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Re: Fraud Case Study 1 - Gold Supplier Identity Theft
by shs1520 on 27 May 2008 06:45

If you, Alibaba, charge money for suppliers to be listed as Gold, or Trust, why dont YOU , at least,check to see if the contact details, are correct & if they exist!!!!!!

 

Re: Fraud Case Study 1 - Gold Supplier Identity Theft
by shs1520 on 27 May 2008 06:50

Dear All,

I would need to add the below on the Fraud List:

Putian Huabo Trade Co., Ltd. / trade manager ID cnworldkey

Hope these assholes don't screw more people!

Re: Fraud Case Study 1 - Gold Supplier Identity Theft
by Remus on 01 Jun 2008 11:44

Quoting from [ResourcesAdmin]:

Case Description:

One of our buyers sent an email to Alibaba service team. It said: "I have received a quotation in my email; the sender said his company was a Gold Supplier. I knew Gold Supplier members are verified, so it gave me confidence in this transaction and I paid 30% deposit to buy the Ipods he provided. But after the payment, I didn't receive my Ipods, nor get any response from them. Their contact person, Tony Yang just seemed to ignore my emails.  Please help me contact this company to either get a refund of my payment or send the items I paid for."

After checking with the Gold Supplier member mentioned by this buyer, the Tony Yang in this case wasn't an employee of this company at all. The so-called "Tony Yang"  was a fraudster posing as a verified company’s representative to de-fraud innocent people on our website.

Be cautious of this type of fraud.  

To avoid a similar situation, please adhere to the following advice:


1. Make your own investigation before dealing with your potential partner. Use the company name they provided to search Alibaba.com to find the company's website.

2. Compare the products listed on the company website. If they are in entirely different categories, for example; the company usually sells shoes but the offer you received is an Ipod, it might be a signal of fraud.

3. Contact the company on Alibaba directly and confirm with them whether the person contacting you is really from their company or not. 

4. Or you can send email to the Alibaba service team; they will help you verify the contact person. 

Click to see other Fraud Case Studies:

Fraud Case Study 2 - the "Low Price" trap
Fraud Case Study 3 - False information
Fraud Case Study 4 - Meeting your supplier for the first time
Fraud Case Study 5 - The Contract trap
Fraud Case Study 6 - False Shipping Website
Fraud Case Study 7 - Remain Vigilant!

Identity theft, phishing spyware etc are all major issues. If large corporation such as Symantec, Microsoft, Banks, and Governments are all losing the battle. I don't see how a little unknown company such as sunbyo.com can overcome this problem. And if they really do have a solution I know the banks would be very interested to help and support you and you would become a multi-billion dollar corporation. Perhaps, you should switch industry..i would

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