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The new modus of chinese suppliers on chinese websites was to scam, cheat innocent good buyers around the world, by making different names and sites of their company. So that they will not be identified as a scammer or a fraud. Like yuanda international trade co., ltd. For instance, is not a genuine company but one of a hoax company. The people behind this enormous scam will create many different names of a company that never been exist, so that if they already victimized a good buyer they can easily leave that site and never heard from them again. Because automatically the victim will made a complaint to the b2b or to the host online shop like alibaba.com, madeinchina.com, china. Cn, and made-in-china.com to name a few chinese websites. From then feedbacks, complaints will be posted in the internet or a blog by the victim as a warning from other good buyers. Now, other buyers will be careful on choosing a supplier and they will look with a chinese supplier who dont have a negative feedback or complaints, but not knowing that the company name was also operated by the same scam and by the same people behind the fraud and on standby to cheat and fooled another innocent good buyers.

Never accept western union, t/t, bank transfer.

Better accept paypal or cod for payment.

Modus of bogus supplier:

They will send you business certificate, license certificate to lure buyers.

They will offer you low prices for sample unit.

They will deal you to pay half of its price and sure pay the remaining balance once you recieved the items.

They will ask for the buyers scanned passport, and valid ids. Saying for their security that the buyer will sure pay the remaining balance.

They will email you with list of branded products from cellphones, game consoles, digital camera, laptops with low prices in it.

Beware on this new modus... I was a victim of this new modus from chinese websites specially yuanda international co., ltd.

I would like to share to you this video. My purchased order is a sample unit nikon d90 with 18-105mm vr lens. Unfortunately I recieved a different item. I hope this will serve as a warning to all good buyers around the world.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVNTq5J_2nQ

God bless us all...

Update by freeman141928
Dec 01, 2009 11:53 pm EST

our experiences will serve as a warning to all good buyers not to engage business on chinese online shop.

Update by freeman141928
Dec 01, 2009 11:56 pm EST

the problem is that this names of company who is doing this fraud can easily change their company name and victimized once more.

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triste
El Paso, US
Aug 04, 2009 8:18 pm EDT

alibaba debera ser demandado yo pense que ehra lo mismo que E bay
envie 1950 dlls a Surya Global LTD y jamas recibi mi camara
en este preciso momento con el contubernio de ALIBABA sigue vendiendo camaras impunemente
habemos miles de personas que hemos sido victimas de ALIBABA
mis preguntas
PORQUE NO SE HACE UN SITIO NO OFFICIAL DE VICTIMAS DE ALIBABA
MILES DE DEMANDAS DIARIAS PUEDEN HACER MUCHO EN UNA CORTE ESTADOUNIDENSE

I wasvictim of alibaba member and he sell more cameras (evident fraud) in this precis moment
alibaba no help nothing
how persons it's necesary for demand to alibaba (cort federal)
we need sites no oficiials

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jinnasgranny
US
Dec 01, 2009 7:32 pm EST

I paid $400.00 to [censored]in's toys limited and now they wont even talk to me, they said before i have to send them $400.00 more because they were shipping double my order. i told them i didnt have $400.00 more and now they wont talk. beware SCAM [censored]IN"S TOYS LIMITED

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snehaji123
IN
Jan 13, 2010 10:20 pm EST

Dear Sir,

for your kind information please find enclosed the high court stay on South, Kolida, Sanding & Ruide.

You can see the stay also on www.delhihighcourt.nic.in

1. Log on to www.delhihighcourt.nic.in

2. Select case/filing/order status.

3. Case Type CS(OS)S Case No. 969 Year 2008.

4. see Order Dt 29.5.2008 of 29.5.2008.

Stll they are not appearing to the court & using & Changing diffrent Brand & Co.

names to sell there products.

Intrestingly all the co. givin one address of FA229B, Man Sarovar Garden, New Delhi.

Please confirm it from www.mycoordinates.org.

everybody can download the copy of there subscription from last 2 years free of cost.

