Cross-border E-commerce 'All-Inclusive' Agency Scam: Fake Waybills and Forged Orders to Defraud Payment

Who Gets Targeted

Victims are mostly small and medium-sized sellers, stay-at-home parents, and part-time entrepreneurs who lack cross-border experience. Eager for 'passive income,' they are easily swayed by promises of 'all-inclusive, worry-free operations.' When desperate to recover losses, they are often targeted for secondary victimization. Scammers use automatically generated fake overseas buyer orders to create the illusion of high sales volume, requiring sellers to pay for goods to designated accounts. They then use fake waybill numbers to forge logistics tracking to delay the exposure of the truth. Typical losses involve advanced payments; for example, one victim paid tens of thousands of yuan only to discover all logistics numbers were forged, while police intercepted over 200,000 yuan in fraud-related assets in another case.

骗局怎么运作

• Fraud rings post 'all-inclusive cross-border e-commerce' advertisements on social media, claiming zero experience is needed, offering platform agency services, and promising easy passive income to attract victims and induce them to download fake agency apps or register on fraudulent websites.
• After registration, the platform automatically generates fake overseas buyer orders. The page shows items have been ordered and are awaiting shipment, creating an illusion of high sales to convince victims that the agency service is effective.
• The platform requires victims to pay for the goods according to the order amount to a designated account, claiming they will handle centralized procurement and shipping. Once the victim pays, the platform uses fake waybill numbers to forge logistics tracking to delay the truth.
• When victims notice abnormal logistics or request a refund for undelivered orders, the platform demands further transfers under the guise of customs clearance fees, deposits, or handling fees, leading to secondary victimization until the victim realizes the scam or their funds are exhausted.
• Eventually, the platform shuts down or customer service becomes unreachable. Victims find they cannot withdraw funds or recover payments, realizing the orders and logistics were entirely forged and the agency platform was merely a shell for fraud, with funds already transferred and difficult to recover.

红旗信号（看到这些快跑）

• 🚩 Claims of 'zero threshold, all-inclusive, easy passive income' for cross-border agency services without real supply chain backing, relying solely on sales pitches to attract novices.
• 🚩 Orders are automatically generated and abnormally dense; logistics tracking is only available on the platform's internal page and cannot be verified on third-party international logistics official websites.
• 🚩 Requests to pay for goods or agency fees to personal accounts or non-official corporate accounts, which is inconsistent with standard cross-border payment processes.
• 🚩 Secondary charges during withdrawal attempts, such as customs fees, deposits, or taxes, with opaque platform rules and delays or refusals to process withdrawals.
• 🚩 The platform lacks a real customer service hotline or physical office address, communicating only via social media group chats or online customer service, showing signs of being ready to 'run away' at any time.

真实案例

• In April 2026, 'Rule of Law Online' reported that a victim trusted an 'all-inclusive cross-border e-commerce' ad, registered on a fake platform, and paid tens of thousands of yuan for goods based on automatically generated orders. Later, they discovered all logistics numbers were forged and the platform went offline, leading them to report the case to the police.
• In August 2026, Wuxi Radio and Television reported that a delivery driver alerted police after receiving a high-priced 'food delivery' order. Police intercepted over 200,000 yuan in fraud-related assets and discovered a courier station acting as a transit point for fraud, revealing the use of logistics to disguise the transfer of stolen funds.
• In April 2026, Sina Technology reported that police issued a warning about the 'all-inclusive cross-border e-commerce' scam. Victims registered on platforms where all orders were forged; while sales appeared high, no real transactions occurred, and sellers' advanced funds were stolen.
• In June 2024, Wuhan police in Hubei cracked a cross-border e-commerce agency scam. The ring hired 'star lecturers' to create personas of successful individuals and ran targeted ads. Using the lure of earning 100,000 yuan a month with zero experience, they induced victims to buy electronic shops and agency services. Police dismantled 5 criminal dens and 13 shell companies, arresting 70 suspects, with an initial estimated fraud amount of 60 million yuan. (Source: https://m.21jingji.com/article/20240624/herald/d754f32b387ef3a89db39332671193ba.html)
• In October 2025, TikTok Shop disclosed two cases of fake customer service agency scams. In one case reported to Shanghai Changning police, a victim was defrauded of over 260,000 yuan. In June 2025, Tonghua police in Jilin also cracked a similar case where a fake app induced a transfer of 250,000 yuan. Scammers used the lure of high commissions for 'brushing' orders to forge official authorization. (Source: https://finance.sina.cn/2025-10-23/detail-infuwfyq9533752.d.html?vt=4)

Official Stance

• In April 2026, CCTV's 'Rule of Law Online' issued a warning exposing the 'all-inclusive cross-border e-commerce' easy-money scam, explicitly stating that all orders were forged and advising the public not to trust agency operation promises.
• In August 2026, Sina Finance reposted a police notice revealing how courier stations were being used as 'transit points' for fraud, warning the public to be vigilant against abnormal high-priced deliveries and to guard against logistics being used to disguise the transfer of fraud funds.
• In August 2026, 21st Century Business Herald reported on police operations intercepting fraud-related packages, warning that vague addresses and abnormal deliveries might hide fraud chains, and urging the public to verify logistics information.

How to Protect Yourself

• ✅ Verify platform qualifications: Check the agency company's business license and cross-border e-commerce credentials through official channels, and avoid using unregistered or fake platforms.
• ✅ Verify waybill numbers: Independently check tracking on international logistics official websites. Be highly vigilant regarding tracking numbers that only appear within the platform and cannot be verified by third parties.
• ✅ Refuse payments to personal accounts: Legitimate cross-border agency services should use the platform's corporate account or third-party payment escrow. Never transfer money directly to private accounts.
• ✅ Keep records: Save chat logs, transfer receipts, and screenshots of the platform. If you encounter anomalies, report them immediately to the police or anti-fraud centers to stop losses and secure evidence.