E-victims.org: Risky spam from China

Tony

What Consumer Founder
Apr 7, 2008
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Our email boxes are filling up with Chinese spam. The emails are offering a wide range of goods from mobiles to designer goods. The emails claim to offer these goods at wholesale or special pricing.

"We see a range of problems from Chinese websites. The most common are non-delivery of goods, very poor quality and goods taking 6-12 weeks to arrive" says Jennifer Perry, managing director of E-Victims.Org.

E-Victims.Org recommends that people buy goods from within the EU because this offers them the most consumer protection. Also, to buy goods using a credit card not debt or PayPal because these do not offer any consumer protection. 

Never buy goods from someone that asks you to pay via Western Union or other wire transfer services.  There is a very high rate of fraud from those websites that only take Western Union. Criminals use wire transfers because the police can't trace the money to an individual.

 

Risky spam from China