At the end of the year, the first is also going to sprint performance, so foreign trade is becoming more and more rampant. Foreign traders should be vigilant against these ** and pay attention to avoiding pits. This article lists the common routines of foreign trade to help the majority of foreign traders better protect their "money bags".
1 Common** summary.
One unpaid one came again.
This kind of ** is generally the buyer consciously dragged the foreign trade enterprise into the pit step by step, and finally firmly grasped the initiative in their own hands, and then put forward a series of unreasonable requirements such as discounts.
For example, if the customer requires that the payment method must be DP, the first few orders are very trustworthy, and the documents will be redeemed in time when they reach the other party's bank. But later, the pace of payment became slower and slower, but the containers of foreign trade enterprises were still ordered one after another, and the cabinets in front had not yet arrived in Hong Kong, and new containers were issued here. Suddenly, the customer said that there was a problem with the goods and asked for a discount.
On the one hand, there is the pressure of empty money or high demurrage fees, and on the other hand, there are a few containers that are still floating at sea.
Payment on behalf of you**.
Angel "After placing an order, the buyer actually sent a sum of money far more than the amount of the order (and even more money was remitted one after another), and what is even more strange is that the money is often not from the buyer's country.
At this time, the buyer said that the extra money was transferred to other Chinese ** merchants as his ** in China, and a certain percentage of commission could be paid to the exporter. When the exporter thinks about how good this is, he not only collects the full payment for the goods, but also earns a pocket money from it, and there is no risk at all.
Unexpectedly, soon after, a company from the place where the payment was remitted came to the door, saying that he had been phishing, and the money had been hacked into the seller's account, and called the police to demand that the exporter's account be frozen and the payment returned. At this time, the exporter had already transferred the money to "other Chinese merchants" according to the instructions of the "customer". As a result, the investigation could only freeze the account of the "good luck" exporter, and then enter the investigation stage. At this time, it will inevitably affect the normal operation of exporters.
We must be wary of this kind of **, our function should not be a simple "rental account"!
Phishing emails. This kind of fraud is very simple, **will pretend to be a businessman, and then send an email to the finance of the foreign trade company, and inform the company that the account number has changed, and the payment will be remitted to the new account. Due to the long-term cooperation, and the email address is also the same, the foreign trade company will remit the payment to the new account given by the "** businessman".
When the real ** business to collect debts, the finance found that it had been deceived, ** business did not change the collection account at all, let alone sent them an email, after careful inspection, it was found that the fake ** business email and the real ** businessman's email mailbox letters are almost the same, only two words reversed order.
This kind of ** is carefully designed, using hacking techniques to get the foreign trade company's corporate email password, and then steal the information inside, and then create a "** mailbox to defraud." Due to financial carelessness, I did not carefully check with the ** business whether the account was changed, and I did not notice that the email address was fake, resulting in the company's loss.
Fake water bills. This kind of ** is very common, and the "customer" will directly find the foreign trade company to purchase the goods. The order process is very refreshing, neither lowering the price, nor requiring the quality of the product.
When these "customers" place an order, they will pay a deposit in the form of a check or usance draft, and then continue to urge the foreign trade company to deliver the goods on the grounds that they are in urgent need of the goods. Because the communication process is very refreshing, most of the merchants will not think too much about it and will arrange the delivery. However, because the bill needs to be collected, when the bank collection is unsuccessful or the bill is found to be forged, it is often too late, and the goods of the first merchant have already been sent out, and the minutes have reached the hands of the "customer". The payment cannot be recovered, and the so-called "customers" cannot find anyone, so they can only use heavy losses to describe these deceived foreign trade enterprises. In fact, as early as the first time of communication, foreign traders should be vigilant, for this neither price reduction nor product requirements for the "pie in the sky" order, you might as well ask yourself, why do good things come so easily?
Double reed**. This **first of all, let you know some information about the merchants and buyers, and then after a period of time, when you can't remember clearly, they suddenly place an order and sign a contract, so fast that people don't have time to understand them.
When the foreign trade company takes the order, it must find the best businessman, which may be an empty shell and may not have the goods you want. Because the buyer only pays 30% to you, and then the ** merchant will ask you to personally bring the money to pick up the goods for various reasons, and ask to pay more. As everyone knows, these two parties are accomplices, so they can cheat at least more than 30% of the money, or even up to 50%. If the foreign trader wants to withdraw at this time, the supply and demand sides will claim compensation on the grounds that you have violated the contract.
Letter of credit**.
Some countries (such as Bangladesh) require imports to go through the letter of credit, but some of their bank credit is really a mess, all kinds of illegal operations: whether to release the loan is the buyer's final word, the bank and the buyer collude, in the absence of inconsistent L/C at sight documents, delay the payment time, or in the case of the customer does not go through the payment procedures, the customer picks up the goods or sees the goods to the exporter after the quality claim, forcing the exporter to reduce the price, resulting in economic losses.
Therefore, when receiving an order for a letter of credit, it is necessary to do a good job in the verification of the letter of credit to ensure that there are no discrepancies. If a discrepancy is found, it must be changed before delivery, especially the delivery date, so that it meets the provisions of the letter of credit. In addition, it is necessary to allow sufficient time for delivery and delivery.
Authentication**. This kind of childcare is generally the childcare of testing and certification institutions. Buyers are very bold when they negotiate orders, but they will definitely emphasize that the quality requirements of the products are very high, and they must go to the certification body they have formulated to do testing or certification, and the cost will of course be borne by the exporter.
Although this kind of loss is relatively small compared to the previous ones, it also wastes the time and money of foreign traders.
2 How to prevent it
These foreign trade ** have every year, and they are emerging in endlessly, how can foreign traders prevent it?This anti-scam guide is shared with you.
Don't be greedy.
When communicating with people you don't know well on social media, be vigilant as long as money is involved. Don't be fooled by the generous rewards, and don't transfer money to unfamiliar accounts, or you will fall into the trap if you are not careful.
Enhance awareness of prevention.
Before each transaction, it is necessary to understand the details of the other party's company to ensure that the other party is a legitimate company and has the ability to repay the payment. Especially for the first cooperation, try not to hand over the goods to the other party when the other party has not yet paid. At least part of the payment must be received before delivery, so as to avoid the loss of goods and property.
Be mindful.
Regardless of the email you receive, you must carefully verify that the email address is the same as the official email suffix. If money is involved, be more careful, be sure to check with the other party or the company, and don't trust others easily. Don't be greedy for a moment of relaxation, and lose a big one because of a small one.
Brief summary. ** fraud means are becoming more and more sophisticated, even foreign trade "veterans" can not escape the situation of being deceived, foreign traders must increase more experience, pay more attention, less luck, less greed, in order to avoid risks. Everyone runs to tell each other, and beware of foreign trade together