, he prefer to be anonymous hence we have her mandate to source for reliable firm with high experience about Urea N46 or NPK 16-16-16.

Waiting for your kind reply.
Ms Monreal Penpal

The Invitation to Belgium:

Dear,

I wish to inform you that we have successfully procured the certificate of change of ownership/beneficiary at the high court today at the discretion of the person in charge, which I’m sending to you for careful study and remark, you are therefore, with the procurement of this document requested to prepare and travel to Belgium, for final endorsement and processing of the fund release document at the High Court over there in Belgium and subsequent release of the amount into your designated bank account from the ING, international bank Belgium.

I would however, congratulate you as we have successfully achieved this deal which we will soon meet to celebrate. Find the ownership certificate on the attached file.

The reason why your physical presents is needed in Belgium is to enable you endues the authentications of the ownership change at the high court and in the bank, you are expected to inform me the date and time you will arrive in Belgium to enable me to proceed.

Thanks in anticipation of your urgent attention to this mail,

Best regards,

Dr. Ahmed Dikko.

Could you please tell me some more info? What kind of scam is it? What is their scenario and what do they want to achieve from me?

How shall I proceed communications with them?
Thank you in advance.

[SlapHappy]

It is a 419 advance fee fraud scam. The document is fake. The +256 number is Uganda, and the +229 number is Benin.
They use he/she interchangeably in the first email.

They may really not want you to go to Belgium at all, but send the money without investigating them. If in fact you do go to Belgium, someone may or may not show up. If they do not, a "Valid Excuse" will be provided to you, or a change in plans.

If they do, you will be persuaded to part with your money.

They will have a lawyer ready to jump in when the victim cannot travel to Belgium...
The lawyer will get documents to represent the victim in court, fees need to be paid for that... If those fees are paid, the victim will be asked to provide his bank account for the payment - action that might end with the victim losing all the money he has in that bank account. Or he will be asked to open a bank account in a fake bank - activation fees, and so on will follow. After that fails as well, the fake courier is the next step in the story... and their fees also needed to be paid.

Their end goal is to steal your money.
You should just drop them cold, and do not respond to any more messages from any of them.

[SlapHappy]

+256786551420
Number billable as mobile
Country or destination Uganda
City or exchange location
Original network provider MTN (Uganda) Ltd

+22996248873
Number billable as mobile
Country or destination Benin