If this is not a scam, perhaps you would like to explain why currently there is only TRR members listed in the thread "Buyers Beware - Merchants and Bankers of Ill Repute"?
http://forum.game-labs.net/index.php?/topic/11579-buyer-beware-merchants-and-bankers-of-ill-repute/
I wouldnt buy a single Oak log off your clan, let alone front you for construction of a ship. Others should take a similar approach.