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Golden SKM Capital LTD Dr. Bonet Ernesto Rubben Golden SKM Capital Limited killed a deal that would have paid $500 Million over a front money demand for $75,000.00 London, Other
GOLDEN SKM CAPITAL LTD IS A BIG FRAUD
Recently we had an experience with this company who appeared to be a genuine gold seller and even gave us the opportunity to represent them. We received an offer from them which outlined their procedures.
After having received this offer and sending it to several buyers, we began to get interest from various buyers who wanted a full FCO. Our first interest came from a group that I know in Abu Dhabi so we got a FCO for Option D which states that the seller will deliver CIF with full guarantee and payment within 72 hours including giving the buyer 4 options to prove funds.
This buyer from Abu Dhabi after seeing the offer, decided that they wanted Swiss Procedures and even sent their own Draft Contract. The seller refused the draft from the buyer so we went to several other buyers and were getting good interest until we found a buyer that was willing to issue the LOI and also sign the FCO for Option D
When Golden SKM Capital received both the FCO and LOI they then sent the SPA (Sales Purchase Agreement) to the buyer. The buyer had already made arrangements with his bank for a financial instrument as per Golden SKM Capital LTDs FCO and had lodged both the FCO and the LOI in the bank. The last step was to sign the SPA after a conference call to clear logistics about shipping and how long it would take to get the first shipment out after the contract was signed and the Financial Instrument was sent.
We cant put a copy of the SPA because of sensitive information about the buyer but what ensued came as a complete shock to our buyer and to others who were involved in this transaction. The owner of the company offering the gold, Dr. Bonet Ernesto Rubben spoke to us on Skype about the deal and to our surprise began to start to change the procedures. He said that rather than doing Option D which calls for CIF to the buyers destination, he wanted to do Option G which called for a TTM closing in which he required the seller to pay for the MT600 Proof of Product (POP) from the seller by putting in a Refundable Documentary Deposit (RDD) into his bank. In essence he was asking the buyer to not only pay for his POF but also the pay for the sellers POP.
When we write to the seller stating that we would not be willing to change the procedure, nor change to a different option, this is the message that was returned to us:
"xxxxxx/David,According to our to night board of directors conference meeting with our legal adviser regarding this deal of 800MT of Gold Bullion which 80,000 kg x 2ND FIXING LONDON BULLION METAL ASSOCIATION LMBA.It was resolved that this buyers must first of all get the POP/SKR/ASSAYS of this 800MT via bank to bank MT600 swift or Bank Screen for the buyers bank confirmation of the existence of this 800MT by the buyer making the RDD of US$150,000,which the buy is required pay half of US$75,000.00.Once this part of RDD is done the full bank to bank contact will take place and in a situation that the buye refuse to act as stated above we cannot move further because a deal of this quantity a real/serious buy and his bank must confirm the POP/SKR/ASSAYS before issuing the operative BG to the seller this is to avoid wasting each others time .Under this above attached is the new procedures/FCO on how we are going to close this deal or no deal.Dr.Bon"
We are writing this to help others to keep from being scammed. The unbelievable thing about this whole situation is that the Dr Bonet Ernesto Rubben would have made so much money on the transaction IF HE HAD ANY GOLD AT ALL. My opinion of this man is that he is an African with a very sophisticated SCAM that is more believable than most but in the end of the day the only interest he has in getting that $75,000 to $150,000 FRONT MONEY. This is completely illegal and it is not SWISS PROCEDURE.
SO I AM ISSUING THIS WARNING ABOUT THE FOLLOWING COMPANY THAT ANYONE THAT CHOOSES TO DEAL WITH THIS COMPANY IS MERELY DEALING WITH JUST ANOTHER NIGERIA SCAM AND THAT IF YOU GO TO THE BITTER END, YOU WILL LOSE YOUR SHIRT, YOUR CREDIBILITY AND YOUR MONEY. Our buyer lost much credibility with their own banking relationships because of this FRONT MONEY SCAM. If you ever see this information on the header of an offer RUN FOR THE HILLS;
This transaction, if successful, would have earned us a total of over $500 Million dollars. Because the company chose to operate as a scam, we lost credibility with the buyer and expected earnings which would already be coming into our company accounts in the millions of dollars.