I am a new company in South Africa. I got a nice order from my customer and I was ready to order on Friday from my supplier and she sent me the PI.

Something did not look right, so I google the company name. The name on the invoice is the Chinese name and nothing is in google or Alibaba. I check the english name and there are 2 people complaining about a scam. Now I was worrying big time.

So i start reading everything I can to learn how to check out the suppliers. I have a friend who is Chinese and he called the supplier and is now going there to check on them.

Is this good enough? What else can I do to protect myself? This supplieris cheap but not the cheapest. She is using hotmail not company email. First she ask for Western Union but I said no. So now i get bank details

, but it is not company account because the beneficiary name is the manager name? Is this right?

you may find people as much as possible to verify for you, then it can be double confirmed.

i will be pleasure to help.