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The independent freight forwarder sector appears to have become the latest victim of internet crime, with several cases of international payments between forwarders being redirected into fraudsters’ accounts.

Over $100,000 has been stolen from WCA members in a series of stings over the past nine months, ...

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  • Paul Courtney

    February 05, 2015 at 1:57 am

    Dear Loadstar,

    I am wondering the following paragraph should be
    changed from:
    “It suggested that WCA members ought to use PayPal instead.”

    To:
    “it was suggested that WCA members ought to use PAY PARTNER instead”

    PAY PARTNER is a WCA internal payment system.

    Thanks.

    • Gavin van Marle

      February 05, 2015 at 2:57 pm

      Hi Paul,

      Nope – I’ve seen the correspondence from Barclays, and it (Barclays) specifically suggested PayPal. Certainly WCA management has suggested members use Pay Partner, which is apparently free and can save forwarders a fortune in cross-border banking fees, which is another story altogether.

      Kind regards,
      Gavin

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