Do you think you could have been scammed over the Internet through a Chinese website? Internet scams are becoming more and more frequent and, although web platforms try to take the utmost precautions to put an end to this situation, fraudulent providers often manage to get away with it.
It is not easy to find the perfect Chinese supplier. Locating a reliable supplier is the key to success when doing big (and profitable) business with China, for that reason it is essential to find out about the professionalism and the way of working of the person or company that will supply us.
A common mistake when looking for the ideal supplier for us, is to look exclusively at their prices. Eighty percent of people who decide to import from China for the first time claim to have chosen their supplier because of its attractive prices, although the same percentage confess to having experienced some complication regarding payment, shipping, condition or quality of the product. For this reason, companies such as MingTa Group offer a personalized personalized import consultancy service with the sole objective of favoring and facilitating trade relations between companies in the West and China, and vice versa.
In the following section we highlight some of the situations that would point to a possible case of fraud:
- The Chinese supplier has a reliable page on Alibaba, but their emails do not come from a company domain. That is to say, if the e-mail address ends in hotmail.com, gmail.com (e-mails normally associated with individuals) it is possible that the person we have contacted is not part of the company in which he/she claims to work.
- At first glance it seems that the supplier has a serious company, with its own web page and very attractive prices, however, it requests that payment be made through Western Union or through a personal account. This is a sure-fire scam situation. We must pay attention to the invoice, many times they personalize them in order to make it look professional, but it is really a private account and we would be sending money to a person.
- With trademarks we must be especially vigilant. Through Chinese web portals we can find brands such as Apple, Samsung, Sony, among others, at very attractive prices. Not really bargains, but a case of fraud or a counterfeit product.
When initiating a purchase process in the Asian country, we must know our supplier well and read customer reviews. Finding the perfect supplier is not an easy task, which is why MingTa Group not only offers you a personalized consulting service to solve all your doubts and accompany you throughout the process of importing from China, but also offers a “supplier verification” service to find out if the supplier you intend to contact is reliable.
MingTa Group has an extensive database with the names of fraudulent companies in China and has offices in the Asian country from which you can contact the company or supplier before doing business with them. If you think you may have been scammed or you want to share or report your particular case, expose it in the comments of this post, in this way, you will contribute to other people not to suffer the same scam.
