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Pay attention when doing transactions to China

Category: Market Information
30.07.11

A new kind of scam is circulating. German companies in South China and Hong Kong already fell prey to the recently appeared type of cheating. Somehow, hackers get access to the mail accounts of Chinese suppliers and intercepted the invoice of their customers. German customers then received fake invoices with manipulated bank details and transferred the money to the wrong bank accounts. The mistake was only noticed after the Chinese supplier had sent a reminder for overdue payment.

Before you pay bills please pay attention to the following recommendations:

  1. Is the request of payment sent by the same mail account as used from the company in the conversations before?
  2. Be careful with mails from accounts without SSL-Email encryption (e.g. gYahooh,hhotmailh, g163.comh etc.).
  3. Are the name of the account holder and the address of the bank account conform to the suppliers contact- and bank details sent before or on its webpage ?
  4. Never transfer money to private accounts
  5. Does the spelling style differ from the style used in the mails before? Are the companyfs typeface, design and contact details consistent?
  6. In case of doubt confer the invoice and the bank details with your supplier!

If you have already transferred money to a wrong bank account, please contact your bank immediately and cancel the transaction. Filing a complaint is the only option if it is too late for a cancellation.

For further questions please contact us anytime:

North China
Dr. Florian Kessler
+86-10-6539 6620
kessler.florian@bj.china.ahk.de

East China
Dr. SUN Jing
+86-21-50812266-1629
sun.jing@sh.china.ahk.de

South & Southwest China
Jens Hildebrandt
+86-20-87552353-212
hildebrandt.jens@gz.china.ahk.de

Hong Kong
Wolfgang Ehmann
+852-25265481
ehmann.wolfgang@hongkong.ahk.de
 
Or see for yourself:
Hope this helps save someone.
 
This one's a good one, as it advises you of the "Freight Cost" in advance, usually this follows later on.
 Usual signals - yahoo/gmail account and a mobile phone number. Lets think about this, I stange E mail from someone I do not know offering me Millions??
-----Original Message-----
From: Rev.Rose Eric [mailto:rev.roseeric@yahoo.com.ph]
Sent: 21 November 2011 17:18
To: undisclosed recipients:
Subject: CONTACT FEDEX FOR YOUR CONSIGNMENT,

The issuing bank has released your inheritance fund worth of Us$3.460,million. they package it into consignment box. while registered with Federal express company to delivery to you.

Therefore, Quickly contact FEDEX COMPANY now for the shipment.
Mr.Don Jackson (DIR.)Email address:federalexpress24@mail2consultant.com
Tel Phone +22996681328.

Furthermore,don't let fedEx staff know the real content of the consignment because it was registered as an Africa beads for security reasons. also you will pay Us$182.00 to FedEx Company for shiping handle charges.
Regards,
Rev.Rose Eric,
 
3. This ones at least well written.
 
-----Original Message-----
From: JOE MIKE [mailto:joemike81@gmail.com]
Sent: 24 November 2011 13:53
Subject: Spam_Mike's Open The Legitimacy Funds

Attention,


Without mincing words, I am convinced 100% that you have had bitter experience with various 'scammers' claiming to be high government officials and thereby defrauding you of your 'hard-earned money'. The actitivies of these scammers has changed your perspective about conducting business on the internet, and you now believed there is no genuine business that can be conducted on the internet. Well, I am an American and the internet was created by Americans for the purpose of creating awareness for your products/services and conducting genuine business with ease. I am fully committed to deliver the "diplomatic consignment" to you in the United States in order to differentiate myself from the many Benin Republic you have dealt with. I am a full citizen of the United States, but I was on a Foreign Mission here in Benin as a US Ambassador. Hence, I am making every efforts to ensure that no citizen of the United States is cheated by Benin Repulic. Therefore, I need your utmost support and understanding to actualize this dream. I also want you to understand that I do trust you and I expect you to show me the same trust and respect in return since trust is a 2-way street. On the other hand, trust is a relationship of reliance. Trust also means being able to predict what other people will do and what situations will occur.
 
Trust is both an emotional and logical act. Emotionally, it is where you expose your vulnerabilities to people, but believing they will not take advantage of your openness. Logically, it is where you have assessed the probabilities of gain and loss, calculating expected utility based on hard performance data, and concluded that the person in question will behave in a predictable manner. In practice, trust is a bit of both. I trust you because I have experienced your trustworthiness by merely believing in what I have said, even when you have not seen me, and because I have faith in human nature.
 
Frankly speaking, I understand that anyone in your shoes will feel betrayed, but I still want you to show me your trust by giving me the benefit of doubt on this delivery arrangement. My identity and personality is verifiable, and I promise to deliver the consignment to you in the United States without any hitch. Please do not allow this mission to die off because of $255.00 dollars. I meant so well for you and I believe you will appreciate me more when you have finally received your partial payment of $4.5 million dollars upon my arrival with the package in United States. I will use my position and personality to deposit the $4.5 million dollars into your bank account in the United States without questioning from the financial monitoring authourities, since all documentations proving the legitimacy of the funds has been processed.
 
Please don't see me as one of the numerous dubious Benin republic you have dealt with in the past. I am a different person entirely and I come from a different continent. I have the American spirit in me and I hate cheaters.
 
The information you will use to send the $255.00 is below :
 
Receiver Name---------James Charles
Address------------ Benin Republic
City----------------- Porto Novo
Text Q --------------- Pet
Answer--------------- Cat
Amount to be sent-------------- $255.00
Mtcn----------------
Sender Name----------
Senders Address--------------
 I promise to always uphold the national unity of the United States. Please reply back asap and let me know your possibility of sending the $255.00 dollars today.

