As announced a number of cases of corporate fraud in Vietnam in import-export activities, on October 26, 2020, the Netherlands Trade Office received an offer from a Vietnamese enterprise for inspection. a Dutch enterprise in the timber import transaction named R.Van Ree Beheer BV; address at Corneillelaan 2, 1181 LG Amstelveen, Netherlands; mobile phone using whatsap +31644727115 and fixed number + 31-20-8946374 (as recorded on transaction email) website https://rvrbbv.com and fixed number + 31-20-2623927 (as stated on website) . When visiting the website, it is very eye-catching to see advertisements selling a variety of agricultural products and wood.
Case developments: The Dutch partner asked Vietnamese companies to deposit 50% of the goods, then requested to transfer the remaining 50% of the contract value; then continue to request payment of 5 thousand USD due to the goods being held at the port. Because the Vietnamese company has paid 100% for the goods, it does not agree to transfer money further and writes to the Trade Office to help check. At the request of the Vietnamese company, the Trade Office has taken a number of steps as outlined below to check the authenticity as well as the nature of this transaction as follows:
1 / Check the legal status of R.Van Ree Beheer BV company at the business registration database of the Dutch Chamber of Commerce www.kvk.nl, it shows that this is a private company the way the legal entity was established in 1991, of 1 person, the business field is financial investment, with address at Corneillelaan 2, 1181 LG Amstelveen. The field of operation under the business registration is financial investment. Even in the afternoon of October 26, 2020, the Trade Office also arrived at that address and took pictures and showed that this is a private house (one-person company usually works at home). As such it has nothing to do with many foods and wood (as in website). Maybe someone used the name of a real company to scam
The deal also called many times on the mobile phone number or whatsaps that the object of the transaction with Vietnam company is +31644727115 and a fixed number + 31-20-8946374 (as indicated on the transaction email) and the number Fixed on websitehttps: //rvrbbv.com + 31-20-2623927, there is no signal.
3 / Sensory evaluation of documents sent by Vietnamese companies to the Trade Office is considered to be fake documents.
4 / Normally companies established in the Netherlands have to register a bank account at a bank in the Netherlands, while the object dealing with Vietnamese companies requires the Vietnamese side to pay into the account at the bank in the Netherlands. Sweden
Therefore, the Dutch Trade Office continues to note that Vietnamese businesses need to be very vigilant in dealing with new acquaintances, getting addresses on the Internet, in some cases from the Alibaba network; or have not had business transactions with each other; Before making commitments to do business with or remitting prepaid money to these businesses, a Vietnamese company should conduct some simple checks as outlined below for preliminary company / counterpart verification. foreign partners; After that, you can continue to contact the Trade Office for consultation as well as to learn about the existence and legality of the Dutch partner as well as possible risks.
Some preliminary checks:
Look up the address of the company / foreign partner on Google to see if the google map image has office, company signboard or not; Whether the contact phone number has a fixed number or is only mobile. If you have a fixed number, you should call to check a few times to see if someone is on duty or answer the questions of the Vietnamese company.
A transactional email address using a registered domain name or just a free one like yahoo.com, Hotmail, gmail etc.
If a company is established in any country, it is usually required to open a trading account in that country, in case the company in the Netherlands has a re-settlement bank in another country, a question mark must be placed.
Case developments: The Dutch partner asked Vietnamese companies to deposit 50% of the goods, then requested to transfer the remaining 50% of the contract value; then continue to request payment of 5 thousand USD due to the goods being held at the port. Because the Vietnamese company has paid 100% for the goods, it does not agree to transfer money further and writes to the Trade Office to help check. At the request of the Vietnamese company, the Trade Office has taken a number of steps as outlined below to check the authenticity as well as the nature of this transaction as follows:
1 / Check the legal status of R.Van Ree Beheer BV company at the business registration database of the Dutch Chamber of Commerce www.kvk.nl, it shows that this is a private company the way the legal entity was established in 1991, of 1 person, the business field is financial investment, with address at Corneillelaan 2, 1181 LG Amstelveen. The field of operation under the business registration is financial investment. Even in the afternoon of October 26, 2020, the Trade Office also arrived at that address and took pictures and showed that this is a private house (one-person company usually works at home). As such it has nothing to do with many foods and wood (as in website). Maybe someone used the name of a real company to scam
The deal also called many times on the mobile phone number or whatsaps that the object of the transaction with Vietnam company is +31644727115 and a fixed number + 31-20-8946374 (as indicated on the transaction email) and the number Fixed on websitehttps: //rvrbbv.com + 31-20-2623927, there is no signal.
3 / Sensory evaluation of documents sent by Vietnamese companies to the Trade Office is considered to be fake documents.
4 / Normally companies established in the Netherlands have to register a bank account at a bank in the Netherlands, while the object dealing with Vietnamese companies requires the Vietnamese side to pay into the account at the bank in the Netherlands. Sweden
Therefore, the Dutch Trade Office continues to note that Vietnamese businesses need to be very vigilant in dealing with new acquaintances, getting addresses on the Internet, in some cases from the Alibaba network; or have not had business transactions with each other; Before making commitments to do business with or remitting prepaid money to these businesses, a Vietnamese company should conduct some simple checks as outlined below for preliminary company / counterpart verification. foreign partners; After that, you can continue to contact the Trade Office for consultation as well as to learn about the existence and legality of the Dutch partner as well as possible risks.
Some preliminary checks:
Look up the address of the company / foreign partner on Google to see if the google map image has office, company signboard or not; Whether the contact phone number has a fixed number or is only mobile. If you have a fixed number, you should call to check a few times to see if someone is on duty or answer the questions of the Vietnamese company.
A transactional email address using a registered domain name or just a free one like yahoo.com, Hotmail, gmail etc.
If a company is established in any country, it is usually required to open a trading account in that country, in case the company in the Netherlands has a re-settlement bank in another country, a question mark must be placed.
Vietnam Trade Office in the Netherlands
