AI-Generated Videos + Fake Overseas Warehouse Orders: The 'Full-Managed' Cross-Border E-commerce Scam

Who Gets Targeted

Victims are primarily novice sellers lacking cross-border experience, traditional foreign trade merchants undergoing digital transformation, and middle-aged individuals looking for quick profits. They are lured by promises of 'zero-experience explosive sales' and 'AI full-managed' services, fantasizing about passive income without technical expertise. Their psychological vulnerability lies in their impatience and desire for an easy path, combined with a misunderstanding of advance payment rules. Under constant pressure from scammers to pay, they exhaust their savings.

骗局怎么运作

• Scammers run ads on Douyin, WeChat Official Accounts, and cross-border communities claiming 'AI one-click generation of viral TikTok videos,' promising no need to appear on camera or stock inventory, while displaying auto-generated product videos and exaggerated sales charts. Users who provide their phone numbers are added to 'full-managed support groups,' where bots constantly post fake profit screenshots to create an atmosphere of 'everyone is making a fortune.'
• Salespeople, posing as 'official TikTok service providers,' recommend 'full-managed explosive sales' packages ranging from hundreds to tens of thousands of yuan, promising AI video production, overseas warehouse integration, order processing, and agency operations. To dispel doubts, they show forged official authorization letters and backend data, emphasizing 'limited spots' and demanding immediate payment to secure a slot.
• After paying the management fee, a large number of 'shipped from overseas warehouse' orders appear in the backend, showing that buyers have paid but the funds are frozen. Customer service explains that the seller must advance the product costs, which will be refunded along with profits once the buyer confirms receipt. Driven by the surge in orders, victims transfer the first advance payment to a designated account.
• Once the advance is paid, the system demands further transfers for 'order timeout,' 'logistics insurance,' or 'customs clearance deposits.' If the seller refuses, the backend displays 'order breach, principal permanently frozen,' and even threatens to ban the account. To protect their initial investment, victims are forced to pay repeatedly.
• When sellers attempt to verify orders in the official TikTok backend, they find they do not exist. Attempts to contact customer service result in being blocked, and the app becomes inaccessible. Scammers then shut down the server, dissolve the company, and start over with a new identity. The entire process often concludes within weeks, leaving victims with little chance of recovering their funds.

红旗信号（看到这些快跑）

• 🚩 Promises of '100% explosive sales' and 'guaranteed profits,' yet the contract contains no refund clauses.
• 🚩 Requests to transfer 'advance payments' to personal accounts or frequently changing QR codes.
• 🚩 Orders cannot be verified in the official TikTok Seller Center, relying solely on screenshots provided by the service provider.
• 🚩 Delays in withdrawals citing 'system upgrades,' 'stuck orders,' or 'risk control,' while continuously inducing additional capital injections.
• 🚩 Frequent changes in company entities; the application is not available on official app stores and can only be downloaded via links.

真实案例

• In 2025, a cross-border agency in Shenzhen was exposed for absconding with 30 million yuan, leading to the banning of hundreds of sellers' shops due to associated violations. The agency had charged service fees under the guise of 'TikTok full-managed' services and induced advance payments via fake overseas warehouse orders. Reports available on AMZ123 and Chuhaiwang. (Source: https://www.amz123.com/t/4uhHi5LU)
• Hong Kong Shengda Interconnected Co., Ltd. used '88 yuan to join TikTok dropshipping' as bait, tricking victims into advancing 100 yuan for test orders, then escalating the amount to 10,000 yuan, threatening to forfeit the principal if payments stopped. Multiple victims exposed the scam on fraud-reporting websites, with losses totaling tens of thousands of yuan.
• Lianpinhui, a cross-border e-commerce platform, used fake eBay and TikTok order models to develop multi-level teams, involving approximately 1 billion yuan and 120,000 victims before being shut down by police.
• In June 2026, a fraud-reporting website exposed Hong Kong Shengda Interconnected Co., Ltd. for using '88 yuan to join TikTok dropshipping' as bait, inducing sellers to advance 100 yuan for test orders, then escalating the amount to 10,000 yuan, with multiple victims losing tens of thousands of yuan. (Source: https://www.dwv.cc/article/10096.html)

Official Stance

• In 2025, the Shenzhen Public Security Bureau published 'The TikTok Agency Scam That Destroys Families' via its government knowledge base, dismantling the advance payment trap and warning sellers against 'hand-holding profit' rhetoric.
• In 2026, TikTok Shop issued new AIGC content regulations for the Southeast Asian market, imposing up to 90-day commission freezes on accounts using AI to mass-generate product videos involving non-compliant content.
• In 2026, TikTok, Temu, and SHEIN jointly tightened logistics label rules, mandating the use of official platform labels to curb fake overseas warehouse and shipping activities.

How to Protect Yourself

• ✅ Verify every order in the official TikTok Seller Center backend. Any order that cannot be matched with the official backend is fake; do not accept self-made screenshots from service providers.
• ✅ Any model requiring personal advance payment for product costs with promised profit returns should be treated as fraud. Legitimate TikTok full-managed services do not require transfers to non-corporate accounts.
• ✅ Before signing, request the service provider's official TikTok partnership authorization number, verify it via official channels, and check the company's litigation history on the China Judgements Online website.
• ✅ Keep records of chats, transfer receipts, contracts, and screen recordings. If anomalies are detected, report to the Anti-Fraud Center immediately and apply for a payment freeze on the recipient's account.