10 tips to avoid fraud(copied from one expert)

Below is my policy of dealing with fraud-spreading people. It may fit you when you do foreign trade in China:
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1.    Never trust them. Strictly comply with you policy, do not compromise for little profit. Do not be near-sight.
8q3@%x2S'K 2.    Never give in. Although you might have been working with them for long, but 1 single mistake will turn your business down, completely. Remember, once policy is made, every side should comply with it, no other excuses, no exceptions. &` @:I5VnE.f4~
3.    Verbally be friend with them, in a good manner. Some of them could be your partners. Even though you find any clue of cheating, don¡¯t be angry. Such people are everywhere. Just still be friendly and don¡¯t bite the bait. O6e3q{9j
4.    Don¡¯t quote immediately when they request. Real customer are prepared to come to you, try to find if they have anything on hand.
RrDX#d 5.    Strict payment term. If people really intend to buy, this is not the most important issue for him.
y1egV:qa 6.    Remember, the cheap buyer cheap cheater. Good customer will negotiate with you to reach your bottom line, that is business skill. But if they say I want everything cheap, you got to think it over. I myself don¡¯t do such business, for many reasons. .eWj0S1ov
7.    Samples. Don¡¯t release samples without caution. Your sample might be going to your competitors, unless no one can offer better. Or you may not hear from the buyer again. Fix price first and request sample cost, no matter how cheap it is. 2C4e4TR*M
8.    If they say a multi-million dollar project, and ask for your account info, haha, tell them you are not that lucky guy.
1uS`` K(v P 9.    Their L/C and Bank Draft also may have problem. Be careful. I4hmP/s
10.    Last word I want to say is, black people hate us and look down upon us. So you are welcome to make money from them, if you can, and lucky enough! Best wishes.

thanks for your share.,gQ[ek1}7qR+`$N
sounds reasonable and wise. :P

Something special,isn't it?:o

support you

Don't belive any thing unless your get them. :lol

Thanks for your sharing,It's very helpful  for me.

maybe for Chinese sellers, to get the money first will be the safest payment terms.

No money assured, no goods:L

Really good points.Thanks very much indeed!

Reply #8 xujinjin's post

quotte :10.    Last word I want to say is, black people hate us and look down upon us. So you are welcome to make money from them, if you can, and lucky enough! Best wishes.Yv [%A$mw(B,u
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Excuse ! i wonder it is not ture ''black people hate us and look down upon us.'' how to say?[ i(nZ!rMK z
tks

why the black people look down upon us?

good advice and thanks for sharing!

useful points.

quotation----yes,be careful.that is the most important chain when dealing with clients,cos profit always comes the first.
!gw;^U#l;\Na for payment and samples ,now we alwanys use T/T,much safer,and more convenient than L/C.
2D2OlZhf samples,we always ask them to offer collect account number:)
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Thanks for the tips,it is useful.m'S m} w"O(M3Q
but keep a suitable extent.:)

it is useful for us. thank you for your sharing!:handshake

i think your first line is right. becoz one time i lost my old client. we believe them, so we gave them goods without payment. but we failed to contact with them. and we coudn't claim, becoz our contract was lost by our boss's wife. so what can i say? nothing. just don't believe, but truely.

do never trust india customers

Recenty, I closely approach to  an  India customer who I met in canton fair. He came around our factory and bought some cheap samples,saying he will place  a large order when he back his company.Everything is going well as I expected,but when we almost reach deal,he just pretend to be disappeared,even sometimes I  come across him in msn, he will use the sentence t of  talking  to u later  to palter me,how should I do to deal with such problems?

Reply #16 Eric_cai's post

u can judge from his behavior and words whether he is the real buyer or not.
!g[$\C9C?Ime*hUe6w if he is the real buyer, he would talk to u sicerely not just some words like talk to u later.
F/k F#L"jS,G,{C if he is really busy at that moment, u may seize suitable chance to talk with him.
C:nJ3p/`1T g}]R Wish u good luck.:)

Reply #1 xshazwu's post

how wonderful !

i think honesty is the best and useful :lol  basic

thank you for you sharing ,study it

You are kind people. Thank you for sharing. I think what you told  will do help for me.

You are kind people. Thank you for sharing. I think what you told  will do help for me.