Collusion between customers and salesmen
Many ceramic tile shops in Hangzhou were defrauded
According to media reports, in Hangzhou recently, a salesman came to Ms. Ye's tile store and brought two barrels of "Zhuobao General" tile adhesive and asked Ms. Ye to sell it on her behalf for 180 yuan a barrel. , let Ms. Ye sell a barrel for 360 yuan. Ms. Ye thought it would be profitable, so she agreed.
Ms. Ye said that salesmen like this often come to the store, and she did not realize that there was anything unusual about this salesman. Later, a customer came to buy tile adhesive. After looking at it, she chose a bucket of "Zhuobao General" adhesive and asked her how much it cost. She quoted the other party 260 yuan per barrel, and the deal was concluded.
The customer said he bought it and tried it. A few days later, he came back to the store and said the effect was good. He wanted to place an order for 165 barrels. Considering that there were so many goods, Ms. Ye asked the customer to pay a deposit of 2,000 yuan, which the customer readily gave and promised to come and pick up the goods as soon as they arrived at the store.
Ms. Ye was so happy that she thought she had received a big order, so she ordered 170 barrels from the manufacturer and paid 25,200 yuan to the manufacturer. After the goods arrived at the store, Ms. Ye contacted the customer to pick up the goods. The customer said he was busy at first, and gradually stopped replying to messages. The last message he replied on December 31, 2020, was that he would definitely come to pick up the goods, but no one came to pick up the goods at all. I can't contact anyone.
There is also a tile shop next to Ms. Ye. The owner, Mr. Cui, is in the same situation as Ms. Ye. He ordered 160 barrels of adhesive and paid more than 20,000 yuan for the goods paragraph. The person who ordered from him was the same person who ordered from Ms. Xiangye's store. They guessed that the customer and the salesperson were in collusion. They first came to sell the goods, and then customers came to purchase, and so on.
Same trick
A building materials boss in Sichuan was defrauded of hundreds of thousands
According to "Ceramic Information", similar fraud cases occur from time to time across the country. In 2018, the same fraud case also occurred in Mianyang, Sichuan.
Boss Zhao and Chen, who are in the local ceramic tile business, came to the local police station to report the case. The two bosses, who have been in business for many years, accepted the consignment sale of a product called "Jiameidun Waterproof Coating" at almost the same time. Later, a buyer Use the same method to order 150 barrels of paint with a payment amount of 24,500 yuan. After the merchant arrived, the salesperson and buyer lost contact..
Later, according to media investigations, it was found that during the same time period, many building materials bosses in Sichuan Jiangyou, Yanting, Mianyang High-tech Zone and even Chongqing suffered from the same fraud. The victims were spread across Sichuan and Sichuan, and the amount involved was as high as dozens of dollars. Ten thousand yuan.
Zhao is the owner of a building materials store in Jiangyou City, Sichuan. In early October 2018, a sales manager Liu who claimed to be "a certain waterproof coating" came to his store to promote sales. "At that time, he only said to put a few barrels of paint in the store. If someone asks for help, he can sell it and pay for it. If he really can't sell it, he can just return it after a while." Zhao believes that this sales model is very common in the building materials market. Even other industries will encounter this kind of door-to-door sales, which does not take up space or advance funds. After the salesperson gave him a receipt, he left 4 barrels of Jia Mei Shield waterproof coating and left.
I originally thought that no one would buy this kind of paint from a brand I had never heard of before. Unexpectedly, a few days later, a customer actually came. "On November 10, a man came to the store and asked if there was any waterproof coating. I casually said that there were just a few buckets of samples." Boss Zhao recalled that he was not very interested in this business. The customer was also hesitant and said that he would buy a barrel to try it first. The two parties settled the deal at a price of 280 yuan per barrel and left their phone numbers to see the effects.
What surprised Boss Zhao was that two days later, the buyer called and said that after the workers tried the paint, they "thought it was OK." On the afternoon of November 12, the buyer called again. Said the company needs to order 150 barrels of "waterproof coating". "He told me that the buyer needs to pay a little 'price difference' and asked me to invoice his company for 300 yuan per barrel." Boss Zhao also often encounters this kind of buyer, and after agreeing, he asked for a deposit of 5,000 yuan.
The buyer emphasized again: "The company usually only pays from the financial department after receiving the goods. If it is really necessary to pay, it can only be paid by a private person. After the company receives the goods and pays, the deposit must be returned to him personally." Back and forth, normal transactions The method allowed Boss Zhao to get rid of his defensive mentality and started to contact the salesman, Manager Liu, to prepare for the purchase. But after the goods arrived from the merchant, both the salesperson and the buyer lost contact.
In this fraud case, it was finally discovered that there was also a problem with the quality of the waterproof coating product. The actual product was completely different from the video posted on the friend list of the salesman Manager Liu, and the product quality inspection report was also fake. Some parts were fake. The content has been greatly changed.
“We don’t want anyone to be deceived again. The 150 barrels of paint are still in the warehouse and cannot be processed.” Boss Zhao said that neither he nor Boss ChenThis paint is no longer available for sale, but because of concerns about quality issues, the paint is piling up in the warehouse.
Police Tips:
1. When carrying out production and business activities, merchants should carefully verify the information of the other manufacturer. They can conduct on-site inspections or call the local industrial and commercial department to check whether they are registered, log on to the Internet to check whether the marked webpage exists, or call the landline of the phone number left. Let the local 114 check and verify.
2. When it comes to transfers, remittances, etc., be wary of criminals using the time difference between bank remittances and transfers or forging checks, vouchers, etc., and check and verify account information in a timely manner.
3. People who come to sell products door-to-door, especially those who claim to be military personnel or purchasers from enterprises and institutions, must be more vigilant and call the police immediately when encountering suspicious situations to prevent being deceived.
(The article is reproduced from Ceramic Information)
