Impersonating an official to commit fraud! Amazon came to collect debts from sellers?

According to customs statistics, the overall scale of China's cross-border e-commerce reached 1.98 trillion yuan in 2021, of which exports reached 1.44 trillion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 24.5%. Under the trend of rapid development, a large number of emerging forces are competing to enter the cross-border track, and they are in the limelight for a while.

But at the same time, many bad elements have also targeted this track, and many cross-border fraud organizations have grown secretly, and scams such as agency operation and fake training have emerged one after another. A large number of novice sellers who have just entered the market have fallen into various traps due to information asymmetry, and it is not uncommon for people to be cheated of tens of thousands of IQ taxes. Some sellers have even been forced to withdraw from the market due to the break of their capital chain.

It can be seen that various cross-border scams are difficult to guard against, and some even go so far as to impersonate Amazon's official name to commit fraud.

We learned that a seller reported in the forum that his account could not be logged in because the buyer's account was locked, and 1,200 US dollars needed to be deducted. However, the bound credit card could not be used to deduct the amount. At the same time, the account was also determined to be linked and banned. Now the goods worth more than 100,000 US dollars cannot be recovered.

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Recently, an organization suddenly appeared out of nowhere, claiming to be commissioned by Amazon to collect debts: When checking your account, I found that my client Amazon store has an outstanding balance of $1,274.73. Please contact my office to remit your remittance. If the balance has been paid, you need to provide proof of payment.

The agency also stated that the above claims were made to it by Amazon and that Amazon will ultimately collect all claim funds.

It is unheard of for Amazon to commission an agency to come to the seller's door to collect debts. Many sellers have said that the seller has encountered a new type of scam:

"I've never heard of Amazon coming to collect debts. This is definitely a scam."

"It's easy to link the buyer's account to the seller's account, but this email looks like a scam."

"Amazon generally doesn't collect debts. They've closed your store, and you're still short of the $1,200, which isn't even enough to cover the commission fee."

“If it is really commissioned by Amazon, there must be a certificate of commission.”

In recent years, more and more illegal organizations have used Amazon's official cover or pretended to be official to commit fraud. Previously, a phishing email had emerged, which pretended to be Amazon's customer service and threatened sellers that their accounts would be locked, thereby luring sellers to click on the pirated Amazon official website provided in the email to steal the sellers' privacy.

In addition, it was reported not long ago that fraudsters pretended to be Amazon officials, saying that they could help sellers register and open stores, and provide Amazon loan services. They even secretly provided loans after obtaining the sellers' information, causing the sellers to owe huge debts without knowing it.

As we can see, there are countless cross-border scams that pretend to be officials. We would like to remind all sellers to carefully identify and confirm the identity of any emails involving money transactions. Especially for services such as loans that involve huge amounts of money transactions, you should choose reliable and official channels.

As a partner of Amazon's seller loan program, Doushabao United Bank provides pure credit loans to cross-border e-commerce sellers, which are flexible in spending and can be borrowed and repaid at any time. The bank has always been committed to providing sellers with convenient and secure funding solutions.

It is a critical period for preparing for the peak season. Once you are lured by these fraudulent organizations and suffer financial losses, it is likely to impact cash flow and affect the normal delivery rhythm. In addition to various scams, logistics chaos has also occurred frequently in recent times.

According to a seller, nearly 30 shipments of his goods were shipped through a logistics company. However, several months have passed and the logistics of the goods are still at a standstill. Not only did the other party refuse to accept the goods on the grounds that the warehouse was full, but they were also unable to provide proof of receipt for the goods they claimed to have signed for.

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It is reported that the logistics company has various delays and lost goods. The whistleblower said that a box of goods lost by the seller has not been investigated for more than half a year without any news, and two batches of goods disappeared for a year and have not been dealt with. So far, dozens of companies have been cheated. After the seller reported to the police, the other party even accused the seller of defamation and threatened to sue him.

Many black freight forwarders have mixed into the cross-border logistics industry, which has always been a lingering pain point for many sellers. With freight rates rising in the past two years, it is even more difficult to guarantee logistics timeliness. Port congestion, freight forwarders forging "real and fake regular ships", etc., have led to delayed arrival becoming the norm, and some sellers have even missed the peak season promotions because of this.

Therefore, many sellers choose to extend the stocking period and ship in advance to cope with the strong demand during the peak season. However, this strategy also exposes some disadvantages. Once the inventory backlog is too large, it will lead to greater inventory turnover pressure and cash flow stagnation, thus affecting subsequent delivery plans.

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