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Mandate Chain

A 'layer cake' of self-described mandates and intermediaries inserted between a buyer and a non-existent seller.

A mandate chain (or "layer cake") is a stack of intermediaries — "mandate", "authorised representative", "facilitator" — each claiming a link to a refinery or allocation they cannot evidence. The chain manufactures the appearance of access while insulating the originator; no link can produce a direct terminal contact or a verifiable allocation. If no party in the chain can name the loading terminal and put you in direct contact with it, the allocation does not exist.

Related: Advance-fee fraud, SCO, LOI.

See also

advance-fee-fraudsco

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