Dominic Diamini [email protected]

Another scam artist. They have accomplices to pass initial due diligence, the scammer then "paid" for some fee, then comes a problem that requires you sending money. DON'T send money.

Excuse my intruding,

Let me introduce myself, I am the director of procurement Assessments of the Government of South Sudan, Department of Petroleum Resources (GOSS-DPR). This Commission is in charge of petroleum resource sharing and developmental projects formed by the Governments of South Sudan following the recent peace accord between the two countries. My department oversees projects needs assessment of this commission, before approval and implementation and, industrial development.

I am presently looking for foreign companies who have tangible products and services to offer to this commission. My intention is to establish a good working relationships with such entities for the mutual benefit of such parties with the objective of presenting and enlisting such entity's products and services in the needs assessment report to be submitted to this commission. My major role is to follow up on my commission to approve such products and services contracts for our mutual benefit.

Further detailing and profit sharing will be discussed upon your response.

Regards,

Dominic Diamini.
[email protected]

It turned out, after my involvement with Dominic Diamini, that he has been scamming for a while from South Africa and Nigeria:

P address [?]: 197.255.175.249
IP country code: NG
IP address country: Nigeria
ISP of this IP [?]: Spectranet
Organization: Spectranet

Received: from User ([email protected] with login)
by smtp183.mail.sg3.yahoo.com with SMTP; 28 Sep 2012 14:54:54 -0700 PDT
Reply-To: <[email protected]>
From: "Dominic Diamini"<[email protected]>
Subject: National Petroleum And Pipeline Authority
Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2012 22:54:44 +0100

This is a multi-part message in MIME format.

I work with the South Africa National Petroleum And Pipeline Authority in the capacity of the Dep.Director, Projects Supervisory department.View the attachment and get back to me ASAP.

mail.txt
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contents:

Excuse my intruding,

Please note that i am making this contact based on my regards for your credibility and company profile i saw on-line. I work with the South Africa National Petroleum And Pipeline Authority in the capacity of the Dep.Director, Projects Supervisory department. My intent of contacting you is based on an offer on ground which involves the re-assignment of a 5year Product Marketing License. I facilitated the issuance of this license to a company that is no longer operational because of the unavailability of the owner. The license is therefore dormant and inactive.

I am hoping that you (your company) and I could get into a mutual business relationship of which we shall get this license re-assigned to your company and run the license through its duration.

This license has a sales capacity of 2 Million barrels of crude oil/month.The SANPPA shall pay us commission on every barrel of crude oil sold by our license depending on the negotiations we are able to secure with end buyers. This license will give us a sales mandate status to the National Petroleum Agency. Let me put it plainly, we shall be playing the role of sales representative to the National Petroleum Agency.

If we are to work together on this venture, i will ensure that your company gets the license. We shall enter into a written agreement which shall bind our partnership. We shall be working on a 50:50 sharing basis. That's the fairest I can do.

Dominic Diamini.

An attorney trying to commit fraud:

Dominic Diamini
Principal Partner
GreenBenneth & Co.
GreenBenneth Incorporated
Company Description: Green Benneth is a new age Black-owned Law firm providing high level expertise in all aspects of South African and international law through in-house expertise ....

His co-worker Peter Nyane acted as the usual barrister in African scam. Yes a barrister is usually involved in scams to give them an air of legitimacy. The barrister is usually the key player in scams.

He pretended he invested a lot of his own money to help get the license for the scam victim-to-be:

I have tried calling you and I have sent several mails but no word from you. Does it occur to you that I have over $50,000 invested on your company and this license? It seems to you that we are joking here. If you are not capable to running this license with me, then I will be forced to have it ?transferred to a more serious party. The Chinese were on my neck for partnership. Even the Indians. Please what is the status from your end? I need update urgently

Dominic Diamini

Note: of course the Chinese and Indians are mention to try to move the victim-to-be to fork out the money, in this case to bribe the license granting official.

Of course all individuals involved are accomplices and play different important roles in the scam.
One of the contributing scammer-actor:

Jeremiah Nthule
Public Relations Officer
Department of Petroleum Resources
Government of South Sudan (GOSS-DPR)
South African Liaison Office

Another tactic the scammer Dominic Diamini used to make believe that the crude oil license is real: asked a bank official - one of his accomplices - to refer to the license as if it were real. Yes the Investkredit Bank Cyprus Limited seems to be real, but the reference to the oil license is but a make-believe. Any deposit into that bank may be lost forever.

Customer Service - Investkredit Bank Cyprus Ltd <[email protected]>

12/19/13

to XXXX
Ref: IKC/04682-10

XXXX
U.S.A

We seize this medium to introduce ourselves as the official bankers for the Government of South Sudan's Department of Petroleum Resources (GOSS-DPR).

