Sometime back, I posted an article about a scam email that I got. Basically, it was from someone who offered to buy something from me. It turns out that they offer to send more money than the item is worth, provided you wire the difference back to them. The cashier cheque turns out to be forged, and you lose money in the deal. This time, it is from someone who wants to buy Land Rover Turbochargers in Uganda! I don't own nor sell Land Rover, nor any other 4x4 vehicle. However, my brother Omar has had successive Land Rovers and uses them for desert safaris in Egypt, for example, hare hunting or Rayyan Valley. As a matter of fact, he called me yesterday from Siwa where he was offroading with some friends. This seems to be how Mr. "Mathew" below have decided to catch my interest. Here is the text of the email I got : STAR MOTORS LTD PLOT 65/9 CONRAD HOUSE P.O BOX 1904 MASAKA TEL 256 71 881681 FAX 256 41345597Attn to sales Manager, Dear Sir/Madam. I am glad to introduce my self to you. I am called John MathewMANAGING DIRECTOR, living in Uganda and operating a business in thenames ofSTAR MOTORS LTD Is a well established company based in Uganda , EastAfrica dealing in land rover spare parts.I am inquiring whether you will be in position to supply us with 15 pcsof ORIGINAL TURBO CHAGERS FOR LANDROVER VEHICLES TDI 300.Please please quote cif ENTEBBE INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT.{EAST AFRICA} best regards, John mathew. Purchasing manager. C/O STAR MOTORS LTD PLOT 65/9 CONRAD HOUSE P.O BOX 1904 MASAKA TEL 256 71 881681 FAX 256 41345597 The IP address did check out to be from Uganda. The email however, was star_motorsltd@yahoo.co.uk. Sorry Mr. Mathew, but I will have to disappoint you on this.
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Justin Taylor (not verified)
Uganda Cheque Scam
Thu, 2006/06/15 - 10:52I feel that I have to name another sender of a fraudulent cheque sent from Uganda to my company C-RAM Limited.
We were e-mailed requesting a quote for 30 monitors, 400 hard drives and export to Uganda. We sent a Proforma Invoice and the cheque arrived in days. Fortunately we asked for payment up front and said we wouldn't ship anything till the funds cleared.
The bank took the cheque but phoned a few days later to say that the cheque was fraudulent.
Please find the e-mail below to save anyone else from falling foul to this scam:
Dear Justin Taylor ,
The full postal address is:
SAINT-ANGLES COMPUTERS DEALERS
Plot 21 Kiyembe Lane
P.O.Box;666 Kampala Uganda
Tel/Fax;+256 41 256 797
Cotact person:Ggabiti
Cotact tel number:+256 77 936 505
Thank you.
Ggabiti
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ggabiti King [mailto:st_angles@outgun.com]
> Sent: 19 May 2006 12:54
> To: Justin Taylor
> Subject: Re: Let us know the freight to EBB
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> Dear Justin Taylor ,
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> Many thanks for the quotations,order confirmed :30pcs TFT LCD and
> 400pcs HARD DRIVES,so please let us know the freight, last
> destinational Entebbe International airport .
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> Hope to hear from you soon.
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> Thank you.
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> Ggabiti King
Dan Osko (not verified)
Kampala, Uganda Cheque Scam
Wed, 2006/09/06 - 19:18My adventure was similair to that of the fore-mentioned. I received the following email:
Dear Sir/Madam,
We are Sunlight International, situated in Kampala, Uganda E.Africa. Dealing in Domestic Appliances ,Home Appliances, Electronics and electricals likes: Copiers , Printers, Fax machines , DVD players, Electric kettles, Flat Iron, Home theather, Woofers, Amplifiers, Radio Cassette Systems, computers and computer parts, Printing Machines, Computers, Hard disks, Original HP inkjet cartridges, Mobile Phones, laptops, TFT/LCD Monitors, recordable cd's socks furniture shoes garments and Generators
We came to know that you are the supplier of the above products and we would like to start purchasing from your company.
Please quote us prices for the different types you have in stock so that we can place an order.
Our terms of payment is by an international cheque written in your company names.
Your quick reply will be highly appreciated.
You can find our business contacts below:
OUR COMPANY PROFILE;
COMPANY NAME;SUNLIGHT INTERNATIONAL
PHYSICAL ADDRESS;
PLOT 11 JOHNSON STREET
SUNLIGHT BUILDING
P.O.BOX 12828 KAMPALA UGANDA EAST AFRICA
FAX:256-41-343467 TEL:256-71-941887 YEAR OF REGISTRATION;JAN 5TH 1988,REG NO.URC/333/77
NO.OF DIRECTORS;3(THREE)
SHARE CAPITAL';
JOHNSON NKOYOYO 50%
RONALD MUBIRU 25%
JAMES WALTER 25%
NO.EMPLOYEES 30
LINE OF BISINESS;IMPORTERS OF , COMMUNICATION EQUIPMENTS, PRINTING MACHINES, COMPUTERS,COMPUTER ACCESSORIES AND ELECTRONICS
SALES OFFICE/SHOW ROOM;SHOP NO 10 PLOT 5 NKRUMAH ROAD
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After, numerous emailings,I sent them an invoice, and I received a cheque via Western Union for $33,154.00. I had a Suspicion that this transaction was not legit, so I called the FBI, (and Interpol, Uganda Police and Homeland Security) and they (FBI) told me to deposit it but not to send the merchandise until the cheque clears. (DAH!, I guess not!) So, I deposited it, and within 24 hours my bank called me and informed me that it was drawn on a closed account. This check was from COMBINED TELECOMMUNICATIONS out of Van Nuys Californiia.
