Scammers come in all shapes sizes and countries. Some are masquerading as a legit business to start with and end they are off with your cash.
One company that I was scammed by and help the police close down had all apperances of a legit business. Licensed, BBB member, nice office complex etc. In the end his scam was, according to police, he would take in cash for items in quantity, then after you complained enough about not getting your products he would take some of the cash you sent and go to BESTBUY and purchase a few items to make you feel like there was hope of getting your order. In the end you may of received 10% of your actual order and what was left was profit. Scam worked for about 4-5 months then it all came collapsing down around him when the orders stopped coming in and he had no more funds to buy merchandise with to keep everyone at bay. After that I created Roberts Rules of wholesale buying.
First, No wire transfers.
No western union or any other type of money gram.
PAYPAL only if you are using a Credit Card. PAYPAL will cancel the scammers account and freeze whatever funds are their, but if you paid via ECheck or cash out of your bank it's gone with the scammer.
Credit Card, COD, LC, ESCROW.com or FLY and Buy only. That's it. They are the only methods that afford you the opportunity of getting your cash back or protecting your hard earned money. If your spending 10K on a order whats another 200-300 to fly and inspect and watch it get loaded on your truck.
If everyone followed these rules the scammers would be out of business in a short time frame. The legit companies would be forced to alter their practices to sell their wares.
The problem is everyone, including myself, is greedy and is looking for the lowest price and thinking about all their money thats going to be made when in reality it's all just being lost.
As i review most of these posts where money was lost, it was by one of the methods listed above to avoid. I know every business that requires wire transfers are not frauds, but the vast majority are, why risk your hard earned dollars, it's not worth it. If you want to throw your money away, send it to me, I'll at least have the courtsey to say Thanks.
Source Alibaba.com
Friday, July 18, 2008
10 Signs of Online Scams
1. Too much marketing terms
Home business opportunity: No experience required. No work involved. Earn $2000 in one week! It’s easy to spot these kinds of scams because they’re full of too good to be true promises. And, exclamation points, too. What job will earn you that much money in a week without having to have experience and NOT having to work at all? None. Nada. Zilch!
2. Too friendly email
I mean the intro part of the email. If an email from someone you don’t know starts with “Hello my friend”, “Dear friend”, and they weren’t filtered by your spam box, consider these emails not so trustworthy. This method of scamming is known as phishing or fishing for details or information that will put your financial security in danger.
3. Money Matters
It promises that you can make money online. But you have to pay that upfront, one-time fee first for some training materials. Shady!
4. Assembled Jobs
If a home based business opportunity requires you to assemble furniture or stuff envelops, these are generic but often overlooked signs of a true blue scam.
5. Country Representative Job Offer
Coupled with sign no. 2, if an email offers you a job as a payment receiver requiring you to deposit a check on their behalf or anything similar to that job description, you’re doomed if you reply.
6. Job Offer that Requires Your Picture to Get Hired
Unless you are applying as a model, which is not a form of online money making venture, someone who’s looking for, say, a virtual assistant and asks that she sends a picture is offering something suspicious. Lots of free job listing sites have these types of job posts. Be very, very careful.
7. Employer has no online presence.
If you are trying to win an online job but when you researched about the online presence of your would-be employer and there’s no trace of his name or his company, ask your employer about his company or his business first.
8. Presence of Pressure Tactics.
If the online business opportunity tells you that you will get a chance to win a anti-scam book if you sign up now or you can avail of an early bird discount, walk! Unless they’re coaching or consultancy services which are not direct ways to earn money online, you should not be subjected to these kinds of pressuring if the opportunity will really make you money.
9. Request from Employer or Sponsor that You Keep the Offer a Secret
Coupled with scam sign no. 2 and 5, if the email sender asks you to keep your transactions confidential just for any reason at all, red flag, red flag, red flag! They don’t want you to inform others that you are about to get scammed, of course.
10. Emails from Someone in Nigeria
Although many Nigerians who use Internet scamming as past time, have already figured out that lots of Westerners already know that they should not trust any email from someone in Nigeria, there are still those who are gullible enough to fall for these frauds.
Educate your friends and family who love to use the Internet. They can still be too busy checking their emails or MySpace pages to know these signs.
Source alibaba.com
Home business opportunity: No experience required. No work involved. Earn $2000 in one week! It’s easy to spot these kinds of scams because they’re full of too good to be true promises. And, exclamation points, too. What job will earn you that much money in a week without having to have experience and NOT having to work at all? None. Nada. Zilch!
2. Too friendly email
I mean the intro part of the email. If an email from someone you don’t know starts with “Hello my friend”, “Dear friend”, and they weren’t filtered by your spam box, consider these emails not so trustworthy. This method of scamming is known as phishing or fishing for details or information that will put your financial security in danger.
