Make sure you are really dealing with LDMK Trading
The petroleum trading sector attracts advance-fee and identity fraud. This page lists our only official channels and the red flags that help you avoid impostors using the LDMK name.
We never ask for payments to personal accounts, crypto wallets, Western Union or MoneyGram.
Any message demanding an urgent fee, commission, “oil allocation” deposit or pre-payment through informal channels is fraudulent — even if it carries the LDMK logo or forged official documents.
Our only official channels
Anything outside the domain, emails, phones and offices below is not LDMK. We do not operate on Telegram, do not hold tenders over WhatsApp groups, and do not use Gmail / Yahoo / Outlook mailboxes.
All legitimate LDMK communications come from this domain. Check the address bar carefully — look for misspellings or extra characters (ldmk-trading.com, ldmk.trade…).
We never send quotes or KYC packs from free mailboxes (Gmail, Yahoo, Outlook, iCloud). If the sender domain is not @ldmktrading.com, it is not LDMK.
Our only public phone number is the Dubai international desk. Any other number claiming to be LDMK — especially purporting to be “the CEO’s personal mobile” — is fraudulent.
Legitimate offices
- HeadquartersSangmélimaCameroon
- Commercial OfficeDoualaCameroon
- Branch OfficeMalaboEquatorial Guinea
- International DeskDubaiUnited Arab Emirates
We do not maintain offices outside these locations. Meeting invitations pointing to other addresses should be treated with extreme caution.
How to tell the real LDMK from a fake one
- Ask for a “allocation fee”, “registration fee”, “SGS fee” or “transfer fee” to unlock a cargo.
- Request payment to a personal bank account, a crypto wallet or a cash-transfer service.
- Send unsolicited offers of “refined product allocations” or “government oil mandates”.
- Contact you from a personal mobile claiming to be the CEO or the Chairman.
- Publish, e-mail or sell scans of our administrative licences — these are KYC-gated under NDA.
- Ask you to keep a transaction “confidential” from your own compliance or bank.
- That the sender e-mail domain is exactly @ldmktrading.com — no look-alike domains.
- That the URL in the browser is https://ldmktrading.com (or its Abacus mirror). No sub-domain should ask for payment.
- Phone any claim back using the number published on this page before sending money or documents.
- Ask for a signed NDA + counterparty KYC before any document exchange — LDMK will do the same.
- That any contract is sent as a PDF with an ldmktrading.com signature — never as a free-mail attachment.
- Your own bank compliance and your local authorities before wiring funds internationally.
Scam patterns we see using the LDMK name
These are the most common scripts fraudsters reuse. If a counterparty matches any of them, close the conversation and contact us at [email protected].
Free-mail sender + urgent tone
An e-mail signed “LDMK Trading” but sent from gmail.com, yahoo.com, hotmail.com or a spoofed look-alike domain, demanding a decision within 24 hours.
Advance-fee “to release the cargo”
A request for USD 5,000–50,000 paid to an unrelated account, presented as a “transfer fee”, “SGS inspection fee” or “CEMAC clearance fee”.
Forged licences or government letters
PDFs that carry LDMK’s logo alongside scanned seals of MINEE, SCDP, SGS or a bank. We never e-mail these unsolicited — they only circulate under NDA after KYC.
WhatsApp broker claiming “direct mandate”
Someone contacting you on WhatsApp or Telegram claiming to be an “LDMK mandate”, “LDMK agent” or “LDMK facilitator”. We do not operate through brokers on instant messaging.
Look-alike domains & cloned websites
Sites like ldmk-trading.com, ldmktrading.co, ldmktrading.africa or ldmk.trade copying our content. Only ldmktrading.com and its Abacus mirror are ours.
Too-good-to-be-true pricing
Offers 20–40 % below Platts / Argus prevailing prices, “distress cargo” or “seized cargo” stories. These are bait — real CEMAC cargoes price within market range.
Received a suspicious message using our name?
Forward the full e-mail headers, WhatsApp screenshot, or URL of the fake site to [email protected] with the subject “Scam report”. We log every report and cooperate with banks and regulators to get impostor accounts taken down.