Quoting from [chinese are BIG SCAMM]:
NEVER SEND MONEY THROUGH WU ALWAYS TRY TO CHEAT YOU ALWAYS USE PAYPAL,
It is good advice not to send money through WU but I don't agree that Paypal is the solution either.
Paypal is no substitute for common-sense and due dilligence. Common-sense should tell you, as other posters have pointed out, that a deal that sounds too good to be true probably is not a real deal. Due Dilligence would alert you to the fact that brand name products are going to be fake if purchased in China and that the 'supplier' you are dealing with is a scammer not a supplier at all.
Paypal can only help if the supplier never sends you anything. But any scammer who is willing to use Paypal is going to be smart enough to send you something so that they can show a tracking number to Paypal. It will then become your word against theirs which could go either way. Why give yourself only a 50/50 chance of being ripped off when you can play things much smarter.
I agree with the others that the people who tend to get ripped off are:
a. first timers,
b. not real traders as such, but just someone looking to either score a product cheaply or a quick profit
c. lost as I think that they are looking for a Chinese ebay - something that alibaba is not!!
Quoting from [wilhelm]:In a Post by "wensenchen [CN]" owner of the scammer companies "oosoon.com" and "putian chengxiang huacheng trade co.,ltd," (who are Alibaba Gold Suppliers offering cheap fake products as Original Brands), he says:
http://resources.alibaba.com/topic/172486/www_oosoon_com_or_putian_chengxiang_huacheng_trade_co_ltd_scammers/2.htm
"In fact, for only a few hundred dollars, we are teaching greedy people how to be less greedy in the future. So we are doing our share to improve humanity. After all, chinese civilization is older than the white people civilization. When our ancestors were studying the stars, white men were still writing on cave walls. China is the center of the world. We are the best, even if you call us scambugs."In effect, he's saying that he steals money from buyers to teach them a lesson (about trying to buy low priced brand name products).
Do not try to buy Original Brands from China, they are not avaliable!!!
Wilhelm
Hi Wilhelm I am launching a UK web site warning people of scammers and tips on how not to get conned would you mind if I use this example on my web site, i will of course put your name to the article
Quoting from [alexmason64]:Quoting from [wilhelm]:In a Post by "wensenchen [CN]" owner of the scammer companies "oosoon.com" and "putian chengxiang huacheng trade co.,ltd," (who are Alibaba Gold Suppliers offering cheap fake products as Original Brands), he says:
http://resources.alibaba.com/topic/172486/www_oosoon_com_or_putian_chengxiang_huacheng_trade_co_ltd_scammers/2.htm
"In fact, for only a few hundred dollars, we are teaching greedy people how to be less greedy in the future. So we are doing our share to improve humanity. After all, chinese civilization is older than the white people civilization. When our ancestors were studying the stars, white men were still writing on cave walls. China is the center of the world. We are the best, even if you call us scambugs."In effect, he's saying that he steals money from buyers to teach them a lesson (about trying to buy low priced brand name products).
Do not try to buy Original Brands from China, they are not avaliable!!!
Wilhelm
Hi Wilhelm I am launching a UK web site warning people of scammers and tips on how not to get conned would you mind if I use this example on my web site, i will of course put your name to the article