Indeed it is worthy, and worning for all those members of Alibaba like me.  I hope  others will share there experience if they Godforbidden have in future, do the same as you have done.  GOD HELP THOSE WHO HELP THEM SELVES

 I think what Alibaba should to, post those people email address at the top of the main page and block them, as other will remeber, and no one would be able to contact or email from this plateform neither those people can do.

Quoting from [Life]:


This is my first year as a member of Alibaba.com. I have responded to most trade

 

I just met similar defraud last week. A buyer from the US inquired about PVC blisters; I quoted a high price as per his sample as the order qtty is only 30000pcs; and the payment Terms is T/T 50% down and balance due prior to shipping with tooling cost 100% prepaid.. He accepted both price  and payment terms immediately; and asked me to send him Proforma Invoice so that he could arrange payment. After I sent him Proforma Invoice, he told me there would be a strike at the Oakland Port and warned me we must deliver the goods before June 13th., which means we only have 2 days for production. I told him that's beyond our ability to deliver the goods within such short time; he responded as "you could just arrange production and wait my notation to deliver the goods". I think it's good way for both of the 2 sides, yet, we still need him to issue the PO and arrange prepayment. Hearing that, he did not answer me. 2 days later, he asked me to arrange production immediately and he would transfer the payment the next day. I said, it's ok, we can wait for 1 more day as we have materials on hand. No money entered our account at all. I asked but got no answer. Then he suddenly asked me to contact with his shipping agent in Shanghai to arrange shipment(sounds like a joke, huh?). I was so surprised and funny. I asked him: What for? We have no PO, no prepayment, no production... Then he got madly angry, blaming me as an "idiot" and told me I had much to learn. Hearing these dirty words, I just felt funny as it's such obvious defraud he's made. I told him, if I were not "idiot", I will help him to become a scammer. He got more angry, and shouted on the phone that "I would pay, yet I just need you to deliver the goods at the moment". See, no strike any more?? Wow, it's interesting. I'm sorry for poor old Jim.

Some scammers take advantages of Chinese suppliers' desirousness to develop new clients and markets, pretending to be very much mighty and insistent. No, they look down on Chinese suppliers but they're wrong. We're cautious as they are!

Quoting from [Business in China]:

Quoting from [Life]:



This is my first year as a member of Alibaba.com. I have responded to most trade alerts pertaining to my particular product. However, on two occasions I was contacted by two prospective buyers; one from Benin and the other from Lome, Togo respectively. They sounded like serious buyers, very professional and knowledgeable about their market. They were very impressed with the price and the product. They requested Pro-Forma invoices outlining CIF and payment terms. Note carefully; the payment terms were T/T 50% down and balance due prior to shipping. Both buyers signed pro-forma and sent back saying they will pay T/T 100%. (1st reason to suspect a scam) However, one buyer told me the Product will need NAFDAC certification and the seller will have to pay for it, before his bank can release the funds. (2nd reason to suspect a scam). The other

One of my Chinese friends also met a similar situation before. It is said that Benin and Nigerial has the most scams in Africa. Take care, every body!

You are not the first one and not the last one. There are so many fake buyers and the same amount of fake sellers.

Anyway I can say only this to the audience:

be carreful !!!

(especially dealing with Nigeria !!!)

i HAVE had the exact same experience with Benin. i did send samples.

i did not send any money for any one even though i was asked to do so every time i called the guy!

but the biggest problem they caused for me was my phone bill! it is really expensive to call Benin!

any ways, Alabama doesn't seem to be safe at all!

some one must develop a mechanism to manage this!

Quoting from [Mike Robertson]:

i HAVE had the exact same experience with Benin. i did send samples.

 

 

i did not send any money for any one even though i was asked to do so every time i called the guy!

 

 

but the biggest problem they caused for me was my phone bill! it is really expensive to call Benin!

 

 

any ways, Alabama doesn't seem to be safe at all!

 

 

some one must develop a mechanism to manage this!