EleganzaBethel has interest in your company and then promises to expand your business. They order a large quantity of your product, promising transfer of funds.
They request a Proforma Invoice and then inform you the product has to be registered (medical product) in which they require you to submit the registration funds. This is due to the fact that they have banked their funds for you for the transfer and cannot access it. The amount is usually US$2500 which they request that you forward by Western union or Moneygram.
Once they have received the funds, they will let you know that certain bribe money is required for the officials to register the product and a further US$500 is required. They also "guarantee" that they will refund the money id the registration has not been effected. When the second payment has been made, they disappear.
When you are hesitant to transfer the funds to them, they reduce the amount and Mr. Faith Regis Williams undertakes to personally pay the difference as they are sincere and do not want to lose the business and they "guarantee" the funds. They also supply you with reference numbers of the transfer authority of the Ministry of Finance and the Bank where they have "deposited" the funds, awaiting to be transferred to your account.
A ripoff for small businesses who are trying to expand their business through exports! BEWARE!
PAAL
Pretoria
South Africa
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