Spread the word! Experienced sellers fell into a fraud by a Bangladeshi gang and suffered heavy losses!

Zhaodanmao wrote a tweet before, which detailed instructions for sellers on how to quickly find Amazon Top Reviewers by themselves. Many sellers liked and collected it. However, Zhaodanmao recently discovered on a certain platform that a senior seller fell into a scam carefully planned by a Bangladeshi gang step by step while looking for Top Reviewers by himself, and lost a lot of time and money!

I have carefully sorted out and simplified the whole process to share with you, so that you can avoid pitfalls and stop losses in time when facing similar things. If you think it is helpful, please share + read to spread it to more cross-border sellers, so that Chinese people will not be cheated of money by the hateful Bangladeshi gang! (The full text is long, save it and read it!)

This senior seller wants to launch a new product. He uses the list of the top 1,000 Amazon reviewers to find a few top reviewers on social media according to the public buyer information officially announced by Amazon. Because these accounts have high weight, he wants to know how to quickly find Amazon TOP Reviewers to get high-weighted and compliant reviews. You can check out this tweet posted by Zhaodanmao. The general search logic remains the same!

The search logic of veteran seller Xiao A is basically the same as that introduced by Zhaodanmao, which is to click on the homepages of the TOP1-500 Reviewers one by one to find out if there is any contact information! However, it was this seemingly clear and organized action that made Xiao A fall into the scam set up by the Bangladeshi gang step by step!

After Xiao A passed the screening, he found that the top 4 reviewers had left their contact information. He was so excited that he immediately followed the clues to contact the top reviewer. However, he did not expect that the moment he clicked into the homepage, he had already taken the bait of the scammer! (See the picture for details)

This guy was actually hinting that if you wanted to fake orders, you could contact him. Seller A felt very happy, thinking that he had found the contact information very smoothly! Seller A clicked on it and found that the account information was basically consistent with the information published by Amazon's top buyers, so he sent him a message. The automatic reply was as shown in the picture: If you want to fake orders, don't talk about it here, let's talk about it somewhere else.

Some sellers may ask: "Why is the information on social media homepages basically the same as the information on Amazon's top buyers?" These are actually all background checks done by Bangladeshi scammers in advance!

Because Xiao A felt that the information on the social media homepage was basically the same as that of the Top Reviewer, he let down his guard and there was a lot of content in the chat. Zhaodanmao directly posted the screenshots of the chat history between Xiao A and the scammer for everyone to collect and view!

After that, the fake Top Reviewer never replied to Xiao A’s message again , but Xiao A still didn’t want to believe that this was fake, because Xiao A thought that too many people might have asked him to place fake orders and he didn’t have time to deal with Xiao A, so Xiao A decided to leave it alone for a few days!

With this question in mind, the seller Xiao A thought about finding a few more top reviewers to review his product. He then discovered one after another that other top reviewers used the same methods and rhetoric. Finally, the seller Xiao A realized that he had been cheated!

After being deceived many times, Xiao A, a senior seller, decided to fight back. He investigated the modus operandi of the Bangladesh team and devoted himself to dismantling the scam. He asked everyone to help spread the news so that more cross-border sellers can avoid losses!

Seller Xiao A conducted a detailed investigation on the following issues:

1. Which countries do the scammers come from? What groups are there? Are they individuals or teams operating?

Basically 98% of these scammers are from Langpur City in Langpur District of Bangladesh. They are a gang. Why do we say it is a gang? Because the seller Xiao A is chatting with several fake Top reviewers at the same time. When he asks them for the payment code, they will give it to him. If the same person is operating different fake Top accounts, it is impossible for them not to know that they are chatting with the same real seller!

2. How many payment methods can be used to deceive people?

The general payment methods include Alipay, WeChat QR code payment, and Zelle. Zelle is a payment tool that can be deposited in time. For example, if you transfer money to me, it will be deposited within seconds without any handling fee.

3. What are the methods used to commit the crime?

Generally, they will complete the entire fraud loop through the following process!

① First, change the information of the FB account with a long history (stolen from others) or a short history (maybe also stolen from others or registered in advance by yourself) to the same as the account information within the top 1000, just waiting for you to find them by searching users on FB.

