Whether it is useful to report that purchasing is cheated needs to be analyzed from many aspects. First of all, we should understand the basic situation of the purchasing industry, then analyze the reasons for being cheated and possible solutions, and finally discuss the role and effect of reporting.

1, basic situation of purchasing industry

Purchasing, as its name implies, is the act of buying goods instead of others. With the development of globalization and the popularity of the Internet, more and more people choose to buy foreign goods through purchasing. The purchasing industry meets the needs of consumers to a certain extent, but there are also certain risks.

2. The reason why purchasing was cheated

There are many reasons why purchasing is cheated. Here are some common reasons:

(1) Unknown source: Many purchasing agents cannot provide clear source information, which makes consumers unable to judge the authenticity of goods.

(2) Unreasonable price: Some buyers will sell goods at a price lower than the market price in order to attract customers. In this case, it is likely to be fake or smuggled goods.

(3) Unsafe transaction methods: Some buyers require consumers to use unsafe payment methods for transactions, such as direct transfer and use of virtual currency, which brings great risks to consumers.

(4) After-sales service is not in place: some purchasing personnel failed to deal with the after-sales problems of consumers in time, or even refused to deal with them.

3. How to avoid being cheated in purchasing?

In order to avoid being cheated when buying, consumers can start from the following aspects:

(1) Choose formal channels: Try to choose a reputable purchasing platform or personal purchasing to avoid trading with buyers of unknown origin.

(2) Verify the source of goods: Before purchasing goods, the buyer is required to provide proof of the source of goods, such as shopping receipts and invoices.

(3) Price comparison: Before purchasing goods, you can check the market price of similar goods online and compare whether the prices provided by the buyers are reasonable.

(4) Ensure transaction security: Try to use formal payment methods for transactions, such as Alipay and WeChat payment, and avoid using unsafe payment methods.

(5) Understand after-sales service: Before purchasing goods, understand the buyer's after-sales service policy to ensure that problems can be handled in time.

4. The role and effect of the report

If you are unfortunate enough to be a victim of a shopping scam, reporting the case is one of the ways to seek legal relief. The role and effect of reporting depends on the following factors:

(1) Sufficient evidence: When reporting a case, you need to provide sufficient evidence, such as chat records, transfer records, merchandise photos, etc. , for police investigation.

(2) Police concern: According to the nature of the case and the amount involved, the police will evaluate the case, and if they think it is necessary to investigate, they will file an investigation.

(3) Possibility of solving the case: After reporting the case, the police will investigate according to the clues. If we can find the suspect and obtain conclusive evidence, it is possible to solve the case.

However, it should be noted that reporting the case may not be able to recover the loss. Because purchasing involves transnational transactions, the process of recovering stolen money may be very complicated and long. In addition, even if the case is successfully solved, the recovered loss may be far lower than the actual loss. Therefore, before reporting the case, consumers need to weigh the pros and cons and consider whether it is worth investing time and energy to recover.

To sum up: whether it is useful to report fraud after purchase needs to be judged according to the specific situation. In order to avoid becoming a victim of purchasing fraud, consumers should be cautious when choosing purchasing, and try to choose a reputable purchasing platform or personal purchasing. If you are unfortunate enough to become a victim, you can try to report the case and seek legal relief, but you need to be psychologically prepared, and the process of recovering losses may be very difficult.

Legal basis:

Criminal law of the people's Republic of China

Article 224

Under any of the following circumstances, if the amount involved is relatively large in the process of signing and performing a contract for the purpose of illegal possession, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years or criminal detention and shall also or only be fined; If the amount is huge or there are other serious circumstances, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than ten years and shall also be fined; If the amount is especially huge or there are other especially serious circumstances, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than 10 years or life imprisonment, and shall also be fined or confiscated:

(1) Signing a contract in the name of a fictitious unit or others;

(2) Mortgaging with forged, altered or invalid bills or other false property rights certificates;

(three) to perform a small contract or part of the contract first, to deceive the other party to continue to sign and perform the contract, and to have no actual performance ability;

(4) After receiving the payment for goods, advance payment or secured property paid by the other party;

(5) defrauding the other party's property by other means.