Seven major scams in cross-border e-commerce

Cross border e-commerce is in the ascendant, with a mixed bag of good and bad in the industry. There are many common scams in the cross-border e-commerce industry on the market. Cross border sellers, especially novice sellers, must be vigilant and avoid being caught!

Cross border Import

Fraudulent scheme one: using goods to deceive money

Registering N vests and tempting people at extremely low prices in various groups, with each item being shipped as a box. When you see that everyone in each group is there, do you feel relaxed? Will you be tempted by the low prices? So, let's make a purchase. Take a product of around 5000 yuan, transfer it through WeChat, and you'll be scammed.

Fraudulent scheme 2: Taking orders to deceive goods

Usually, scammers will claim to be a state-owned enterprise e-commerce platform with N stores and 10 million purchase orders on hand. Everyone comes to quote. This type of scammer usually does this:

1. Cheating you into entering a store and deceiving you of your intention to settle (it should be noted that many stores now only accept sales commissions);
2. The sample that you were deceived into taking was only around 5000, and then disappeared.

Cross border Export

Fraudulent Scheme 1: Malicious Packet Swapping

As is well known, Amazon's policy has always been biased towards buyers, so many scammers will use this to deceive sellers into refunds.

Scam 2: PayPal account being phished for law enforcement

Many PayPal users have reported that there are often buyers who wish to make payments through PayPal. Although their cross-border e-commerce platforms do not support this payment method, in order to obtain more orders, they usually provide this payment method offline, resulting in their PayPal account being frozen or even cleared to zero.

Scam three: selling an account

It is not uncommon for sellers to announce in the group that a QQ, a Alipay account, and a certifier are cheats, and how much they are cheated of buying their own account.

Scam four: selling information

Many cross-border e-commerce sellers want to obtain some learning materials to improve their operational skills, but they end up being lured by scammers and buying a bunch of so-called internal training materials, which are of little use. If you want to improve your operational level, it's more reliable to find a professional training company!

Scam five: helping to unblock an account

It is common for sellers operating on cross-border e-commerce platforms such as Amazon to have their accounts blocked, and many people who do not know how to unblock themselves want to seek help from others. At this point, some scammers will tell you that they can help you, and with the introduction of friends, their vigilance will be reduced. As soon as the money was paid, I couldn't help but think that others would deceive you and your friends together.

In general, when conducting cross-border e-commerce operations, it is necessary to operate with a down-to-earth and sincere attitude, and not rush to small paths for quick success or quick profits, which can easily wet your shoes. If cross-border related services are needed, try to find service platforms with brands and solid technology.