Several agency operating companies were arrested!

When mentioning the term "agent operation", people in the industry tend to react with negative words such as fraud, running away, being caught, and being in deep water, and often choose to stay away from it; but in the eyes of some sellers, agent operation is a shortcut to boost online sales and can help them make a fortune.

However, not all agency operating companies have a clear conscience. Some agency operating companies often spend a lot of effort to set up a series of pig-killing schemes disguised as cross-border e-commerce, but eventually the building collapsed when entertaining guests. Recently, several agency operating companies in Shenzhen were arrested, and the dreams of some cross-border sellers to get rich overnight were crushed.

Shenzhen Generation Operation Company encountered trouble

"I went to an agency operation company for an interview, but the police came. How could I understand?" One netizen revealed that there were several patrolmen wearing yellow vests at the company. The policeman hinted that there was something wrong with the company and refused to let me interview. I quickly ran away.

Feedback from other netizens also confirmed this fact, "I couldn't contact my brother yesterday. Was the entire company taken away?", "It happened to me too, and then I ran away." Judging from the video released by the whistleblower, the company's staff were sitting in a row and their computers had been controlled. The company, Shenzhen Moudian Technology Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Moudian Technology"), was established in 2018 and is located in the Youth Entrepreneurship Park in Longhua District, Shenzhen. It mainly engages in agency operation services for platforms such as Amazon, independent stations, and TikTok, and has strategic partnerships with many leading service providers in the industry.

In the company's publicity, Moudian Technology stated that the company has been engaged in Amazon cross-border services for 6 years and claimed that it has helped 50,000+ entrepreneurs generate income and profits in the cross-border field. It can "make you a domestic and foreign e-commerce god" and told sellers that "it is possible to do business on Amazon without source of goods, and orders can be placed in as fast as 7 days."

Searching the company's homepage, we found that there are many successful cases as gimmicks, which are quite tempting, such as "In just 5 months, see how he went from a cross-border novice to earning 100,000 US dollars a month", "How to use Amazon to usher in a second career after bankruptcy", etc. Its operation and promotion mentor has an excellent resume of "5 years of cross-border e-commerce practical experience and proficiency in multiple platform operations". It can be said that it is not surprising that sellers are attracted by the strength of Moudian Technology in various ways and choose to "enter the pit".

"Moudian Technology is mainly engaged in cutting leeks. The company will make false data to tell customers how well the store is operating, but in fact, 90% of customers are losing money," a colleague revealed. The high-profit gimmick is the trap, and the win-win model is the "cutting leeks" of fake agency operation companies again and again, and this time it happened to be exposed.

Heavy blows were launched, and many agency operation companies were arrested

It is understood that the cross-border companies that have recently encountered problems are not only involved in the Youth Entrepreneurship Park's Moudian Technology. According to Longhua Public Security, they have recently received several reports from the public, saying: "The agency operation company they chose charged high training fees, but did not provide corresponding course services."

Soon after the public reported the incident, the police arrested the company. This was the result of a surprise inspection, which involved the entire Longhua agency operation and foreign trade platform companies. The companies arrested also involved companies in multiple office buildings such as Huihai Plaza and Hongyu Building.

According to the video provided by another whistleblower, in front of the Huihai Plaza office building, the company's employees were being pushed one by one to the police bus. The company involved was a certain Hong Technology, which claimed in its company profile that it "hopes to contribute to the overseas expansion of Made in China along the Belt and Road Initiative and help more domestic small and medium-sized sellers to realize their brands overseas." With lofty ideals and amazing practical operations, such heroic words seemed a little thin after being arrested. According to industry insiders, the office building does not have a good reputation, and some people even call it a gathering place for fraudulent companies, and accidents are common.

In addition, industry insiders revealed that another company that was arrested this time was a European cross-border company that was engaged in illegal activities under the guise of agency operation. Although the above-mentioned companies are mainly engaged in agency operation, compared with a certain technology company, there is not much public information about these two companies on the Internet, and their advertisements are also very few.

The arrests by the public security organs also reveal the problems of these companies. Generally speaking, the public security organs need to meet three conditions to arrest people: there is evidence to prove the existence of a crime; the suspect may be sentenced to a prison term or above; and measures such as bail pending trial and residential surveillance are not enough to prevent social danger.

The agency operation scam is rampant, and a group of sellers have suffered heavy losses

There is an old saying in the industry: "Nine out of ten agents are scammers, and the other one is digging a scam." Since the operating cost of agents is relatively low, many service companies will target this field when they transform, which has led to the proliferation of agents across the country. The operation of fraudulent agents is generally to find a few college students to prop up the storefront, and then the sales call every day to trick the sellers into buying various packages to make a profit.

A more common situation is that fraudulent agency companies use services such as "providing supply, drop shipping, and full-time nanny-style service" as gimmicks, and flood major websites with advertisements, using various success stories to lure "prey" into taking the bait, and then upgrading their packages after they purchase the services.

In fact, this situation has already been precedented in the cross-border circle. A few years ago, the largest agency operation company in South China was suspected of contract fraud, resulting in the 800-person e-commerce agency operation company being surrounded by police with submachine guns. At that time, an internal employee revealed the fraud method, first signing a contract for 5 million sales, and refunding if the target is not met; the attractive sales will make many people willing to pay for one quarter, about 30,000-50,000; down payment, and then one renewal... Many small sellers do not renew, and have already lost the money in the previous period; even if some sellers can do it for three quarters, they can still fool the performance and refund if the target is not met, but most sellers will not choose to continue paying.

Taking advantage of the sellers' eagerness to achieve quick results, they trick the sellers into upgrading their packages through various cases and services in order to charge higher fees, thus achieving the purpose of fraud. In this way, the sellers become lambs to be slaughtered and can only be led by the agency operation company. In most cases, they will quit halfway through the process, or even lose all their money in the end. However, it should be noted that the agency operation company is not a philanthropist. Even a formal company needs to rely on the agency operation fees to survive .

Of course, we cannot generalize. There are also some professional agent operation companies on the market. Here, the editor reminds everyone that when choosing an agent operation company, you must conduct multiple investigations to understand the reputation and qualifications of the agent operation company. You must also carefully verify the actual cases they provide to avoid being deceived.

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