So Beware!
Sincerely,
Dan Osko
Anonymous (not verified)
Solar Power scams/ Kampala, Uganda
Sun, 2008/04/20 - 11:11I have been receiving email from Kanabe Solar from Uganda. They say they want to purchase solar panels from my company, first off I do installs and only buy what I am using, I am not a distributer. Secondly, why can't they just order directly from factory like I do? Third, why do they say the government is paying for this project when I am familiar with sub-saharan gov. they don't do much for their people. I believe being Uganda, white Americans are not welcome in that nation by the Lord's Army, therefore they believe they will get away with it, and no-one will come there. I have been to Somalia next door before with the Army so they may be wrong. I thought I may have got a big break but seems they are not legit after reading your article. I am gonna stay away from sending anything but emails but I might mess with them a bit;~]
tHANKS FOR POSTING YOUR SITUATION.
Anonymous (not verified)
Kanabe Solar Scam
Mon, 2008/04/21 - 05:4921 April
Thank you for posting your info about this apparent Kanabe Solar scam.
I have received a similar e-mail from Simon Peter Kanabe of Kanabe Solar. They wanted to make a "test" order, and if we closed, they would then make a "large" purchase. I sent them prices for the prducts they specified and they promptly agreed to purchase. Now they want my bank details so they can send me a check. Strange, because when I send checks, all I need is the name and address of the payee.
Let's play with them. I will give them a discount for payment in advance and suggest that FIRST they should wire the money to my name via Western Union.
I'll let you know if I receive a payment.
Anonymous (not verified)
Solar Panel Scam
Fri, 2010/02/12 - 01:09I received a similar email from kasozi yiga kasoziy@live.com
it was about purchase of solar panels and i was really careful in this game. iasked for complete mailing address as i informed the buyer that i ahve representative in uganda who will visit your office and then the game ended.
Anonymous (not verified)
Cheque Fraud
Wed, 2010/02/17 - 04:07We have also received such bogus cheques. Thank God we have not sent anything out to them. I would like to give out details of some of them:
Miss Monica Trudy, from Security Panels.
from Kampala Uganda, her phone number is : +256 752 655568
they asked for Solar Panels which we quoted through Perform a Invoice, she confirmed us about the seriousness of the issues and to your great surprise we informed the chamber of commerce in Uganda about this, and never got a reply from them. After 21 days the cheque bounced and was returned with the marking " Refer to maker" meaning it was a fraud done with us.
The sponsor who is always an American and whose name was used for the cheque are Glendora 1213, S Lone Hill Avenue, Glendora CA 91740
Secondly in my innocence i also sent out details to another Kenya based buyer whose details are as under:
Mr. Kakembo Charles
from Nairobi Kenya, his details are as under:
MPIMA Electrical PO Box 6262 Nairobi Kenya
Kenyatta Road,
Ph: +256 752 780180
same case as above......
Affiliated Medical Health Care Management Inc
12986 Euclid Street, Suite 300, Garden Grove CA- 92840-9205
I need all readers to be careful with dealing with AFRICA and its a pitty that AFrican peoople dont realize what they have made their continent to be....... most unpredictable.
Anonymous (not verified)
Email Scam from Uganda
Thu, 2009/01/22 - 07:19Hi there,
I also just recently got some emails from what they call themselves as KK Electronics and ordered 50 Acer Notebooks from me. I immediately knew it was a scam and researched it. I was playing with them a bit too and gave them a proforma invoice and waiting for the cheque now.
I will take the cheque to the bank and ask them to varify it, otherwise hand it over to the police or who ever deals with scams and fradulent activities.
I won't be shipping out until I know what the cheque is about.
Hope you guys will be careful too.
Good Luck
Anonymous (not verified)
KK Electronics
Thu, 2009/07/02 - 11:30My company has just had an email enquiry from KK Electronics for a very large value of specialised product that most companies would only buy in low volumes.
Obiously we would only ship once we had cleared payment from them.
What was the outcome of this? Was it a scam? Or did you actually receive genuine payment that cleared?
Anonymous (not verified)
Fake Fraud Cheque from UGANDA
Tue, 2010/02/23 - 07:34UGANDA IS NO GO AREA FOR EVERYONE AND AFRICA SHOULD BE DROPPED INTO THE BERMUDA TRIANGLE ZONE.
NO GO AREA!!!!!!!!! BE AWARE ALL TRADERS
AAEAG (not verified)
NOT ALL AFRICAN BUSINESS IS NO GO
Thu, 2010/06/24 - 00:01I am very offended by your comments and about African business in general. Not all African business is bad business. I have had some bad but more good experiences. You should not make such comments when you have not conducted enough background research and risk analysis. My advice to anyone wanting to do business in Africa or any foreign region is conducted lots of research in the area and try to establish firm business relations with people you can trust. This may cost money initially but if done properly it will be worth it. Check people out as best you can.
I am originally African but a University of London graduate. Having lived in England for most of my youth and adult life this did not put me at an advantage being originally African. Caution, patience and lots of research is my best advice.
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