These websites are fraudulent. The “CEMAC license” is an elaborate scam that is being exploited by a number of criminals in Cameroon to defraud legitimate gold buyers from potentially thousands of US dollars. Evidence from several anti-scam organisations provides some information as to how this scam operates:
https://www.scamwarners.com/forum/viewt ... 0&t=131012
http://419.bittenus.com/14/11/aureus-mining.html
http://419advancefeefraud.blogspot.com/ ... bsite.html
Typically, a CEMAC scammer will operate a number of websites including a private-sector gold company (often a “local miners’ group”), a fake Cameroon Ministry of Ministry of Mines, Industry and Technological Development website, and a logistics company. Exploitation of victims takes place at the purchase of the CEMAC license, any purchase of gold (a price is sometimes offered below market-price to entice the victim) and finally on any insurance fee from the courier. The gold will, however, never arrive and the scammer has made a significant profit off the victim.
An example of one such CEMAC scammer is found below:
Larrydan2004@gmail.com
afrigoldminers.com
dhl-expresslogistics.com
dhl-expresslogistics.net
minmindt-gov.com
A quick lookup indicates the irregularities that exist when the scammer has attempted to register these domains, typical of advanced-fee fraud scammers. Indeed, there is no Texas in Cameroon, or for that matter an Arlington:
Admin City: Arlington
Admin State/Province: texas
Admin Postal Code: texas
Admin Country: CM
Admin Phone: +237.651624648
Gold purchasers considering entering into contract negotiations with an organisation from Cameroon should be vigilant. The legitimate website for the Cameroon ministry of mines is http://www.minmidt.cm/en/home/.
The following government websites are fake: https://minmidt-gov.net/en/index.html, http://minmidtcm.com/, https://ministryofmines.wordpress.com/, http://www.ministryofminescm.com/, https://www.cammines.com/, http://minfaw.com/
Phone numbers used by scammers - +237 681 129 081, +237 667 855 699, +237 2 22 67 57 91, +237 691592317, +237 2 43 69 53 99, +237 2 43 69 53 99
No government ministry will use a mobile phone number as its main point of contact.
The following vendors actively promote the fraudulent CEMAC license either publicly on their website or in private email communications: https://goldanddiamonddealers.com/, https://bonasgold.com/, http://bertoua-local-miners-cooperative ... mexbb.com/.
Typically, the gold seller companies do not have a real website. Instead, they often use social media such as LinkedIn, Facebook and Twitter to spam pages selling their products. Similarly, import and export e-catalogues are often utilised. An example of such a scam advert is - http://www.bigchina.eu/company/profile/ ... s_coop_cig
This post serves simply as an “introduction” to how CEMAC scammers operate and is not a comprehensive guide. If you are a gold dealer that is still unsure, please contact a Chamber of Commerce or local Cameroonian government representative office in your country.
(Source: https://minmidt-gov.net/en/cemac-buyers ... -form.html)