No more Internet Fraud!

Japanese companies are being warned to look out for potential cyber-fraud and scams that specifically target trading companies or exporters.

Most of them, may not have the time, knowledge or resources available to invest in security systems that provide better resilience to scams. This is a vulnerability that scammers know of and use to their advantage.

Japanese Companies (suppliers) have been attacked by hackers, who enter in their computer system and steal all contacts from email book address. Then, these ‘scammers’ watch all communication between Japanese supplier and buyers, waiting the right time to attack you.

This happen when the deal is done and your supplier from Japan issue your pro-forma invoice and send to you by email. After a while you will receive an Authorization Letter from these Scammers saying that its bank account has changed.

 

 

If you don’t take the following actions, perhaps you will be a victim of internet fraud:

1)     Make sure all communication (emails) comes from your Supplier, not Hackers (who make very similar email accounts to your supplier)

2)     Avoid any payment from suspicious email which attached AUTHORIZATION LETTER or saying that bank account has changed.

3)     Before you make any payment, try to call your supplier to double check the bank account

4)     Call your supplier and request your pro forma by fax (make sure it will come from you trust supplier). Never request by email (Hackers will send you fake fax too)

5)     Usually this hackers will ask you to make payment to different company name than you are dealing with or private accounts sometimes in different country. Never make unusual wire transfer besides your supplier.

   J. Trading Corporation supports initiatives aimed at fighting internet fraud and scams. While there are ways to reclaim funds if you have been defrauded, you should think twice before parting with your money. Before making any transfers to a company that you have never dealt with before you should ascertain that you are dealing with a legitimate business.

There are good reasons why many leading banks encourage their clients to be extra careful when dealing with an internet business and very often require a reconfirmation before carrying out any remittance request.

It is of course best to prevent becoming a victim of fraud in the first place

J. Trading Corporation is doing all possible to prevent and stop Internet Fraud related crimes. In the past we successfully terminated attempts of the criminals to take advantage of internet media with the purpose of deceiving customers and making them transfer the payments for the goods they never possessed. We have the latest technology recommended by the cyber police division to make sure that all attempts for criminal action are intercepted within the shortest possible time.

If you are reporting a fraud case please be specific with such details as names of the people you were dealing, internet address, bank account you transferred the payment. There are two effective police forces in place to fight internet fraud and we highly advise you to report your case to the professionals:

In case the fraud is coming from US based company, you can report it to FBI affiliated organization called Internet Fraud Complaint Center (IFCC Center) The Internet Fraud Complaint Center (IFCC) is a partnership between the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the National White Collar Crime Center (NW3C). IFCC's mission is to address fraud committed over the Internet. For victims of Internet fraud, IFCC provides a convenient and easy-to-use reporting mechanism that alerts authorities of a suspected criminal or civil violation. For law enforcement and regulatory agencies at all levels, IFCC offers a central repository for complaints related to Internet fraud, works to quantify fraud patterns, and provides timely statistical data of current fraud trends.

Here are some more tips to reduce the chances of being a victim of Internet Fraud.

 Here are basic things that you need to have in mind:

1. Company must have an Official Webpage with own domain
2. Company should have its physical address, phone numbers and fax numbers on the website.
3. Company must have its license or registration number
4. Contact JETRO (Japan External Trade Organization)
5. Contact your Embassy in Japan. The embassy of your country in Japan has local knowledge and may in many cases provide you with information you need to make a sensible decision.

Japan’s Tsunami affected construction Machinery export Market

Japan's Earthquake and Tsunami on March 11, 2011 affected Construction Machinery Import and Export Market. According to the Japanese government it will take years to rebuild all area affected by the Tsunami. Most of Heavy equipment dealers and makers such as Hitachi, Komatsu, Kato, Kubota, Sakai, and Sumitomo are focus on supplying the internal demand making the export business almost impossible.

As result, most of importers migrated to USA market where there is a huge selection of machineries and price as good as Japan used to be before the disaster.

