Medan Kota

Sometimes last year, I received an enquiry from a doctor living in the states requesting help in purchasing a vintage Mercedes in Medan.. somehow, a Medanese guy post up the vintage car photos and according to Mr Doctor, he said that the car is really rare and that he wants it badly…. desperately enough, he wanted to fly to Medan to see the car as well… and Mr Doctor was ready to transfer the money to this scammer!!! Initially he wanted us to help in finding information on how to send the car over to the US and my husband and I thought that this whole thing did not sound right, so we asked him for the address of where this vintage car is located…. amazingly enough, this Medan scammer gave him the address of the car accessories shop ‘Sejatera Ban” at Jl Nibung (which is the street of car dealers)… but as we drove by the street everyday, we had never in our life saw such a car, so, we sort of told Mr Doctor that we believe that this whole deal is a scam….. the whole ending is that.. he gave up and and a very happy man …… thank god..

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BUT! thats not it!!… yesterday I received a comment about how another foreign businessman is being cheated off of USD$ 3000 from a claimed bicycle shop in Medan @ Jl. Putri Hijau

Take a look.. here is what he said..

Comment:
Medan crooks badly damage the economy of Indonesia !

A lot of dealers from Europe and the United States get cheated of young criminals from Indonesia and mainly from the city Medan via InterNet. This modern kind of cybercrime

This criminality does not only harm the businessmen from the foreign countries, it harms also the reputation of the Indonesian business in the world. Also the institutions of Indonesia. Likewise authorities and institutions of Indonesia appear weakly in relation to a small minority of criminals.
I believe, it exists a problem, which does not admit in the Indonesian public, but it must be known and solved.

They use Alibaba.com a Community channel and a place that allows business people to exchange business ideas, communicate business issues and find business resources.

A lot of Criminals meanly from MEDAN – and in my case – Andre Kusmana and Erwin Candra and their company “Original Bike.Co.,Ltd” in Medan, Jl. Putri Hijau No. 25 create a dummy firm.
They offer in the InterNet at Alibaba.com not existing goods.
They recruit with the following text and look for international dealers.
„We are the most professional manufacturer and exporter for high end bicycle and spare parts, based in Medan, Indonesia. Our products enjoy fast
Sales in worldwide market at present, due to our superior products and professional service. We have some kinds of mountain bikes and many types for choosing.“
They discribe their enterprise as Distributor/Wholesaler with 5 – 10 employees and a total annual purchase volume of US$5 Million – US$10 Million. (http://www.alibaba.com/member/id101342118.html)
But nothin exists!
They cheat buisinessman from Europa and North Amerika in simulating
buisiness dealings. They arrange dealings and operate in a big scale, promise to deliver and after the
international buissinessman had correctly paid the amount to their account, they hide in the suppost obscure internet!
This kind of cybercrime damaged the credit and the reputation of all the fair Indonesian buissinessman in international trade and I think, traders, politicans and the authorities are confronted with the problem to find a solution of this criminal problem and to protect international customers and also Indonesian exporter against this kind of cybercrime!

Erwin Candra!

Andre Kusmana!

I dispatch this text to you, because I would like to get back my deposited 3000 $ I have payed this criminals … but also because I dislieke the damage of the Indonesian economy and society. If you need more Informations:
Heinrich Hohage ( XXXXX @gmx.de )
Hasenberger Weg 2a
42897 Remscheid
Deutschland

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after I finished reading it, I felt bad.. really bad… because, on my previous post, I wrote of how I make money online… scam happens everywhere, and yes I do agree that Indonesia is very well known for it… why? many affiliate companies decline us once they detect the IP address is from Indonesia… and as a honest Indonesian, its terrible to be considered as one…

From my experiences, we will only accept money and send money online using reputable 3rd party like Paypal…. as these companies protect both buyers and sellers.. and me as a merchant, for me to request for money, Paypal required me to submit all sorts of proof to verified that I am REAL!!… so, my advice is that, if you need to pay for something online, using Paypal is safe… never pay directly to the bank account unless you are sure that they are known and reputable…. never go for company that provide you with only email address. Full contact details are often attached in the email for the legitimate company… like me @ MedanKu.com… hehhe

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p.s. to all foreign businessman, should you need help in verifying whatever online company that you have come across in MEDAN and is not sure of the company status, leave a note in any of my comment box and I will try my very best to help..

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I received several questions regarding the mystery shopper’s job that I posted sometimes back….   today.. the company approached me again and its kind of funny.. coz…. many Indonesian esp the office workers whose salary in the range of Rp 1-3 jt and always seems to be complaining of money not enough… then I believe this is the right job for them…. the pay is very very OK…  although this time the job is in Jakarta.. but still!!!….  usually they will allow a maximum of 4 jobs per company… so by doing the max of 4 where avg pay is about EUR 15…. thats total EUR 60 = Rp 850.000 for max 3 hrs job!!!

 and for this month, 2 companies are doing it in Indonesia… Chanel pay is Euro 15 while the Harley Davidson is Euro 17….

take for example, the Chanel job, 2 of the shops are located within the Plaza Senayan and thats so easy already… u just have to pick 2 more locations nearby.. its takes like some 10 mins per store… and come home fill in questionnaire that takes another 10 mins.. and with that you get Euro 15!!!

if you knows of friends who wants to earn the extra pocket money, I believe this is the easiest so far for what I have seen…  if you go as a couple… apply for 2 seperate accounts and you are earning double…^0^

the jobs pay the same in Singapore too…. spread the words people….. spread the words….

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As we all know that the price of Palm oil has almost doubled since last year… its crazy to do the maths calculation of how much these company makes…  Proudly to say, Indonesia’s 2nd / 3rd (not sure myself) largest palm oil producer is right here in Medan – “Permata Hijau Group” ….  according to their website, the company claim to produce more than 800.000 metric tonnes of palm products per year…  thats about USD$ 1 BILLION in sales!!!  ….  currently, the company is still privately own but who knows they may decide to go public like the Wilmar Group which is being listed in Singapore stock exchange….

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I was told by a friend of ours that Lippo Group may buy up Medan Fair…. when I first heard about it, I am quite sure that it has to be the recently IPO of The Lippo REIT in Singapore…  since they have managed to raise up cash, its obvious that they are on the buying spree…. then what triggered me is the fact of the presence of Carrefour in the building….  should Lippo did actually take over the Medan Fair, will they kick Carrefour out to replace by their own retail group of Hypermarket???  that should be so interesting…..  lets wait and see….

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Many of you may not know that Lippo holds a big chunk of property in Singapore and other countries in the Asia regions… and some how.. Singaporean are mad about Lippo group and its stock but Indonesian are being turn off by them…. my father-in-law still hold the Lippo group shares which he bought 10 years back at Rp12000, and now, its  like peanuts….

and most recent, the group is issuing REIT shares and hoping to launch in a few weeks in Singapore…. the property are purely Retail space in Indonesia and part of the plan is to take over Binjei SuperMall as well as Sun Plaza in the 3Q of next year!!!! that should be interesting….  our banker thought that it will be a good buy and after seeing the list of property that they plan to acquire and those that they already own, I do have doubt about it….  but again I may be wrong… ^0^

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