Avoiding falling into a scammers trap.
    
    by Tekle Sebhatu
    
    Question:
    
    I have numerous contacts to represent companies from China or England wanting me to collect from and/or service their existing customers with customer service and payment collections. I can see the need for such companies, but I want to make sure they are legitimate and that I not getting scammed or laundering illegal money.
    
    Answer:
    
    While it is difficult to generalize that all companies that ask for help to collect funds are scammers, you certainly want to make sure that you don’t fall into their trap. If it is a scam at one point you will be asked to advance money until funds are collected from the buyer or they might pull some trick on you to advance funds, the money that you will never see.