3. Money Matters
It promises that you can make money online. But you have to pay that upfront, one-time fee first for some training materials. Shady!
4. Assembled Jobs
If a home based business opportunity requires you to assemble furniture or stuff envelops, these are generic but often overlooked signs of a true blue scam.
5. Country Representative Job Offer
Coupled with sign no. 2, if an email offers you a job as a payment receiver requiring you to deposit a check on their behalf or anything similar to that job description, you’re doomed if you reply.
6. Job Offer that Requires Your Picture to Get Hired
Unless you are applying as a model, which is not a form of online money making venture, someone who’s looking for, say, a virtual assistant and asks that she sends a picture is offering something suspicious. Lots of free job listing sites have these types of job posts. Be very, very careful.
7. Employer has no online presence.
If you are trying to win an online job but when you researched about the online presence of your would-be employer and there’s no trace of his name or his company, ask your employer about his company or his business first.
8. Presence of Pressure Tactics.
If the online business opportunity tells you that you will get a chance to win a anti-scam book if you sign up now or you can avail of an early bird discount, walk! Unless they’re coaching or consultancy services which are not direct ways to earn money online, you should not be subjected to these kinds of pressuring if the opportunity will really make you money.
9. Request from Employer or Sponsor that You Keep the Offer a Secret
Coupled with scam sign no. 2 and 5, if the email sender asks you to keep your transactions confidential just for any reason at all, red flag, red flag, red flag! They don’t want you to inform others that you are about to get scammed, of course.
10. Emails from Someone in Nigeria
Although many Nigerians who use Internet scamming as past time, have already figured out that lots of Westerners already know that they should not trust any email from someone in Nigeria, there are still those who are gullible enough to fall for these frauds.
Educate your friends and family who love to use the Internet. They can still be too busy checking their emails or MySpace pages to know these signs.
Source alibaba.com
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China Apparel & Textile provides a searchable directory of apparel and textile products, and companies and manufacturers in China, and offers current news of China apparel and textile industries. China Apparel & Textile aims to link Chinese companies and manufacturers in the fields of textile and apparel with overseas buyers, creating opportunities for both. China Apparel & Textile is free for use. We currently don't provide inclusion into our directory.
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Wholesale Supplier Search
The likelihood of companies having a Web presence is great. Companies doing international business are even more likely to have a Web presence in one way or the other. Searching for wholesale suppliers, products and services worldwide in the major search engines can give us multitudes of possible candidates. Being an expert in Web searching can become handy or having access to the best wholesale supplier resources.
The size of the Web is in numbers greater than twenty or thirty billion Web pages including dynamically generated Web pages. The large search engines are doing a great job of helping us reach the Web pages that interest us. When looking for something of generic nature the hardest part of searching is the volumes of probable search results and potential Web sites. This is where vertical search engines and vertical portals can come in strong.
We recently visited a wholesale search engine, ProductBlazer, which appears to be relatively new on the search landscape. Reminiscent of how many new search engines have not lived up to expectations in the past we did not expect much, but this search engine had us on the first query.
The wholesale supplier search service has over 40,000 sources. Users can browse the Web site through extensive categories or search from a form. Search results are very fast and precise with thumbnails on the side and categories above. Supplier spotlights are a feature with interesting topics covered in more details than the search results. The Web site is smart and fast.
Free user accounts allows users to save results (bookmark) and access them from anywhere in the world at any time and view company contact information. Companies can also have a free account that allows them to list their business and manage profiles. We have not tested the sign-up accounts, but from what we saw on this Web site, it is well worth checking out both for wholesale search and selling.
Click here for ProductBlazer Web Site
Article by B2BToday.com
The size of the Web is in numbers greater than twenty or thirty billion Web pages including dynamically generated Web pages. The large search engines are doing a great job of helping us reach the Web pages that interest us. When looking for something of generic nature the hardest part of searching is the volumes of probable search results and potential Web sites. This is where vertical search engines and vertical portals can come in strong.
We recently visited a wholesale search engine, ProductBlazer, which appears to be relatively new on the search landscape. Reminiscent of how many new search engines have not lived up to expectations in the past we did not expect much, but this search engine had us on the first query.
The wholesale supplier search service has over 40,000 sources. Users can browse the Web site through extensive categories or search from a form. Search results are very fast and precise with thumbnails on the side and categories above. Supplier spotlights are a feature with interesting topics covered in more details than the search results. The Web site is smart and fast.
Free user accounts allows users to save results (bookmark) and access them from anywhere in the world at any time and view company contact information. Companies can also have a free account that allows them to list their business and manage profiles. We have not tested the sign-up accounts, but from what we saw on this Web site, it is well worth checking out both for wholesale search and selling.
Click here for ProductBlazer Web Site
Article by B2BToday.com
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