Respectfully yours,
Mr.James Knight
+229-99472964
Emails:jamesknightambassador@ymail.com

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Another poor sad attempt to extract money illegally.......becomes easy to spot after a while.

Remember do not reply or give any information at all. They will only use this and pass it on to others.@

-----Original Message-----
From: FROM UNITED NATIONS [mailto:info@unitednation.org]
Sent: 29 November 2011 12:45
To: undisclosed-recipients:
Subject: Spam_Mike's CONTACT THE RIGHT PERSON FOR YOUR FUND RELEASE
@
UNITED NATIONS: (We the people... A stronger UN for a better word)
Attention:
You may not understand why this email came to you. We have been having a meeting for the passed 7 months which ended 2 days ago with the then secretary to
the UNITED NATIONS.This email is to all the people that have been scammed in any part of the world, the UNITED NATIONS have agreed to compensate them with
the sum of USD
$850,000 (Eight hundred and fifty thousand United State Dollars Only), This also includes every foreign contractors that may have not received their contract
sum, and people that have had an unfinished transaction or international businesses that failed due to Government problems etc.@
We found your name in our list and that is why we are contacting you, this has been agreed upon and have been signed. You are advised to contact Mr.Donald
Martins as he is our representative in NIGERIA, contact him immediately for your payment of USD$850,000 (Eight hundred and fifty thousand United State
Dollars Only) which way you need the fund to be delivered. So he will send it to you and you can clear it in any bank of your choice.@
You are advice to get in contact with Mr.Donald Martins and provide him with below information.@
Full Name:
Address:
Telephone Number:
Country@
Person to Contact Mr.Donald Martins
Email: mr.donaldmartins@9.cn
Cell Phone +2348057248567
Thanks and God bless you and your family. Hoping to hear from you as soon as you cash your Fund.@
Making the world a better place.@
Regards,@
Mr. Ban Ki-Moon
UNITED NATIONS
www.un.org/en/
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This is a typical Nigerian Spammer attempt, makes a fun read as below. 
-----Original Message-----
From: Terence_Patrick_McCulley@mail.net
[mailto:Terence_Patrick_McCulley@mail.net]
Sent: 10 December 2011 11:34
To: Recipients
Subject: FROM Dr.Terence Patrick McCulley,
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United States Consulate General Lagos
2 Walter Carrington Crescent
Victoria Island, LagosNigeria.
Dear Sir
My name is Terence Patrick McCulley, the new United States Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Nigeria. The United States Senate had confirmed my nomination on August 5 2010 after being nominated for this position by U.S. President Barack Obama on June 28, 2010. My credentials as the new Ambassador appointed were presented to His Excellency President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan at the Presidential Villa in Abuja, Nigeria, on November 2, 2010. I am a career member of the senior Foreign Service with the rank of Minister-Counselor whose diplomatic career has been spent mostly in Africa or working on African issues. I served most recently as the Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassy in Copenhagen, DenmarK. Prior to this, I was the U.S. Ambassador to Mali, and I have served as Deputy Chief of Mission at the U.S. Embassies in Tunisia, Senegal and Togo. Other overseas postings include Niger, South Africa, India and Chad. In Washington, I was the senior desk officer for Zaire (now Democratic Republic of the Congo), and Deputy Coordinator for Iraq Assistance. I hold a Bachelor of Arts degree in European history and French language and literature in University of Oregon in Eugene, and I also attend the Universit¨¦ de Haute Bretagne in Rennes, France, from 1979-1980 as a Rotary Foundation Graduate Fellow, and also attend the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy. My identity can be verified by simply clicking on the URL link below:
http://nigeria.usembassy.gov/biography.html
PLEASE SEND YOUR CELL PHONE NUMBER AND THE ADDRESS WHERE YOU WANT ME TO BRING THE PACKAGE.
(1)Full Name:................
(2)Address:..................
(3)Phone Number:.............
However, following the resolution of the meeting held with His Excellency President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan at the Presidential Villa in Abuja yesterday with some members of the Federal House of Senate, an agreement was reached that the sum of $500,000.00 USD must be paid out to you in the form of a compensation for all the years you have wasted in waiting for your funds to be released. Hence, the $500,000.00 USD compensation fund has been instructed to be paid out to you in the form of a CERTIFIED INTERNATIONAL BANK DRAFT drawn on Standard Chartered Bank. The said BANK DRAFT will be packaged inside a U.S Embassy Official Envelope to be sent to you via Postal Mail at no cost to your mailing address. And the time frame for delivery is 72 hours, which is 3 days since it would be sent via a Postal Mail Service.
Meanwhile, a "Custom Clearance Certificate" must be obtained from the Nigerian Customs Authority at a fee of $250.00 USD for a full clearance certification on the BANK DRAFT. Hence, the $250.00 dollar fee must be paid within 24 hours upon your receipt of this notification via western union or Money Gram, so that all necessary arrangement can be made ahead of time.The fee should me sent directly to the "Embassy Protocol Officer" with the below information:
Recipient's Name:.............NWEKE EMEKA
Destination:..................Lagos - Nigeria
Test question:................Year
Test answer:..................2011
Amount: ......................$250.00 dollars
Mtcn 10 digits fill in here: ..............
Please take note that the "Custom Clearance Certificate" and the BANK DRAFT will be packaged together inside the U.S Embassy Official Envelope for immediate dispatch to your mailing address. Hence, you are advised to comply as requested to enable me discharge my official duty accordingly.
Congratulations!!!
Respectfully yours,
Email:ambassador1@mail.kz
cell phone:+2348166599170
 
 

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