Scammed by a Chinese Seller

PChinna on 10/12/2024 - 22:35
Last edited 11/12/2024 - 10:28 by 1 other user

Hi, I recently paid (around A$900) to a Chinese seller (out of company funding but assigned for my work).

Until the money was paid, she pretended very genuine and provided a genuine tax invoice. However, once the money was paid, she did not provide any further updates. After multiple messages/emails, she responded that their manufacturing unit was damaged in recent floods, so they could not ship my material.

So I contacted my company funding team for bank details and provided them. Since then, I have not heard from them or responded to my emails or messages. It's almost 3 months now. I am still writing to her once a week for my (company) money back. Their website is still live and I am sure she might be cheating many others.

All I have is her bank account details and company information (maybe fake) found on her website.

Anything I can do (i) to get my money back. (ii) stop her in cheating others (at least through this website).

I appreciate any responses from experience.

Thanks in advance.

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  Hybroid on 10/12/2024 - 22:38

  Where did you find this Chinese seller? Any particular platform? Or some random WhatsApp message?

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    CyberMurning on 10/12/2024 - 22:47

    +1

    Any particular platform
    i hope not with initial OF

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    PChinna on 11/12/2024 - 11:04

    -1

    I contacted couple of sellers online and it seems like someone has forwarded my details. But it was first time I tried this so I thought they are genuine.

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  SmiTTy on 10/12/2024 - 22:50

  +4

  Maybe start making one cent transactions to the seller, with description like "FOR DRUG SHIPMENT" and "DECEMBER MONEY LAUNDERING" and "SEXY TIME"

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  WoodYouLikeSomeCash on 10/12/2024 - 23:20

  -5

  A Current Affair.

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  follow on 10/12/2024 - 23:27

  +3

  sounds like it was a bank transfer?
  if so, you're sol

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    PChinna on 11/12/2024 - 11:04

    -1

    My company paid via bank transfer. They don’t have other options to pay as it is international transfer.

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      blam6 on 11/12/2024 - 12:51

      Next time, see if PayPal (Goods & Services) is an option. They have buyer protection which allows you to get your money back in cases like these. I’ve claimed many times as a buyer with no issues when seller ghosts me

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  Clear on 10/12/2024 - 23:47

  +1

  When I make purchases from Chinese factories (often through Whatsapp) it's always done through PayPal for that extra buyer protection. For all of the factories that's their preferred choice of payment too.

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    raisinberry777 on 11/12/2024 - 09:04

    +2

    That's been my experience with buying bicycle parts from factories in China - any of the decent suppliers will take PayPal.

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  JIMB0 on 11/12/2024 - 06:04

  +1

  PChinna

  User name does not check out.

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    DoctorCalculon on 11/12/2024 - 22:54

    Maybe OP is both the victim and the scammer just trolling us. ;)

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      PChinna on 13/12/2024 - 22:50

      Chinna is different from China. Chinna means “small” in my mother tongue and ☺️☺️

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  avoidfullprice on 11/12/2024 - 06:16

  +1

  These things happen. Review your process on selecting business to go with. Do more thorough checks on their reputation and not just based on cheapest price.

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    PChinna on 11/12/2024 - 11:05

    -1

    Learned this time. They are not the cheapest but I could not find any local seller selling the perticular materials I’m after.

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  Duckie2hh on 11/12/2024 - 09:25

  Caveat Emptor

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  TheMindsetTraveller on 11/12/2024 - 10:32

  The point of the scammer is to make it sound very genuine and appear real.

  I mean if it looked dodgy, would you or anyone have sent the money?

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    PChinna on 11/12/2024 - 11:06

    -1

    It’s my company. I reported to them but I don’t know their response yet.

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  altomic on 11/12/2024 - 11:22

  +2

  Until the money was paid, she pretended very genuine and provided a genuine tax invoice.

  oh lordy…..