We are aware of your recently awarded crude oil export license by the ?GOSS-DPR.

For more convenient financial handling ?of your license operations most importantly, payment of your sales commissions and gratuities, we invite you to open an offshore account with our bank. For this purpose, you are required to complete and return the attached account opening form. The completed form should be returned together with a scanned copy of your proof of identification and company registration / incorporation document (for corporate offshore account).

We look forward to your anticipated co-operation.


Thanks

Mathias Letherven
Customer Service
Business Banking Unit
Investkredit Bank Cyprus Limited

Tel: (357) 722 022 538
Fax: (357) 722 022 540
Email: [email protected]
Web: www.ikbcl.com

This scammer Dominic Diamini even claimed he participated in the peace negotiation between waring parties in South Sudan. Remember he claimed to be a principal of a Law Firm in South Africa. Liar liar:

[email protected]

Jan 1 (8 days ago)

Dear XXXX
How are you and happy new year to you and your family. I am glad that we have both seen this new year in good health. I have been busy with diplomacy duties to my country. ? I was amongst the internal committee drafted to work together with external parties to dialogue and find a solution to the power struggle conflict between our president and his ex-deputy. We have finally been able to meet the new year deadline given to is by the United Nations. Both sides have agreed to shun violent approach in settling the conflict. Better for us too as we cannot run and operate the license we have hitch free in the midst of chaos.

Every disappointment is a blessing in disguise, so my late father thought me. The delays in our raising funds to change the MOD has given me time to reflect and ?work for my country's future and stability. If we had been busy loading and shipping the oil by now, I would not have given this assignment bestowed on me my best push. My country's future and that of my children and grandchildren to come is of paramount importance to me.

Let me know if you received this email.

Regards

Dominic Diamini

[AlanJones]

Yes the Investkredit Bank Cyprus Limited seems to be real

The domain ikbcl.com is not legitimate - it was registered in November to someone in Nigeria.

It will be reported for fraud.

Dominic Diamini used Wright Sisulu to make the oil license looks true. Observe the use of Yahoo email for a CALTEX agent.


On Fri, Dec 13, 2013 at 10:19 AM, Wright Sisulu <[email protected]> wrote:

Dear Mr. XXX
My name is Wright Sisulu. I am the official trade representative of Caltex Refineries PTY, Australia.
We are informed you have a license to lift and sell Sudan Origin Crude Oil up to 1,000,000 barrels monthly.
We have been in talks with your lawyer Mr. Peter Nyane regarding our interest to enter into a sales purchase contract with you for 1,000,000 barrels X 12 months.
We have our vessel ready to start the lifting but was informed by your lawyer that you are working on changing your approved mode of delivery from CIF to FOB. We have been waiting for further update from him for close to a week now, but have received none. I therefore chose to collect your contact details from the GOSS-DPR to contact you directly for update. Please get back to me ASAP on the status quo of your allocation as my principals are eager to close the deal with you before the end of this year. You can call me on +27 10 500 9501.

I await your response.

Regards
Wright

Hi guys,

Any further updates on this particular case?

Have had similar communications with the aforementioned parties (Mathias Letherven of "Investkredit Cyprus", Peter Nyane and Greenbenneth, etc.) and it would be useful to share information to get the complete picture.

Doing a quick trace, the emails from "Investkredit Cyprus" seem to be originating from Nigeria. The website provided on the email signature from the bank [ www.ikbcl-ltd.com ] also seems bogus - for one, the link doesn't work directly when clicking and two, the site seems to be hosted in Australia it and was only created in Feb 2014. Also, using Google search directly, you cannot find or replicate the same page, nor can you find much reference to Investkredit in Cyprus(it is a legitimate bank but does not seem to have any presence in Cyprus). Finally, the website address implies the bank is a Limited Company which of course cannot be the case.

Ampman - I did send you a private message a week ago, please do check it and revert back to me - it may be useful.

Cheers.

[AlanJones]

The fake domain www.ikbcl-ltd.com is in the process of being reported for fraud.

Hi Alan

Thanks for the prompt reply.

Communication has ceased - I am making these enquiries on behalf of a friend who may be affected quite far into the process.

So you confirm that the bank URL provided in the email signature is fraudulent?

Can you provide any other details at all? Please PM if easier.

Thanks.

[AlanJones]

The domain is definitely fake - in addition to only being registered a month or so ago, the registrant hid their details, which a legitimate bank would not do.

The Internet banking log in is unsecure, again something a legitimate bank would not do.

And a number of the images of the senior staff are stolen from other websites.

Thanks for confirming Alan.

If you require further information about this particular case, please PM me for more details.

I am hoping Ampman gets in touch as he brought this issue to the limelight.

Cheers.

Ampman, any further updates on this case at all?

Cheers