
They requested him to arrange a warehouse in Zimbabwe for
the storage of the mining explosives. They would then ship the explosives to
him and all he had to do was to market and sell these to mining companies. He
had already secured a warehouse in Mt Darwin. Imagine how much he had lost in
this?
Now the so called partners had requested him to send
some money for the shipment of the first batch of explosives and he was now
arranging to make an online payment and therefore needed my assistance as an
ICT colleague on how to make online payments and to lend him a few hundred
dollars for the payment I guess!
I listened very intently as he narrated his story. I then
asked him to open the email communications he had made with this new business
partner. The sender email address was a yahoo one. That kind used by scammers,
something like rkhardin77@yahoo.com
I warned him that he was dealing with scammers. The company
had a web site and we visited the website. I asked to check the contacts page
on the web site, which to our surprise the correspondent's email address was
not listed and neither was the guy's name listed on the contact people. My
colleague also became suspicious.
Not to quickly rush into conclusions, I advised him to
contact the company via the listed contact details and ask if they knew anyone
by the guy's name who worked for their company before I parted with Matt. A few
weeks later, we confirmed the business deal was a scam.
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