② After you find them, they will first pretend to be like real reviewers, picking products and asking you what product you are looking for. Show me first, after all, it is a top product. I don’t like products of too low a level. Find someone else. You are lucky to find me to review. I just happen to have time to reply to you. It makes people feel that he gave me the opportunity to talk to him and facilitate this review!

③ They will not let you transfer the product commission and principal to him through PayPal , because the money can be transferred to the account in time through WeChat QR code or Alipay. They call it Zelle, and the tool for instant payment here is called: Alipay, WeChat payment code.

④ No matter how much your product costs, he will accept it, but the prerequisite is that you have to return the full amount to him first. You cannot return half of the amount or return it after leaving a review , because he does not have a Top account to review you. He just wants to get your money quickly and block you, even if you bargain with him!

⑤ After you suspect him, or after a long time of mediation, he will ignore you, making you think that you have lost a rare opportunity to chat with the Top and have him help you evaluate. You will be scared, apologize quickly, and continue to talk about "cooperation"! Transfer money, and he will talk to you again.

⑥ Why do people feel that many people are looking for this so-called "real" top account you searched through FB to evaluate it? There are many fake fans following this account, basically from Bangladesh-Rangpur City, and then under their own posts, each person says: check in box message, pls, help, etc. But when you click in, the people who say these words are basically from Bangladesh.

4. How many fake Top accounts are there to deceive people?

Basically, among the top 1-1000, 80% are fake, and the remaining 20% ​​are real but either they won’t reply to you, are not interested in your product, or are afraid of being caught.

Why do I say this? At this point, you should have understood that the resources of Top 1-1000 have long been monopolized by some large institutions or have long served some big sellers. These big sellers and institutions (evaluation service providers)

The seller A who was cheated this time felt it was worth it. Why? Because the seller A exposed them to prevent more people from being cheated!

5. What do these accounts have in common?

These accounts have the following points in common:

① Most of the accounts have changed their cove profiles not long ago, and there are very few posts on Facebook. ② The account information is basically consistent with the information disclosed by Amazon, in order to facilitate your search. You have been deceived!
③ They won’t chat with you too much nonsense, but will urge you to pay quickly, no matter what you say!
④ Any friend of the account who has fans from Bangladesh, Pakistan, Nepal, India or Sri Lanka is a scammer!
(Tips: In fact, when sending WeChat and Alipay payment codes, they are already scammers)

6. How long are these accounts registered and used for?

There are old accounts (stolen from others) and new accounts, usually within 3 years.

7. Do these scammers have contacts in China?

The answer is yes. The seller A called and it said he was from Kunming, Yunnan, but it is indeed used by foreigners. There are only a few situations:
① There are Bangladeshis working in the country to export domestic market conditions

② How do Chinese people in China cheat Chinese people when they are dealing with people in Bangladesh? Because Chinese people understand Chinese people best. Maybe the "madam" in China who is in charge of the connection is reading this article now.

③ Withdraw cash through connecting with people in China. WeChat abroad does not provide cash flow. Just like a friend of mine in the United States, she uses WeChat. I sent her a red envelope, but she cannot withdraw cash after receiving it. Therefore, she must return to China to handle the relevant payment methods or have a Chinese person in China to endorse her!

Zhaodanmao also feels very sad about the seller Xiao A being cheated. Zhaodanmao also has customers who have been cheated by this disgusting Bangladeshi gang!

Therefore, Zhaodanmao also wants to use its own influence to help the seller Xiao A fulfill his wish and spread this matter together!

If you find it useful, please share it with every Amazon seller friend around you!

However, Zhaodanmao would like to remind fellow sellers: 70% of Amazon traffic now comes from mobile devices. But if you view the listing from a mobile device, you will definitely find that the words TOP REVIWER are not displayed on the mobile device . The advantage of Top Reviewer is that the reviews are stable, secure and not easy to lose.

Finally, Zhaodanmao hopes that everyone can obtain more natural orders through the on-site + off-site methods, and obtain more real and effective positive reviews through Amazon’s built-in review invitation function!