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Calvin Cook
Memphis, US
Feb 08, 2010 12:44 am EST

Alibababa is a historic name contigous to thiefs, look at the company called "Zengming International Trading Co., Ltd." in 'http://www.alibaba.com/trade/search?SearchText=used+laptop&Country=&CatId=0&IndexArea=product_en&sq=y' which is in the same time on the black list of ALIBABA on an other page 'http://resources.alibaba.com/trade_safe/blacklist-company41.html' ! .
you can see that ALIBABABA itself is a scamming co. ltd.
RUN AWAY AS FAST AS YOU CAN ... HURRY UP

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miketang
CN
Mar 16, 2010 1:48 am EDT
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how to avoid fraud or scam from alibaba, ebay, aliexpress or china wholesale
Now china become the world factory, and export every field products to all around the world.
So for company, they want to find supplier by B2B web, like the alibaba.com, globalsourse.com, made-in-china.com, ec21.com, especially alibaba-the biggest b2b web .
For personal, they want to buy products from china wholesaler like importandgo.com, or they can also buy them from ebay, aliexpress, taobao, dangdang .
Yes, they can buy cheaper product from ebay or alibaba than their city’s shop .But some online seller don’t have good credit, they cheat buyers -get money but don’t delivery goods. how to avoid fraud or scam on web ?
People organized on web and list the fraud or scam on ebay, or discuss on the alibaba forum and ask other guys do not place order to these scam company . even they can set subject for most china wholesale and compare their quality, price &service.
However, while the priest climbs a foot, the devil climbs
Many customer trapped and lost money, time by these fraud .
Now a multinational company proudly said they can help you to avoid this problem .
Agentandgo is an purchasing agent, and they have office in spain and shenzhen, China . when you want to buy products from china,
For company, if you can not visit supplier when you do business at 1st time with this supplier. agentandgo can go to the supplier address for you and see whether this supplier is factory or not . they can take photos and you can check whether the supplier’s machine can meet your target .and estimate how many worker they have, what is square the factory have ! after you confirm the supplier can meet your require and they are not fraud .then you can place order to them and transfer fund .
Even after production and ready to send, agentandgo can inspect the quality for you . You know, after you get products and test them . then you find that products quality can not pass the test . it is too late, because it waste your too much time &energy .especialy in the intense competitive world . So they can check for you and report how about the quality when the products at supplier factory .
For personal, they buy small volume products from ebay, online china wholesale, or alibaba . so they have more chance to meet scams. even ebay have star status, alibaba has gold member . many guys still tricked .
So when you find a good product at alibaba or ebay, agentandgo can help you to buy . test products and send them to your address directly .
even you want to find a product, they can also find it for you !
For all what they do, they only get commistion according to your order value !

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JIles
Brisbane, AU
May 04, 2010 6:57 am EDT
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I just want to warn everyone of Langfang Xinyuzhu Trading Co., Ltd. I just ordered 10, 000 envelopes from them and they arrived today, ripped, badly cut and with black spots all over them. They are terrible quality and nothing like I had ordered. DO NOT DEAL with this company - I spoke to Joyce and Yogi. Be warned they are absolutely hopeless and total crooks. They advertise on Alibaba.

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fraudstersbeware
US
Jun 28, 2010 12:48 pm EDT

Alibaba is only a platform between the buyers and the suppliers. Even with A&V check, it doesn’t weed out scammers 100%. I strongly suggest buyers do some thorough research before dealing with online supplier, just as you would with real life business partners. Use escrow as a form of payment instead of Western Union is the easiest way to protect yourself. Invest wisely.

