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10-16-2007, 08:50 PM
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Mercenary,
I have done a little research about the company but it just seems too good to be true and kind of shady. But if it is legit, that is fine with me. So, basically what you are telling me is that it isn't a scam, right??? Thanks for the reply 
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10-16-2007, 09:03 PM
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jrenae6
If we are sure that you are in contact with the real company yes they do not seem scams. They have already affiliate company also in my country. Sometimes scams use real names and that was the reason that I wrote (check if contacting details are the same) to be sure that you are in contact with the company not a scam who uses their firm. As ex Bank Executive I find nothing in their published info to make me worry. Last edited by Mercenary : 01-18-2008 at 09:40 PM.
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10-17-2007, 08:28 AM
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You may also send P.M. to be sure that I will see it at least the same day.
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10-23-2007, 07:02 PM
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Hello,
I'm new to this site as well and that Costa Coffee COmpnay is a SCAM. I got a fake check from them and my bank told me that I was glad that I didn't cash it because I would have been in deep trouble. I would suggest NOT doing it. Jrenae6
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10-30-2007, 03:57 AM
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It is a scam,no doubt in my mind.
Asking you to wire the balance to oversea through western union or money grams, the same m.o scammer used in the past.They are very fond of W.U in particular, it is hard to trace and easy to cash. Setting up a fake site or giving you a legit site address is very easy for these sophisticated criminal ring. It really mean nothing in term of gaining your trust.
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11-11-2007, 11:44 AM
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Ivory Coast coffee, a scam?
I would like to ask for help and advice from members concerning a possible scam. I have a cousin in Italy, who is extremely naive, hopeless in financial matters but also quite arrogant and unwilling to take advice (she came from a high-class family and has never really worked for a living). She has absolutely no money. Suddenly she got tied in with a buying-selling scheme on several thousand tons of coffee from the Ivory Coast, whereby she acts as an agent for a seller in the Ivory Coast, arranges the sale (she has found a reputable buyer, it seems) and takes the commission. The problem is that she has been told that she needs to immediately come up with 12,000 euros to cover the cost of shipping an initial container load of the coffee to Genoa for testing purposes, to be immediately followed by completion of the main sale. As she has no money, she expects me to come up with the amount required. Based on her track record, I suspect that she is being conned and that the present demand is the bite (maybe the first bite). It is hopeless to expect her to look carefully at the transaction, as her combination of naivety and self-confidence is breathtaking. Yet if I let her down and the transaction is genuine, the family consequences will be awful. Does anyone on this site have experience of a scam of this nature from the Ivory Coast, or can direct me to anyone who could help?
Paul Wadhams
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11-11-2007, 01:00 PM
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Welcome to this forum. Looking for Ivory Coast Coffee found nothing bad for such company but you do not mentioned in your post full name,contacting details etc. If it is possible post original mail from them (without your mail address for privacy reasons) to search again. But I have to notify as ex bank executive and financial advisor of many companies freight cost is payable by the importers not from representatives as your cousin seems to be.
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11-16-2007, 04:02 PM
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this is a scam
this is a scam! anything as serving as an "agent" to handle commodities that is not done in reputable commodity trading firms is a scam. there are even scams that promise to make you a certified agent for commodity deals. forget it. your friend is naive and hopes to make quick cash. unfiortunately you will be conned. what happens is that if you put up this deposit of 12,000 euros , then you will never see it again. there will be phony charges to the account that shall drain it. if it is sent by a bank by wire then that account shall be drained as well. do not do this. if you want to get into commodities,then train in any reputable college of university in formal courses in ' Speculative markets". this is usually a Masters degree program ( MS degree in the US) or its equivalent in UK and other countries. it takes about 10 years to train. forget the phony TV infomercials. commodities are not for amateurs. if you need help with a specific outfit ,then go to U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission
it is a US government agency and it can investigate both registered and non registered firms. see if they know anything about this outfit. see if they have ever had a complaint on it. a lot of the offshore outfits are US firms that lost their licenses. they go offshore to dupe or con the naive. best wishes. CAVEAT EMPTOR!
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