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Chinese Internet Scam - Buying Center & Trip To China - Guilin Youlianshiye
Submitted by onejerusalem on Wed, 2007-05-09 19:50. :: heard online | oy vey
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Once in a while you come across some cute Internet scams, this is one I call The Visit To China, Buying Center Scam.
This is the Chinese latest scam online and its geared towards small and medium businesses. The idea is simple. You approach a business as a Buying Center in the city of Guilin, China (apparently the new Lagos, Nigeria), and you claim to be interested in a large test order of anywhere from $250,000 to $500,000. You provide a URL and full contact information so this looks half decent. Of course the greed kicks in and you ignore some obvious signs; like the fact that the person writing you is using a Hotmail account and that the email addresses on the site are also Hotmail. The fact that this is a Chinese company buying products for thousands of dollars without even negotiating on the terms. They agree to wire the money and provide a Letter of Credit and everything. AND….here is the catch. You need to come to China to sign the big, fat contract.
Now people that have actually gone (and many have), find that while they are there, they get the hotel arrangement and city tours all arranged by the “company” (for a commission no doubt). Also, they ask the seller to buy a gift for the CEO of the company (apparently an “old Chinese custom”) and the gift is normally $5,000-10,000. Of course the hosts are gracious and nice the whole time. Then the signing happens and the happy seller goes home and that’s it. He never hears from them again.
I was told that this is a capital offence in China and I just hope the authorities catch these people and provide them with their just reward. I think that encouraging tourism is nice but there must be better ways.
To the “business owners” - If something looks to good to be true - IT IS !!
Here are some of the names and contact details these companies operate under:
Sa Yuweixing
Email: youlianhuance@hotmail.com
Guilinyoulianshiye Co. LTD
F 0086-773-5850161
P +8613768744644
Purchase center
Second floor 48 dong Luandong district,
No.10kongmingxi Road
Guilin Guangxi China 541004
www.chinaglyl.com
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GuiLin ShengJing (International) Investment
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Guilin Shengjing International Investment Co.
Room 418 ,Nancheng Shopping Mall
26 Lijiang Rd.,Qixing District,
Guilin 541004
P.R.China
Tele : 0086-7735815366
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Easy to be wise after the event but I have been scammed by another company in Guilin, they go by the name of Lyon International Investment Company, or Liang Touzi. They contact you about whatever your product is, send you a contract for a reasonable sized order, but you have to go over there to sign the contract, then when that is done you are persuaded to buy their Chairman a nice expensive gift, in my case a painting.
The company details are;
Lyon International Investment Company Limited
Also LiAng TouZi Co Ltd
JunLong High-Rise
No 1, MaoTang Road
No 8, XinJian
GaoXin District
Guilin
Tel 86 773 333 9583
Fax 773 583 8068
I've been getting the same e-mails. I was suspicious for 2 reasons: 1) the free e-mail address 2) We sell high end european jewelry, quite expensive to the Chinese. Why would they be interested in expensive European made jewelry? They wanted the price list, etc. This is when I started researching this company. I - by principal - do not do business with the chinese. I just don't know whom to trust, so I don't. I ususally delete all e-mails coming from China, if they want to buy something. Same with any other countries, that I know couldn't realisticly afford my product. It is all common sense. I also wouldn't be flying to China to sign a deal. If that is their only way to do business, they would need to pay for my trip to there, plus hotel and all. Just my opinion.
I was also contacted by another company wanting to get free samples. I can't believe how much they were pushing for it. I told them several times that we don't give out free samples, and finally I just had to mark their e-mails as spam.
This is the info I was given by the first company I was talking about:
Ms Elaine - Lin Lyon (International) Investment Co.Ltd E-MAIL:
Address: JunLong High-rise NO.1 MaoTang Road ,NO.8 XinJian GaoXin District Guilin541004,Guangxi P.R.
China Web: http://www.tradeb2bcn.com
Tel: +86-773-3339583
Fax: +86-773-5838068