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zagor66
GR
Sep 19, 2010 1:34 pm EDT
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MY DEAR FRIENDS I LOST 7500USD IN ALIBABA.COM.. PERSONAL I BELIEVE THAT THE SITE IS A THIEVE SITE... NOT ONLY THE GOLD THIEVES SUPPLIERS BUT THE HOL SYSTEM.. SHANGHAI LEWEN IT CO, .LTD IS THE COMPANY I LOST MY MONEY, BUT FOR ME THE SITE IS MAKING THE PROBLEM... DONT BUY ANYTHING AT ALL... THEY BLOCK MY MSN.. EVEN IF I WANT TO MAKE A FRAUD OR COMPLIENT MY PC BLOCK DOWN... SO? YOU WANT TO BUY FROM ALIBABA? BUY... EMPTY YOUR PORTOFOLIO AND GET OTHERS FULL OF MONEY... THEY JUST BROKE DOWN LIFES... RUN AWAY BEFORE IS TOO LATE! ! ! ! !

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zagor66
GR
Sep 19, 2010 1:43 pm EDT
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I WILL GO TO SHANGHAI TO THE BANK TO LOOK IF I CAN GET THE IDDENTITY CARD NUMPER OF MY THIEVE...AND TO THE POLISH... YOU THINK I FIND HIM? I THINK NOT.. AND YOU KNOW WHY? BECAUSE ALL IS IN IT: ALIBABA SITE, GOLD THIEVES SUPPLIERS, TRANSFER COMPANYS, AND PEOPLE INSIDE THE BANKS! SO? THE MONEY WILL NEVER COME BACK TO ME! NEVER! BUT THIS SIDE WILL CLOSE VERY SOON... VERY VERY SOON... ALL THIEVES!

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Shanghai Lewen IT Co., Ltd. is too bad
MY
Oct 14, 2010 3:14 am EDT

the supplier Shanghai Lewen IT Co., Ltd.so bad i buy laptop on September but until now we are not receive anything. and we are loose contact with that supplier too bad

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jb1988
PK
Nov 18, 2010 11:41 am EST

We are making a unique forum where those who have been scammed by Alibaba, GlobalSources, Made-in-China can submit a complain. Apart form that this forum provides free of cost reports, how-tos and a definitive guide to those who are new in the sourcing business. To make this happen we need your assistance. This forum is an initiative taken by the people who have been scammed by these Chinese sites. Please contact us hujelabs[at]gmail.com with a subject "I was scammed".

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zagor66
GR
Nov 18, 2010 10:27 pm EST
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i will advise all that i will not give any information! because scams are looking for victims even in this trustful and good page! i was almost to be in such a scam even here! so i advise poeple to carefull and dont give any information before they check really really good who is it? carefull scams are looking for victims everywhere! they dont care if poeple lost money! by saying that they help you to get the money you lost back, they will ask you for all your personal infomation... then they find a way take money from you! so carefull and dont give any information of yours! good luck to all, and lets kill alibaba site by puting a lot of comlpaints here!

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innocentgurl
SG
Dec 07, 2010 9:18 am EST

Hey, I was scammed by one of the suppliers too, was really frustrated so i created a blog, you guys can take the infos there:

http://chinasupplierscam.blogspot.com/

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MGA
PH
Dec 09, 2010 1:13 am EST

BUYERS BEWARE! This is fraud company in aliexpress called THE EAST INTERNATIONAL EXPORT CORPORATION (KBOE MA) STORE NO: 203636 ..name of the scammer: SHUAI JIANG WU
http://www.aliexpress.com/fm-store/203636 .. After receiving your money he will never answer your emails and will blocked you from chatting on their site.

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ratatuj
NL
Dec 16, 2010 10:25 am EST
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hearing all this stories about scaming the general rule has appear: make a reasearch of your prospective supplier! Personally I prefer to deal with european b2b platform. I use momoway business searcher, for me is more transparent, but still always make double, tripple check of my prospective supplier, this is my recipe for avoiding scams:)

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ratatuj
NL
Dec 16, 2010 10:27 am EST
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hearing all this scam stories the genreal rule has appear: make a reasearch of your prospective supplier! Personally I prefer to deal with european b2b platform. I use momoway business searcher, for me is more transparent, but still always make double, tripple check of my prospective supplier, this is my recipe for avoiding scams:)

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weng2ryhm
BE
Feb 12, 2011 12:14 am EST

Hello,
coul you pls give me advice,
Planning to buy wedding dress and bridesmaid dresses in alibaba ...do they are trustable people?

