Fraud in the commodity markets with the use of the Internet. Analysis of the causes of growth and ways to protect

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Fraud in the commodity markets with the use of the Internet. Analysis of the causes of growth and ways to protect

Сообщение HainanWel.com(e)! » 19 мар 2016, 13:09

All the examples in this article are based on steel market and pipes, but you can replace them with almost any product, scam schemes are universal.

Fraud on the market of metal rolling phenomenon is not new, but in recent years it has become a huge scale. Number of defrauded market participants is growing every day. The number of fraud schemes has increased significantly, and they are becoming more sophisticated.

Victims of scams are becoming participants of the market, and private individuals and corporate customers, consumers who purchase a first metal and battered supply vessels, leading almost daily purchases and even metal traders - professional market players are no exception, and from time to time fall for scams hook.

From scam affects all without exception market participants, consumers and distributors of steel products.

Many of our partners, we supply metal, anyway, have suffered from the actions of fraudsters. Most of them consume metal on a regular basis and well oriented on the market.

So we talk about the companies or private persons who buy metal occasionally or do it the first time? It is safe to assume that the scale of the disaster, there is still more. This picture can not but worry us, as well, any supplier, who honestly does his job. Fun undermine the financial condition of the customers and their confidence in the bona fide suppliers of metal.

Fraud in the metal market. The reasons for the growth.

What causes customers to fraudsters?


We can distinguish three main reasons:

The first reason is the lack of goods in the moment with renowned suppliers to the buyer, and is a new supplier, which promises products, and even at a great price. As it is often the case that the purchaser need to purchase goods for the first time and it does not have the time and / or desire to understand the market.

The second reason is the high urgency, ie, when the goods are already required to "yesterday". Conscientious provider offers a realistic time frame, such as rolled metal at the beginning of next month. But scammers promise something tomorrow, and in the morning.

The third reason is as old as the world, is the desire to get the lowest price, regardless to any other factors. And although each proverb knew about the free cheese, which is only in a mousetrap, many buyers forget about it and scammers trap predlalagaya prices significantly below market. Typically, this is the key reason. It is strongly recommended, to make the price field for the product you plan to buy if the price and have some vendor is very different from the average - it is an occasion guard.

The offer very low prices, short supply of goods, short delivery times, or even more of all of these advantages together make sometimes forget about vigilance and to take actions that lead to loss of money.

It is important in choosing partners carefully and comprehensively. And do not forget that every product and service has a cost and the normal price, the reduction of which at best leads to a decrease in their quality, and at worst can be a sign of a fraudulent scheme.

In recent years we have seen a huge increase in cases of fraud on the market. After analyzing the current situation, we have identified 2 main reasons that influenced this negative trend.

1. Internetofikatsiya society.
Along with the traditional methods practiced since the beginning of the market economy in the 90s of the last century, the fraudsters have adopted new information technologies.

Previously, for the purchase of metal, people sought advice from friends or buying specialized publications in which providers advertise. Scammers also used these prints for your ads, but while this phenomenon was not as widespread.

The share of advertising on the Internet is growing every year, and its volume will soon exceed or have exceeded the offline advertising. Many of us are willing to buy a product or to find out information about its consumer properties, prices, etc., looking for relevant information on the Internet through search engines, the most popular of which is the Yandex and Google. Or well-known websites with advertisements of various types. They are no exception and consumers of rolled metal products. Metal products on the Internet and looking for individuals and managers, responsible for the supply of large companies.

With increasing internetofikatsii society, the number of cases of fraud in our market has increased exponentially.

Why are so attracted fraudsters online?

The main reason is that the Internet - is the fastest and cheapest way to mass dissemination of information, along with the ability to remain anonymous.

2. High price volatility.

Prices for steel products in the constantly changing under the influence of a number of factors during the year. Sometimes these changes occur very rapidly and at short intervals. Especially, it vyrazhno recently, when exchange rates go back and forth like a pendulum.

Sharp fluctuations in prices mislead consumers. It becomes difficult to determine what the price is normal, yesterday at the supplier's production cost of 25 000 rubles including VAT per ton, now 33,000, while someone else is at 27,000.

These processes lead to panic in the market. Products will start to devour either for resale or to enter in the budget.

This is the time of grace for the scam, consumers disoriented in prices, they rush to buy products at yesterday's prices, and forget about the possible risks.

Looking a little ahead, we note that the rush is almost always present in transactions with fraudsters. It creates excitement, the client much hurry, hurry justifying all sorts of reasons: the metal goes, the price will rise in the area of ​​the warehouse is expected to earthquake or volcanic eruption. It becomes then, so as not to give the victim quietly reflect on the deal and may notice some anomalies (suspicious symptoms are not typical for the normal transaction), and when dealing with fraudsters anomaly is always there. More talk about it further.

These events and trends can not leave us indifferent to what is happening, so we have prepared a series of articles to share in their own experiences and those of our partners who have been exposed to fraudsters. Tell us about the known scripts and tools, used by fraudsters in the metal market, with particular emphasis on those that use Internet technology as the majority of such cases. Tell us where, and in what ways scammers find their victims.


The information will help you avoid the scams, do not lose money and preserve your nerves.

All the examples in this article are from the real world, taking place in the metal rolling and pipes market. Such methods of fraud are possible on other product markets in the field of B2B and B2C sales. Methods for evaluation and selection of a supplier, as are universal and will be effective and useful in almost all markets of goods and services.
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