Fraud companies in Hanseatic disguise

Since 2012 the Hamburg Chamber of Commerce sees increased activities of fraud companies that disguise themselves with a fake address in the city of Hamburg. The companies pretend to mainly trade with products in the field of poultry and dairy products, sugar, copy paper and several other kinds of food and beverages.

To set up a false sense of security these companies publish professionally designed websites and supply faked / official looking documents, such as Business License, Export License, Certificate of Registration, Certificate of Quality, Health Certificate, Certificate of Origin. Some of them even give a tracking number that can be followed on the website of a logistic company based in Hamburg which turns out to be part of the scheme either. The latest method is to use the name and website of existing companies (Milchhof Salko GmbH e.g.), but provide different contact (mobile phone numbers) and bank account details (Deutsche Bank in Warszawa, Poland) via email.

Please find here a list of the "Hamburg" companies that were reported to the Hamburg Chamber of Commerce as fraud:

Fraudal companies that were reported to us from outside of Hamburg:

Fake websites and fraudal contact details of existing companies:

The “Wirtschaftskammer, Vienna” in Austria has published the following Link with suspicious chinese companies, possibly identified as fraud companies.

In case you are in contact with any of these companies, please do not transfer any prepayment and stop the communication immediately. Please send us a short email informing about how the contact between you and the fraudal company was made.

In case you found the fraudal company on an internet trading platform, please contact the platform directly. Please find here an email from the fraud department of Tradekey with instructions on how to announce a fraud to them.

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Thank you for your email. We regret the inconvenience you have faced.

You are kindly requested to visit the supplier’s company profile on TradeKey.com and click on "Report Fraud". A form will appear which you can use to file your complaint against this company at TradeKey.com.

In response to your complaint, we will be able to take strict action against this supplier which may include disabling their account. Suppliers will more than likely try to resolve disputes in response to a negative feedback.

Your feedback should contain sufficient information to support your claim. Information you should include are:
-Name of person you dealt with
-How long it took to complete the transaction, amount of transaction, quality of the products etc.
-A brief description of the events that transpired.
-Attach all records of communication (e.g. , telephone, fax, personal visits, etc.)
and copies of payment receipts (e.g. Western Union, Bank Wire Transfers, Credit Card receipts)

Also, please do try and get in touch with local law enforcement so that legal action may be taken against this company if necessary.

Thank you for letting TradeKey.com knows about your experience. Your feedback is highly valued and appreciated.

Irfan Adil
Anti-Fraud & Feedback
TRADEKEY.COM
(Your Key To Global Trade)
www.tradekey.com

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