Today (Sep., 28, 2022), editor saw a large scam news about Indian foreign businessmen. The swindler opened a company in Yiwu and cheated more than 100 foreign trade operators with the same routine, involving nearly 3 million yuan of goods

01 The quotation is not negotiable, and the order is very fast

It is said that the cause of the incident was that two foreigners who claimed to be the staff of the Laste Import and Export Company in Yiwu City came to Miss Wu's shop, which was engaged in handicraft business, with a translator surnamed Zhang.

After some exchanges, many years of business experience told Miss Wu that the two merchants might have problems. "Under normal circumstances, foreign businessmen must have their own goals when they come to buy things. They are not aimless. Secondly, they are also very sensitive to prices. As a result, these two people do not have these aspects." Miss Wu also found that after leaving, the merchants ordered goods with a total value of 210000 yuan in the nearby stores.

02 Deliberately reduce orders to create a false impression of real transactions

In the afternoon of the day after the order was placed, the translator surnamed Zhang called and said that the customer decided to halve the goods ordered in the morning because the cabinet volume was not enough. "In my mind, if it is a fraud, I will not easily reduce the order. In addition, the order will only be more than 30000 after halving, so I will relax my vigilance." After the other party paid a deposit of only 800 yuan and promised to pay for the goods in 20 days, Miss Wu sent 80 pieces of goods to the designated warehouse.

About a week or so, Miss Wu accidentally browsed the early warning platform of the Economic Investigation Branch of Yiwu Public Security Bureau, and was surprised to find that one of the early warning messages was from Laster Company. She hurried to the company's location, but the company was empty.

Miss Wu immediately contacted Zhang Yi at that time and asked the other party to either return the goods or settle the balance. The other company said that it would definitely pay the balance at noon the next day. However, Miss Wu, who was cautious, did not wait until the next day to go to the company's location again. She found that there were more than ten business operators on the scene. Everyone agreed that the company was cheating, so she reported to the police.

03 Indian customer conceals identity and nationality, and the fraud is uncovered

After investigation, it was confirmed that the Raster company was opened only one month ago, and did not register with the Market Supervision Bureau. The boss was Indian. Two months after the company was opened, it began to arrange an interpreter to accompany an Iranian customer and a Nepalese customer to the market for purchase. It purchased more than 3 million yuan worth of goods from more than 100 operators, including toys, hardware, daily necessities, etc.

During the investigation, the police found that the two foreign businessmen never counter-offer their orders, frequently changed temporary translators, rented multiple receiving warehouses, and deliberately concealed their identities, claiming to be British and Canadian.

Finally, according to the economic investigation early warning platform, the fraud involved nearly 100 operators, a total of 5 containers, and the final total value of goods was 2.45 million CNY.