Quoting from [tworiverstradingco]:
Okay all here goes...
First off...This is NOT A TRADE LEAD -- I am in teaching mode here. I have come across so many people who simply have no idea how to research a company, so I'm going to go through a scenario using my own company as an example of how to research a company. It is not a promotion for my company, just an honest effort to teach people how to research BEFORE they get scammed.
Okay, so you get approached by someone on Trade Manager or you contact a company you find in sell leads or someone has contacted you from your buy lead. Here are some examples of ways to easily identify whether they are frauds/scammers or not. This is NOT foolproof. Do your due diligence and you will be less likely to get scammed. Follow along at each step (if you care to).
Before contact or at the time when contact has been made:
Identify the company name.
Let's say that I contacted you. You need to do a search on Alibaba to find my company profile.
Go to the home page of Alibaba.com
Type the name of the company in the search box ? Please take note, sometimes less is more in regards to what the results output will be ? You may want to only put Two Rivers as your search term, you will likely come up with more results.
Choose Companies from the drop down box.
Click search.
Here are the results of that search (for Two Rivers Trading):
http://www.alibaba.com/trade/search?Type=&SearchText=Two+Rivers+Trading&IndexArea=company_en
Am a scam victim,
the scammer is HELENA THOMPSON, H & T COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED
They are fake
I thought ill try buying from these bulk seller so I made a deal with her paying 50% now 50% on arrival of goods
I made the first payment, she got back to me saying no she wants another 50%. now everything is ready but she need the extra for insurance I asked I want a refund of my money she refused and said its not possible. so I thought okay ill pay the 50% which was stupid but wanted to give her the benefit of the doubt.
I made the second but asked for a signed ppr saying shell ship goods when receiving the second payment. She did send me an official ppr. After the payment which I have already paid (700usd$) she asked for another 380$usd for the VAT. I told her cannot do, you pay it and we will pay you on arrival of goods or refund she refused. I told her we have allot of info about you coz we also called and recorded the call + signature etc. We will take legal action. She didn’t care les
Lost me $ 700 and no goods
BECAREFULL, the western union name to receiver is Helena Thompson from UK. She is still listed in Alibaba
A Victim of HELENA THOMPSON, H & T COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED
HELENA THOMPSON, H & T COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED