Note: This scam belongs to a well-coordinated and meticulous gang, and it didn’t show any clues at first. The specific way of committing the crime is that one of the swindlers approached the foreign trade plywood supplier as a Mexican purchaser. It is normal to ask for orders, place orders and pay, but when paying, they will pay more money, which is usually multiple times higher than the delivery value, and the payment is definitely from another account to your account. This is the first hidden danger. Many foreign trade plywood suppliers tend to ignore when collecting money. As long as the money is received, they will be relieved. However, if the money is transferred from a third-party account, there may be a great risk.
The swindler Mexican buyer starts to make excuses after paying for the goods. For example, he will say that a plywood and wood-based panel supplier in China does not have a US dollar account and needs to pay through your transfer. Therefore, it is logical for you to transfer the balance of the payment to another account (the plywood and wood-based panel supplier account in his mouth is actually the account of another swindler). Because of the cooperation, with the purpose of developing long-term business, or the “revolutionary” sentiment that has been established, foreign trade plywood suppliers may soon become transit stations. At this point, the scam is about to reveal its ferocious face.
When your goods are taken away by the swindler Mexican buyer, and the balance you have paid is also received in another account, a swindler will jump out (usually the owner of the account that paid you for the goods) and report to the police that because he was cheated, the money was transferred to your account. At this time, the Mexican buyer who bought the goods with you has disappeared. All that remains is the fact that the money was transferred from a third party’s account and you are accused of fraud. You will face endless annoyance unless you return all the money.
The clever means of swindlers make it impossible for plywood suppliers to crack
The terrible thing is that the plywood and wood-based panel suppliers involved in the fraud have little understanding. For details, we can see the following two examples released by the parties who hope that people in the plywood and wood-based panel industry can learn from them.
One of them wrote: “In August, I knew a Mexican who claimed to be Mexican and wanted to buy plywood from plywood suppliers, and placed an order. Then the swindler informed the home (note that another person who paid for the goods) and paid 100000 US dollars to the company’s account of the plywood supplier Mexico, but the value of the goods was less than 10000 US dollars (the higher the price, the more the foreign trade plywood suppliers would lose if cheated) 。 At this time, the swindler said that his plywood and wood-based panel supplier did not have a US dollar account and asked the plywood supplier to convert it into RMB for payment. At that time, because he was eager to receive the order, he agreed to transfer more than 560000 of the money to his designated account (find an excuse to transfer the rest of the money). After the money was transferred, another swindler went to Mexico to report that the money was transferred to the account of the plywood supplier because he was cheated, Then the police will close the account of the plywood supplier and accuse the plywood supplier of fraud, but the domestic Mexican swindlers have disappeared. “
When the fraud revealed its true face, the person concerned went to the police. At this time, the mainland police would say, “The origin of the case is Mexico, and we should go to Mexico to report to the police”, and 100% of them were rejected. As a result, the party had to go to Mexico to deal with the case. But because the liar reported the case first, he was controlled as a suspect and could not come out until he was released on bail. Then he had to report to Mexico every month until he returned the money to the liar.
“The Mexican police were asked why they didn’t pursue the money from the mainland. They said they were only responsible for the money from the Mexican side. The fraudsters easily defrauded a large number of foreign trade companies by drilling into the laws of Mexico and the mainland, which are different from the police.” The person concerned said.
He revealed that at present, many plywood suppliers have been cheated, involving an amount of 2 million yuan, and listed the names of the deceivers and the amount of the fraud in the disclosure article.
Similarly, another plywood supplier was unfortunately deceived, and the way of the fraud gang was very similar.
The plywood supplier revealed: “The Mexican customer placed an order of 2000 US dollars, paid more than half of the money, and asked to exchange it into RMB and return it to their designated domestic account (the person who made the payment and the person who placed the order is not the same company, but the person who made the payment is an Australian company). When you give them the goods and the extra money (the goods, he will come to the company in a hurry to get them, and will not sign the bill) There will be a company in Qingdao in China that said that its PI was changed to the account number of plywood suppliers, resulting in their customers’ payment to the plywood suppliers. The water bill will be the same as the water bill previously traded by the plywood suppliers. Then you will receive a letter from the Bank of Mexico asking the plywood suppliers to authorize the return of all this batch of money in the original way (the reason is that the Australian side made the wrong payment with those who do not have business relations, and asked for unconditional return). At the same time, Qingdao side will continue to call and harass the plywood suppliers to urge them to refund. If it is returned in full, it will be greatly damaged. If it is not returned in full, it will lead to the closure of the Mexican account and the investigation of the Mexican police. “
Nowadays, the fraud means of foreign trade swindlers are becoming more and more sophisticated. Plywood suppliers must be vigilant, or they will easily fall into the trap set by these swindlers. The fraud mentioned above is hard to detect by plywood suppliers in the early stage, but it is also traceable, because these so-called “customers” will use other people’s accounts to remit money to you, and seize everyone’s psychology that “collection is the king”, and successfully set up the fraud. Therefore, when you feel abnormal, you must be alert, take measures in advance, and even report the case in advance.
