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In foreign trade, it is important not only to find customers, talk about customers, take orders, but also to raise awareness of vigilance and prevent fraud,Many companies do not pay attention to the details of their usual work, and are defrauded again and again, but they can only suffer a dumb loss. The point is, their memory is not long......

Presumably, as a foreign trade salesman, everyone has received inquiries like this:

① Customers in country A

② Large number of orders

③ No bargaining

Good payment terms (T/T)

But, but, but,:

⑤ Payment will be made from another country and 100 per cent will be paid directly.

Er, yo, hello, is this inquiry a bit too much for nice?! Yes, it is really too nice, a bit beyond common sense.

Case one

Foreign trade man Carl received an order from a swindler,The "buyer" made the payment through a third-party account, which far exceeded the purchase price. The buyer asked Carl to call another supplier with the rest of the money. Carl did not doubt him and did so.

Then, a Taiwanese company called the police in Hong Kong, saying that he was the one who remitted the money. Because the mailbox was hacked, the money was finally transferred to Carl. The Taiwanese company asked Carl to return the money,But Carl has already transferred the money to others according to the crook's request! What's more, the Hong Kong police froze Carl's offshore account number!

In this case, if the other party does not withdraw the lawsuit, the case is not settled. Whether it is a Hong Kong company, a Hong Kong account, a Hong Kong company or a domestic account, it is under the jurisdiction of Hong Kong and will be frozen and cannot be canceled and reopened.The most serious impact is that the enterprise's funds are in it, frozen, and directly face the problem of capital flow fracture!

Carl had to struggle to find all kinds of evidence to prove to the Taiwanese company and the police that he was not one of the swindlers.

It was later verified by the Hong Kong police,The swindler divided the money defrauded from the Taiwan company into four parts, one of which went into Carl's account, and then divided it into several parts to continue to transfer it. The Taiwan company can indeed sue Carl for "unjust enrichment", and Carl can also sue the company he transferred the money to for "unjust enrichment", and then deduct it one by one, recover it one by one, which is extremely complicated and may not be able to recover the money. In the end, it may be that everyone is tired of coping and has no choice but to pay for the cheater.

Case II

The guest from country A discussed with the seller and said,Because of their country's foreign exchange control, it is not convenient to collect remittance fees. Can you ask the seller to collect US dollars for him and remit them to the card in China? He can give a 10% commission.

The seller was completely unaware that this could be a money laundering risk,I felt that it was also good to have a less difficult income, so I agreed to the "guest".

Later, the seller's account received a remittance of US $6000 from country B. The guest of country A said it was his customer's,Let the seller deduct 10% commission and then exchange it for RMB to call the account in China. The seller did..

It didn't take long,The seller's bank manager informed her that she had received a complaint of refusal to pay $6000, complaining that her offshore account was suspected of fraud, and the other party requested to withdraw the $6000. Her account has been frozen and normal business cannot be done. The bank said that unless the customer in country B voluntarily rescinds the complaint, let alone unfreezing and resuming use, even the cancellation must be made after returning the 6000 us dollars..

So far,The seller wanted to cry without tears, and was greedy for petty gains and suffered a big loss..

How to deal with such cases?

1

To be frank with the payer to verify, see the other side's reaction.

You can tell this buyer,If the payment is not made from the customer's home country, the company requires verification with the payment company to find out whether it is true.. The average liar will realize that you may have discovered his routine. If the "buyer" disappears, it can basically be concluded that he is a liar.

2

Check with the payer if they are fished

Check with the sender to see if there is a problem with the remittance and if it has been phished.At this time only collection, no delivery, no remittance. If the sender confirms that there is no problem, the sender is required to issue a written certificate.If you realize that this is the money that the sender was cheated by fishing, then return the money to the original route.

3

Don't be greedy

In case of the kind of person who wants to give you money anyway and put money into your account one by one, it is a swindler who has not discussed it.. At this time, you can't take chances. You feel that I didn't lose anyway, so you will operate according to the requirements of the swindler. You know, you are only temporary, time and no loss. Be sure to resist the temptation, how much commission is not worth getting involved in the pit of fraud.

4

Payment on behalf of the need to handle carefully

For foreign traders who provide customers with "purchasing agents", remember that your function should not be a simple "rental account". To help guests on behalf of the payment, can, but must be in the case of follow-up orders, and then help to pay the order of the corresponding amount will be relatively safe, on behalf of the payment also want to let the other party to provide a power of attorney and other proof.

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There are many opportunities and risks in the foreign trade industry.. Therefore, when doing foreign trade development customers, we must be more careful, neither miss an opportunity, nor fall into a trap because of coveting orders. Be careful and careful to make money at ease.