Chinese con artists posing has British architects have cloned websites and submitted fraudulent bids to Chinese clients in an effort to win work, reports Building.
Architect Broadway Malyan had its website copied by an unknown attacker, who submitted a fake project pitch in its name, while design firm Aedas had to shut down a company that had registered in the UK under its name and was bidding for work with the Chinese government.
Broadway Malyan was alerted to the scam when a client contacted the company to ask whether it had put in a bid for a Chinese contract, a source told Building: ‘They asked whether Broadway Malyan was interested [in the bid] – but [Broadway Malyan] hadn’t actually put the submission in.’
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