You may get weird email messages appearing to be from Chinese companies chasing for business.

Some of these are real but most are junk, sent by scammers to either check that an email address has someone who will respond or looking for leads from anyone interested in doing business in China. Those leads can be sold on to Chinese companies.

For example, Bravo Heung claims to work for Long Sail Logistics in China and offers various services.

The message is filled with spelling mistakes and grammatical errors, but these are obviously false. Everyone has access to spell check so grammatical errors in a translation are normal whereas spelling errors means the message is not computer checked despite being in an email message and that can only be deliberate.

His email address is not a business one but a 163.com address which means it’s a personal message.

His return email address is different to the sender one – a ploy often used by scammers.

His return email address is similar to the company name but different enough to mean its fake and it’s also a “.net” address which is for Internet businesses not logistics businesses.

Ignore such messages – if you actually do want to do businesses in China then find a reputable company, not a scammer.

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