Zi Trading or ZI Japan

[Anonnn]

Hi, I'm looking to do business with this company. So far I have checked the company registry and found their address is the same. I also checked their domain and the fishy thing is that it's only been made a year ago however the company has been registered since 2018. My contact in the company says it's been registered around the 2000s.
Here is the company site. ZI Trading
Here is their company profile. （法人名）の情報｜国税庁法人番号公表サイト
I've also attached an example BL they sent me regarding one of their clients who just bought a car from them recently.~
Another red flag would be that its hard to find any positive or negative reviews about them and also they aren't under the umbrella of JUMVEA.

Any ideas anyone?

 

[thomas]

It's always the same story: lacking transparency, no names, and fake testimonials.

Google Maps lists another car import/export business under the address on your BL:

STC Japanese Used Vehicles & Brand New Cars

Japanese Used Cars, Import Japanese Vehicles for Sale | STC Japan

STC Japan is No.1 Japanese Used Cars Exporter from Japan. All Makes and Models Available. Huge Stock of Japanese Used Vehicles including Toyota, Honda, BMW, Mercedes, Audi, Nissan from Japan. Call +819049424901

stcjapan.net

STC has reviews, many negative. Why take a risk?

 

[Anonnn]

Yeah seems about right Thomas. I think one of the strongest giveaways usually is how recently the domain has been made.

Most of the time these guys scam people through a company set up another company and do the same thing all over again. So usually their domain is not more than a year old.

I was fairly certain this is a scam as the B/L is missing some data that it usually has but I just wanted to make this post so other people could find this thread when they search about ZI Trading or Zi Japan and don't end up getting scammed.