common trick, use 3rd person innocent guy usuallly money exchanger or top up seller as receiver of stolen fund, then real scammer run away scott free.

fyi, cases like these have been there for years, and many scammer alert pages of malaysia in fb have shared such cases

1. Conman places order in sites that provide Renminbi top up in Alipay (all these service providers usually have automated system in sites, like http://go-f2u.com/)
2. Try to fish victim into transferring to bank account of the top up seller the amount of the order
3. Conman sends the receipt provided by the victim to the top up service provider.
4. Conman receives his top up. Top up service provider receives their money.
5. Victim receives nothing.

In the end,

*there is nothing you know about the conman except his mobile phone.

*you know about the bank account holder name, but it is usually innocent third party sellers that USE their OWN NAME in bank account instead of COMPANY NAME under current account.

No one wants to have their name on scammer list, so these people who genuinely provide service have their rights to disclaim any responsibility on the crime conceded by the conman.

again, such is the risk to trade in the internet.

usually i will only transfer online for amateur seller when they can prove that they are the account holder themselves. For instance, if their name is ABC, i will transfer only if the name of the account holder is ABC. If they give CDE, i will ask who is this CDE, then will proceed to check if CDE is in any scammer list. In addition, I will ask seller to provide necessary details of the CDE that will remove all the risks. Otherwise, just ciao and buy from others.