Results for fraud case studies: 22
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Fraud Case Study 2 - the "Low Price" trap
11 Mar 2009 23:58:34 PSTOne buyer complained to our service team: "I have contacted a seller to buy 100 Nokia 8800 mobile phones and the price offered by the supplier is 20USD/set. After paying 1000USD upfront, the supplier refused to send the goods unless I agreed to buy more products from him. He also threatened to raise his unit price."
Tag: Safe Trading , Fraud Case Studies -
Gold Supplier Identity Theft
09 Mar 2009 23:46:59 PSTOne of our buyers sent an email to Alibaba service team. It said: "I have received a quotation in my email; the sender said his company was a Gold Supplier. I knew Gold Supplier members are verified, so it gave me confidence in this transaction and I paid 30% deposit to buy the Ipods he provided. But after the payment, I didn't receive my Ipods, nor get any response from them.
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