Articles and documents

We prepared more than 300 articles and documents that can help you to avoid fraud in international trade and save your money and goods. All articles are based on real cases from our practice and the information received from our clients and other organisations.

The topics include:

  • Methods to steal your money and goods.
  • Risks for exporters and importers
  • How to avoid losses when working with prepayments
  • How to ensure the payment when supplying on credit terms
  • The pitfalls of using letters of credit in international trade
  • Types of bank guarantees
  • The real meaning of CIF ASWP and other abbreviations
  • Safety of payments in international trade
  • How to uncover a fraudster by analysing the company’s website
  • Methods to uncover a fraudster by analysing the correspondence
  • How to check your supplier or buyer
  • How to ensure quality of the ordered goods
  • Methods to build trust
  • Methods to mark down the purchasing price
  • Signs of a good and a bad middleman
  • Unserious buyers and suppliers: behaviour analysis
  • How and why the goods are unpaid
  • More articles can be found at: Fraud methods 

We provide samples of Letters of Credit with built-in discrepancies, different types of bank guarantees, samples of fraudulent letters and contracts.

You will also receive a number of our publications in professional magazines, where we explain how to avoid fraud in the international trade.

This sort of information about fraud in international business can hardly be found in any other source. This information will save you thousands of dollars and help not to become a fraud victim. The publications cost just 139.00 Euros and can be purchased from this page: Order our services

Once the payment is confirmed you will receive the articles to your email in one file.

Full members of "Protected by BL" programme will receice the articles and publications free of charge.

About fraud

FRAUDS IN INTERNATIONAL TRADE ARE ON THE RISE
Frauds involving fake shipping documents are on the rise in all parts of the world. More info

CARGO STOLEN IN TRANSIT
Part of the cargo can be stolen from the truck during transportation. More info

DANGEROUS SCAM WITH “TRANSPORT COMPANY” PART 1
This dangerous scam is actively running now so buyers should be extremely careful to avoid it. More info

INSUFFICIENT PRODUCT DESCRIPTION
Insufficient product description can lead to serious quality disputes if the buyer receives a different product from the one he had ordered. More info

SEND US YOUR CARGO, WE WILL EVEN PAY YOU A LITTLE! PART 1
A sophisticated method of stealing your cargo is by transferring partial prepayment. More info

THE BANK CAN REJECT TO HONOUR THE L/C
In some exceptional cases the issuing bank can reject to honour the L/C even if all the documents comply with the L/C terms. More info

UNREALISTIC CONTRACT TERMS
When signing a contract pay attention to all of its paragraphs, especially the ones describing time frames and possible penalties. More info

SCAM: WE HAVE A VERY GOOD OFFER FOR YOU! PART 2
This fraud method is often used against importers. More info

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