Cambodia Fake Agent Scam: project record
Two days before arrival, an urgent email from a "customs broker" demanded $4,500 to avoid container confiscation; the sender was not the registered agent.
- Buyer and project
- A Phnom Penh, Cambodia importer of homeware products.
- Products and scope
- Homeware and kitchenware; 1 container, $58,000 order value.
What LifaSourcing.com did
Verified the email and payment details against the registered customs broker.
Confirmed the shipment status directly with the shipping line.
Documented the scam attempt (spoofed email, fake invoice).
Established a secure payment-verification protocol for all logistics costs.
No money lost; shipment cleared through the registered broker without incident; the verification protocol now applies to all freight and customs payments.
A proven case study from LifaSourcing.com's historical work archive. The result above records the status reached in this project.
Client identities, supplier contacts and confidential commercial terms are withheld from this public company record.
