This days being conned is real.I cant remember how many similar incidences I have encountered of late. A good example; A kenyan was here a short 3months JICA training course.Bought a car and arranged shipping while still here.When he went back No communication from exporter .bankrupcy. Luckly,we had met casually.I got the address and found his car still in the yard and company owner already gone.The Kenyan had to pay extra shipping[kshs 170,000] but got the car in MBS this month.

When dealing with any exporter insist on LC payment .meaning the money will be released upon receiving documents and shipping. Note the address.company can be traced incase of unexpected.Avoid company with mobile phones starting with either [090/080].Above all deal with Tokyo-A reputable native Kenyan with experience of exporting and shipment with the best deals.Whose intergrity is beyond money.

@ Hulky ;Dealing with A Pakistanese exporter in Japan ?a big mistake.give me your email.I provide my contact

@Tokyo,

Have you registered a car export biz in Japan?How many cars have yo exported to Kenya thus far and how does one place an order?

@Halky.any progress??

@chaka. company is there doing business but concentrating on Asian market for the obvious reasons.Occasionary,to the Kenyan market.Interested?

Halky you complicate issues yet people are willing to help you. Contacting Japanese police who will need an interpretation of your transactions into Japanese...blah blah...If you take that route arm yourself with patience...it will take long time.

BTW,my friend was in your situation and I applied the approach @ Tokyo is offering you and it worked.

In contrast to other commodities,the value of information increases when it is shared

I think you should be very very worried coz you might have been conned. I will give you a personal experience; August 2008,I bought a car from a Japanese company called Automart Japan just the same way you did. The company then went silent. I wrote to them severally without any meaningful reply. After two months or so,the website was changed. A guy claiming to be a web-designer posted a message saying that it has come to his notice that the company was a fraud and the guys have since taken off. He claimed not to have known the owner of Automart Japan and has himself been conned money owed for service rendered. I came to realize later that many more Kenyans and others from different countries had fallen victim. In fact like my car of interest had been sold to four other people. We reported the matter through the Japanese Embassy and the case was forwarded to interpol but I think the case is as good as closed. see this site; http://blog.japundit.com...chives/2008/12/08/9148/
It is very possible that the same team is also the mastermind of this new one. They simply open another site and continues and it is a big scam ranging from guys in Austria,India and Japan. Sorry bro. My advice; contact the bank where you remitted the money and report your suspension. Buying cars in Japan through the web is no longer safe!

jk