Fraudulent export risks to Norway

08/14/2023 14:02 Ha Linh Print article

ANTD.VN - Taking advantage of the mentality that Norway is a developed country with a strict legal system and reputable companies, some people have committed fraud against Vietnamese businesses.

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It is necessary to carefully check the information of the export partner before signing the contract.

Ms. Nguyen Thi Hoang Thuy - Commercial Counselor in Sweden, concurrently in charge of the Northern European market, said that recently there has been a situation of impersonating Norwegian companies to defraud foreign partners, especially from developing countries, including Vietnam.

“Norwegian police said they have been notified of 40 cases of fraud in the past and believe the actual number is much higher. In most of these cases, the fraudsters are not in Norway, so the police cannot intervene,” said Nguyen Thi Hoang Thuy.

In terms of tricks, the scammers set up websites impersonating real export companies but with fake contact information. Taking advantage of the mentality that Norway is a developed country with a strict legal system and reputable companies, some businesses, when seeing contracts with attractive terms, rush to execute for fear of missing out on opportunities, and do not carefully check information about partners...

In some cases, the scammers are even more sophisticated when they set up a fake bank website, tricking Vietnamese businesses into sending original documents to the address they requested in Norway and sending someone to track the documents, intercept them to receive the original documents to receive the goods and not make payment.

According to Ms. Nguyen Thi Hoang Thuy, the signs of fraud that are easily seen in the above cases are: The partner wants to communicate via Whatsapp or Skype; the partner has a payment account at a bank outside Norway; Communication via email is not from the business but via a public mailbox such as gmail; The VAT code on the website is not 9 characters (the tax code of Norwegian businesses has 9 characters);

The company's website has a domain name that does not end with .no; The company's website does not have a Norwegian version…

When seeing these signs, businesses need to carefully verify partner information. Along with that, it is necessary to choose a safe payment method to avoid risks.

In addition, Norwegian police also recommend that when exchanging transactions, you should ask your partner to use video conference and save it. Real companies do not mind this issue, while scammers often refuse to contact and reveal themselves.

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