Be Aware of TradeKey.com Scammers

Quoting from [hhgfd]:



alibaba is no better,


I agree.


I've ordered an Iphone 3G 8Gb of a gold member on Alibaba, but they send me an Iphone 16Gb (S688) don't have 3G.


whatever, they've sent

Quoting from [apel23]:


Hi, Be very aware trading on Tradekey.com. I have done two deals on that site and both turned out to be scams. They were both Silverkey members. I wanted to purchase Apple iPods. The first company that claimed to have the authentic product was beijing gere century invests company. As soon as they got my money, I never heard back from them. I reported the fraud to Tradekey and they pretty much did nothing. They said I had to do my research as a buyer. I contacted them back and asked what was the point of going through their site if their "Third Party Verification" meant nothing, and they didn't even bother answering. They just gave the scammer company -20 points and as far as I know they are still listed on Tradekey website. The second company that I only did a sample order and they still scammed me and I never heard from them was guilin bingshi electric CO.LTD. Be very aware of trading on TradeKey.

Scammers exist everywhere.  You have to check out their Business License by yourself. Take care!

Yes, be aware of TradeKey.com and Ecvv.com. To make your business more efficient, pls hire our service company to be your assistant when you do business with Chinese suppliers. I will work as your representative office in China to deal with all the troubles you meet.

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I am from the Bahamas and I did some business with merchants on  the www.tradekey.com website also. The first company that I did business with was called Fashion Mart (http://www.fashion-mart.com.cn/).  That was some time in November  2007 . The sales person that handled the order for me was someone named Christy.  When I sent the order, she lied to me and said that EMS did not ship to the Bahamas. I followed up with an inquiry to EMS myself, and I found out that they do ship to the Bahamas. I approached Christy about it, and she admitted that she lied because it was expensive to ship to the Bahamas. As a result,  I told Christy to take the package to DHL , and DHL would send the package to the Bahamas at my expense. She then, informed me that her boss didn't think that DHL shipped to the Bahamas. It took some time for DHL to get in touch with Christie and her boss (Jennifer). When the DHL representative called to pick up the package, Christie and Jennifer botth denied that they ever had a package for me. They told the DHL representative that they did not know what I was talking about even though the DHL representative had proof of payment for the goods.

Hi, I myself was scam on tradekey.com. I wired money through western union for some ghd irons, nokia phone & blow dryers to Li Xia Zheng Company, Jaixing, Zhejiang 314000 in China and as soon she she received my payment I never heard from her again. She called herself Angie and the email address is elvalau0@yahoo.com.cn beware of her she's a fraud, of course she could use another name and email address I also reported this person to tradekey.

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Quoting from [apel23]:



Hi, Be very aware trading on Tradekey.com. I have done two deals on that site and both turned out to be scams. They were both Silverkey members. I wanted to purchase Apple iPods. The first company that claimed to have the authentic product was beijing gere century invests company. As soon as they got my money, I never heard back from them. I reported the fraud to Tradekey and they pretty much did nothing. They said I had to do my research as a buyer. I contacted them back and asked what was the point of going through their site if their "Third Party Verification" meant nothing, and they didn't even bother answering. They just gave the scammer company -20 points and as far as I know they are still listed on Tradekey website. The second company that I only did a sample order and they still scammed me and I never heard from them was guilin bingshi electric CO.LTD. Be very aware of trading on TradeKey.

There are so many site out there to give b2b service but all the same, some free by getting profits from ads while others not like http://trade.meritline.com, which is a free b2b site for wholesale service trading platform to ensure the safety and item quality.

Quoting from [apel23]:


Hi, Be very aware trading on Tradekey.com. I have done two deals on that site and both turned out to be scams. They were both Silverkey members. I wanted to purchase Apple iPods. The first company that claimed to have the authentic product was beijing gere century invests company. As soon as they got my money, I never heard back from them. I reported the fraud to Tradekey and they pretty much did nothing. They said I had to do my research as a buyer. I contacted them back and asked what was the point of going through their site if their "Third Party Verification" meant nothing, and they didn't even bother answering. They just gave the scammer company -20 points and as far as I know they are still listed on Tradekey website. The second company that I only did a sample order and they still scammed me and I never heard from them was guilin bingshi electric CO.LTD. Be very aware of trading on TradeKey.

Quoting from [apel23]:


I thought I could get it from there cheaper because after all they are made in China. By the way, it is not the scammers that I'm blaming the situation on; it is TradeKey that in their Demo they have posted all impressive lines like "Tradekey.com uses an independent Third Party to check Gold and Silverkey members' details" or "Only credible, respectable business are listed as premium members on Tradekey.com". Apperantly none of that existed when you got down to business with a couple of them. The reason I posted this message was for newcomers like me to be aware of situations like this, and not to be read and mocked at.

Yes, everywhere exist scammers.

Why most of the chinese supplier only do the payment term as 100% payment T/T before the shipment ? why most of the chinese supplier need charge the sample?

I'm a saller, we also run into buyer scammers, we also scared of the scammers.

Some scammers get goods without paid, and some scammers are engage in cheating samples..... so many cases....

Usually,  we will very carefully to deal with the buyer whose email address is yahoo.com

According to our experience, most of the scammers use the yahoo email. I think it's the same with the saler scammers.

hate the scammers!!!!