Zambia Ghost Factory Scam: project record
After payment, the "factory" stopped responding; site verification showed the address was a residential building; the company registry had no matching record.
- Buyer and project
- A Lusaka, Zambia importer of agricultural tools and equipment.
- Products and scope
- Agricultural hand tools and sprayers; order value $86,000; $25,800 paid as deposit.
What LifaSourcing.com did
Conducted a factory-verification investigation: registry, address, business license, and trade references.
Documented the red flags (no verifiable production site, no export history).
Coordinated the claim through the payment channel and local authorities.
Built a verified supplier shortlist with physical audits for the replacement order.
$18,400 of the deposit recovered through the payment channel; replacement order placed with a physically audited factory; zero-deposit terms negotiated for the relaunch.
A proven case study from LifaSourcing.com's historical work archive. The result above records the status reached in this project.
Client identities, supplier contacts and confidential commercial terms are withheld from this public company record.
