In May, we inquired from RCBC bank in California if Golden Chang Trading Enterprises from Manilla was a legitimate company. The person in California sent an email to the bank manager in the philiipins. This manager validated the company's Account is handled appropriately. He also indicated the company had been in business four years. Based on this confirmation from him, we moved forward with a business transaction totaling $22,470 USD. Mr. Yagoas Chang with Golden Chang Trading Enterprises was to purchase A4 Copy Paper from Chinese manufacturers and ship 12 x 20' containers to our buyer, our brother-in-law, in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, West Africa.
In the duration between May and December, Mr. Chang concocted numerous stories as to the delays of the merchandise. All the while he demanded more money to supposedly pay for additional shipping costs.in December, our brother-in-law still had not received the merchandise. Mr. Chang was demanding the balance of the contracts of $56k USD for merchandise that had not been delivered. I contacted the US Embassy in Manilla and they confirmed this was a scam. I proceeded to file complaints with the USA Internet Cyber Crime Center (IC3. Gov), the FBI, Secret Service, and our local sheriff's department in the Austin, Texas area. I also filed complaints with the Philippine Consulate, BETP, and DTI Direct Call Center.
Whenever we were unable to communicate with Mr. Chang, we contacted Mr. Minoso and he was able to reach Mr. Chang. Many times, we demanded our money to be returned by Mr. Chang, but he refused. Finally, on January 13, we contacted Mr. Minoso and told him we would file a complaint with RCBC if we did not receive our money. Thirty minutes later, Mr. Chang called and said he would return our money. Mr. Chang sent us a fraudulent bank wire transfer document on February 13. When we zoomed in, we could see where the previous information had been whited out and our bank information was written. Again, Mr. Chang had lied.
The bank manager in the phillipins denied having any involvement in the scam run by Mr. Chang. However, if Golden Chang was a legitimate company as the bank manager alleged, then where is our merchandise? Had he told us the truth, then we never would have entered into any business agreements with Mr. Chang. We believe this bank manager is covering for Golden Chang.
Mr. Chang stated he closed his RCBC bank account. He also stated he closed his Manilla office in July. We don't know if he did close the Manilla office. Supposedly, he has an office in China and he also gave us a Taiwan address. All the phone numbers he provided have been invalid. The one valid phone number he has is the current one from when we contacted him in the Philippines. There may be other people involved. We are asking for your help in this matter.
We do not know how many people Mr. Chang has stolen money from. After we made the second wire transfer to Mr. Chang in June, our brother-in-law used France Google and found a May article at
http://usacomplaints.com/reports/0/191/RipOff0191379.htm indicating another business transaction where Gold Chan Trading Enterprise ripped off a man from the Bahamas for thousands of dollars.in this case, Mr. Chang used the name Freddy Chan. When we did our search here in the US prior to doing business with Mr. Chang, usacomplaints.com did not show up. We just now realized the cell phone numbers match Mr. Chang's even though the person and company names do not match.
We are aware that he is continuing to fraud other people.in November, Mr. Chang sent us 3 names of people he wanted us to contact, obtain money from them, keep a commission and transfer the remaining funds to him. I notified the two US citizens that Mr. Chang is running a scam and not to do business with him. The third person is a gentleman from Brazil.
Here is the other report:
* Report: #191379
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Report: gold chan trading enterprise
Category: Con Artists
GOLD CHAN TRADING ENTERPRISE ripoff dishonest fraud ILLOILO CITY PHILLIPINES
Gold chan trading enterprise
phone: 63 9185 272957
fax: -63 33 3297799
J8, JARDELZA APT, VALENCIA STREET, LEGANES, ILOILO, PROVINCE, Philippines, 5003
ILLOILO CITY, Other,
Philippines
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