The Nigerian Nanox scam

Nanox promoters appear confused about a Nigerian website claiming to be a distributor of the (fake) Nanox.Arc.  Let's dispel that confusion.

While there is a legally-registered company Eileeno Pharma Ltd, there is no evidence that it is doing (or planning to do) any business, and the website is clearly fake.  The real Eileeno Pharma Ltd may not even know the website exists, as it was published only recently.

Here is how one can verify that the website is an obvious fake.  The image below is supposed to show the company's building:

However, a quick google search reveals that the image was stolen.  The image actually shows the Gaston Avenue Medical Office Building in Dallas (3417 Gaston Avenue, Dallas, TX 75246, USA) 

So, probably somebody is just trying to pull off a Nigerian Prince scam in the Nanox scam universe, with Nanox being the victim, or at least an innocent bystander (in this case).  Executing a scam like this can't be too hard, given all the other scams in that universe and the pool of eager Nanox "investors."

Update July 12, 2021:  And here comes Nanox belatedly claiming its Nigerian (scam) agreement is real, for a 1,000 "systems."  Also, another image, supposedly showing  the Nigerian distributor's offices in its business profile section, is stolen, from a project by Pacific Design Architecture, a California architectural firm.  Nanox was the Nigerian Prince all along.

Note also that the "distributor" claims that 

1/3 of the world population have no access to medical imaging to diagnose varied forms of diseases before they metamorphose to expensive to treat and life threatening cases.

while Nanox claims exactly the opposite in the press release (that is, 2/3).

On the same page, the distributor explains:

We are in partnership with NANOX Vision Ltd, to deploy medical imaging machines and ensure services at faith based, private and public health facilities across the country, which will also be affordable with a drive to ensure each Nigerian carry out comprehensive medical check once a year to proactively manage their health avoiding medical emergencies plus the attendant high cost including unnecessary deaths. To fast tract this project implementation we are focusing simultaneously on the faith base with a spread of nearly 4400 health facilities and providing about 46% of the health care services needs of the Nigerian populations especially those who are remotely habited. EiLEENO is partnering with ECHO Lab Ltd, with over 22 years experience in medical imaging services in Nigeria mostly with the public and private health institutions.

and 

EiLEENO Pharma Ltd, is projected to deploy nearly 2000 units of NANOX Digital X-ray machines in about 2000 health institutions and hoping to reach about 100m Nigerians within the next 2 years. 

But there is no such thing as NANOX Vision Ltd, as far as I know.  And the press release says 1,000 rather than 2,000.  And what about those 3,400 facilities that won't get their Arc?  Finally, the 100 million number is made up.  It uses a very old and unsupported "recommendation" of 1-machine-per-50,000-people developed by the WHO for a general purpose x-ray device and ultrasound, not for the limited-use Nanox Arc.

Update July 12, 2021 #2: This gets funnier and funnier.  The picture sitting next to the claim that the distributor will deploy 2,000 Nanox "Digital X-Ray" machines is an Unsplash photo of an "Eye diagnostic machine" taken in India.

Photo by Syed Hussaini at Unsplash

Update July 14, 2021:  Junk @ Yahoo notices that EiLEENO's website  cover pic is stolen from the contractor Millie and Severson (a photo of the interior of Good Samaritan Medical Pavilion, Los Angeles, CA) and EiLEENO didn't even bother to rename the filename.  Junk says: 

Their facebook, twitter, instagram and linkedin lead to SitePad Website Builder. I could make a better website in 3 hours.  

Update July 14, 2021 #2:  Nanox CEO claimed  (at about 16:30 into the presentation at the Ladenburg conference today) that the 4-year Nigerian contract (backed by a letter of credit) is for 10 scans a day for $7 each for 250 days, resulting in $70,000 "cost" (diagnostic not included, and assuming zero interest rates).  That is somewhat different from Slide 28 in the same presentation showing the "illustrative" model of 7 scans a day for $14 each for 23 days a month  (for 3 years), resulting in about $81,144 "cost" (again, diagnostic not included, and assuming zero interest rates).

Update September 16, 2021:  Junk @ Yahoo earlier pointed to this source, which shows 1,100 Nigerian Naira cost for chest X-ray single view scan in 2018, or about $3.  Junk also found numerous real x-ray systems on jiji.ng (such as this) for less than $10,000.  In other words, Nanox Arc makes no business sense in Nigeria (or anywhere else), even if it were real.

Update January 12, 2022:  One thing I missed in the press release was that it was issued from KADUNA, Nigeria, implying EiLEENO Pharma is located in that city.  However,  EiLEENO Pharma was always and still is located in Jos, which is a different city in another State, according to its corporate records and confirmed by the linkedin profile ( Jos is about about 150 miles from Kaduna).  Website gives two locations, both in Jos:

Headquarter: EiLEENO Complex behind JMDB Quarters, Metropolitan Avenue, Tudu-wada, Post Office 1924 Jos, Plateau State. 

Office Annex: Plot 22 Citrus Estate, Behind National Open University, directly Opposite Plot 34, Mun-Gyel, P.O. Box 1924 Jos, Plateau State.

Notably, Nanox Chairman insisted during the AuntMinnie interview published on July 16, 2021:

Nigeria, for instance, we are already cleared, we can go tomorrow

This was never mentioned by Nanox again.  Never ever.  No shipments to Nigeria have been reported as of yet.

A linkedin video released last month claims a contract between EiLEENO Pharma and Catholic Secretariat of Nigeria for deployment of Nanox.ARC.  No press release was issued, but the WhatsApp photos dates imply December 14, 2021.  Interestingly, the Secretary General claims in the video that its a "two-year opportunity."  The Nanox press released claimed the "contract" with EiLEENO Pharma is for 4 years.