KYB CHINAAsk for a clear business licence. Match the Chinese legal name and 18-character unified social credit code. Confirm current status, incorporation date, legal representative, address and business scope. Search the code directly instead of relying on a translated company name.
SCAM CHECKLIST
How to tell if a Chinese company may be a scam.
Look for evidence that the people, documents, website, contract and payment instructions all connect to the same registered legal entity.
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What you can establish
1. Establish the legal identity
2. Compare every commercial document
- The contract should identify the resolved legal entity and use a consistent company seal.
- The invoice and quotation should state who is selling the goods or services.
- The website domain, email domain, phone and address should have an explainable connection to that entity.
- A different payment beneficiary needs documentary explanation and independent verification.
3. Read adverse records in context
Check available abnormal-operation, serious-dishonesty, enforcement, court, administrative-penalty and revocation records. Read the company's role, date, amount, disposition and current status. A plaintiff or creditor record has a different meaning from an unsatisfied enforcement obligation against the company.
4. Verify product and factory claims separately
Registration does not prove manufacturing capacity, product compliance or delivery performance. Use samples, live video, references, certification checks, inspection or factory audit according to order value and risk.
Warning signs that deserve follow-up
- Refusal to provide the Chinese legal name, code or legible licence.
- A licence name that differs from the contract with no documented relationship.
- Pressure to pay a personal account or unrelated company immediately.
- A recently created entity claiming a long operating history.
- Product certifications or trademarks belonging to a different entity.
- Contact details copied from another company or changed without explanation.
Common questions
Common questions
Can a scammer use a real Chinese company's licence?
Yes. A genuine licence image can be copied or used by an unauthorised person. Verify control of contact channels, contract identity and payment instructions independently. Contact the company through a separately obtained channel when the transaction matters.
Is a very new Chinese company automatically suspicious?
No. Age is one fact. Compare the claimed operating history, ownership, key people, addresses, intellectual property and customer references with the incorporation date. Unexplained inconsistencies matter more than age alone.
Does KYB China certify that a supplier is legitimate?
No. KYB China presents objective company records and translations. The evidence can reveal identity mismatches or facts requiring follow-up; it does not certify safety or predict performance.
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