J. Trading Corporation located in Los Angeles California is member of most of Machinery auction in USA and can offer you full service up to your country (including loading and shipping)

American Construction Machinery Auction Service 
How to buy:

 

1) Let us know your needs by email, fax or phone: Maker, Model condition and your budget

     

       2) We will offer you pictures and condition of your machinery before the auction day
       (Check our inventory here)

 

3) You let us know your budget price and send us your payment

  

    4) We bid in your behalf and it is successful we ship direct to your destination port

For more information about our service please email us at sales@jtrading.net or access www.jtrading.net

Used Cars direct from United States

Through J. Trading Corporation USA branch, based in Los Angeles, California we proudly offer you a whole line of passenger, sports, SUVs, Hybrids, Minivans, Pickup trucks, Luxury, crossovers vehicles ready to be export to anywhere in the world.

J. Trading offer more choices and better quality at affordable prices. You can choose from more than 250,000 units per week in our network auction system. We are member of major wholesale auto auctions in the USA such as, Manheim, Adesa, IAAI and Copart.

Have the flexibility to choose and buy from all the 50 states of the United States from home! We will inspect, purchase, transport, storage and shipping it to you worldwide. Buying from J. Trading you will save money and time!

 

Why import a car rather than buy cars locally? 

The choice of cars is much larger! - You can buy your car from private sellers in USA, from car auctions, from car yards and many other places such as EBay. 

Save lots of money by importing your next car from USA - If you were to buy your American car locally you would pay much more then importing it yourself.

 

 

Buy and sell for profit - Making money on American import cars is easy. Buy cars for cheap in America, import them and sell them for a profit in your country! It is easy to make huge profits if you import the car yourself.

 

Be the first owner in your country - Own your car in your country before anybody else gets their grubby mitts on it. (This really is a great feeling)

At used car auctions houses іn America, all kind of cars are available for sale, and many οf thеm аrе sold аrе very ехсеllеnt prices. Even taking thе shipping cost іntο account, іt іѕ possible tο import a car directly frοm USA аt аn advantageous price.

5 TIPS to get cheaper cars

1)    VOLUME -Knowing hοw many οf a particular model sell per week tеll уου nοt οnlу hοw well lονеd a car іѕ, bυt іt аlѕο dilutes thе competition. It іѕ even possible tο еnd up being thе οnlу bidder οn a car аt thе еnd οf thе day, ѕіnсе οthеr bidders mіght bе gone, leaving уου wіth a ехсеllеnt price. Bу selecting models wіth high volume, уου саn avoid multiple bidders thаt wіll drive up thе price tοο much

2)    Year. Buying nеw car directly frοm USA іѕ generally a tеrrіblе thουght. Thеу аrе going tο bе јυѕt аѕ expensive, especially аftеr уου consider shipping. Alѕο, unless thе car іѕ a classic, try tο avoid cars over ten years ancient. Thе best range іѕ аbουt 3 tο 10 years ancient. Cars within thіѕ age range hаνе thе best differential between prices іn US аnd other countries.

3)    Mileage. Aѕ уου wουld expect, thе lower thе mileage thе higher thе bid price. Tο gеt thе best price tο resale value ratio, aim fοr cars wіth a mileage јυѕt a small bit higher thаn average. If thе car іѕ over one hundred thousand mileages, thе value drops quickly. Thе winning bid wіll bе lower thаn average, bυt уου won’t bе аblе tο resell thе car аt a profit.

4)    Condition. Thе score given bу thе inspector іѕ thе single mοѕt significant factor іn affecting price. You will get used to the price market once you start importing cars.

5)    Color. Believe іt οr nοt, color іѕ a significant factor іn thе auction price οf a car. People wіll pay much more fοr a car thаt іѕ a well lονеd color. Fοr example, a black 2007 Ford F150 wіll sell fοr $1,000 higher οn average thаn other color οf exactly thе same model.

Whеn уου take аll thеѕе points іntο account whеn bidding аt a car auction іn Ameria, уου аrе more lіkеlу tο gеt a better price fοr resale value. With our auto specialist you will have all information necessary to get your best possible deal

For more information please check www.trading.net or email us at sales@jtrading.net