Ths contact number from ths comapny.
Company name;Fuzhou Wedding Trading Co., Ltd.
Street Address: #204, 27 buliding, Xiyang Village, Taijiang District Fuzhou City
City: Fuzhou
Province/State: Fujian
Country/Region: China (Mainland)
Zip: 350000
Telephone: 00-86-[protected]
Mobile Phone: [protected]
Fax: 00-86-[protected]

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zagor66
GR
Feb 12, 2011 6:11 am EST
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i will advise you to avoid alibaba.. you have 99% to loose your money.. in my case the international police and the chinese polish with the govements are after my thiefhs.. they catch them for sure.. dont loose your money please... buy from somewhere you know.. or go to china but even there is not 100% you will garantie your money..

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doityoureself
Lexington, US
Jun 13, 2011 12:54 am EDT

ordered several items in one evening and never recieved any of the four items. sellers names are "bean lian" and "jin liu". Alibaba does nothing to help return money, in fact they are in on the scams, offering "gold membership" status for a fee, but means nothing as far as integrity of the business. It has been 40 days since I ordered my items and recived nothing except several fake tracking numbers and a bunch of crap about where my items are. So beware of alibaba and aliexpress websites, the website looks deceivingly good.

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Olga Guppy
CH
Dec 05, 2011 11:13 am EST

I bought what was described as "5 strings of 300 pieces" of crystals, but Sunny Supply sent 5 half strings of 50 crystals, and it is IMPOSSIBLE to dispute claim because Ali. Express website insists on attachment but does not accept photographs from my camera (Panasonic) or a Word document, and demands reason for dispute from dropdown menu but menu does not drop down. If you hit Submit, all you get is error order. THIS WHOLE SITE IS A CHINESE SCAM! Companies are fictitious and they and Ali. express collect our money and there is nothing we can do about it. DONT BUY FROM THIS WEBSITE!

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Help expose a thief lady
Dolomite, US
Mar 02, 2015 12:00 am EST
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Hello . I made a purchase to a alibaba.com vendor by the company name Berg international Pakistan. After following Mr Asghar / CEO payment details with shipping I paid $2, 371.10. Thru western union. This was in November 2014. He has lied to me saying he is sending me the product and never did for months. He made a remark that he will keep me tied up in court trying to get my money back. I have reported him to the local police and also the FBI in my state. I will expose him to every forum I can find so other innocent consumers like me are not hurt by this thief thanks .who can I report this crime to in sailkot pakistan?

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hollyday
US
Feb 03, 2016 11:08 pm EST

hello I was scam as well I was on Alibaba web site and was getting a lot of sellers sending me quote's and then ask if its ok to send me mail to my email address so they did. was told by most of the sells that the Alibaba web site was moving too slow . well I thought that this company FUZHOU YUANSHUN Imports & Exports Co, LTD operations address floor 15, bldg. c3, SoHo bldg., Wanda cangshan dist., Fuzhou, Fujian china (mainland) (Skype ID sale1xmshuntoygyuan@outlook.com ) contact number +[protected]. we talk back and forth for about a week and I was ready to order she had a special for the Christmas holiday
if you buy one smart watch you get 2 free ok so I did and also bought 1 play station and1 Xbox, 1 apple 6 phone. 576.00 plus once I sent the 1st payment for my order I was told that customs had my package held up until I send $ 250.00 so that customs will release my package and send out well she got me for that and what made it so bad I bought this for my sons Christmas and all my money that I save up was gone in a blink of an eye.it was my 1st time shopping on line but never again. I have been trying to get InTouch with Alibaba web but unable to leave a complaint. and LINDA well she stop responding to me . I know GOD see's all and you will be convicted by the LORD MY GOD and I will continue to file paper work to get my money back . And go to you court and talk with the district attorney about this matter its wrong and we must fight for our rights get a stop payment and refund, etc., etc. etc. PS. make sure you file a police report give all information email and all.

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