Warning: James Wu (Woo), Chen-Fu Yu and their private investigation agencies in Taiwan

If you are in Taiwan and are considering hiring a private investigator, you should stay well away from two individuals called James Wu/ James Woo (or Wu Chia Sheng) and Chen-Fu Yu (or Cheng-Fu Yu) and the companies that they have set up, which are below. James Wu and Chen-Fu Yu are criminals and scams artist and targets the vulnerable foreign community in Taiwan.  We have included phone numbers and e-mail addresses, as he is bound to set up other companies in order to avoid detection:

"Sevenseas Investigation LLC"    Website: http://www.sevensea.com.tw/en/   and   http://www.detective.org.tw/sevensea/en/
Email:             spetsgruppa_a@hotmail.com
Phone:            +886-2-2515-9088
Fax:                +886-2-2518-2345

"Unity Credit Investigation Co.,Ltd"            Website:   http://www.uic-detect.com   (a slight variation on the old website, http://www.uicdetect.com)
Email:              mrs350@yahoo.com.tw  

This is using the name of UIC, the agency which James Wu and Chen-Fu Yu worked for up to late 2008. UIC  (website http://www.uicco.com.tw/) is one of the biggest private investigation agencies in Taiwan, although it obviously doesn't have effective employee screening as it took two criminals into its employment.  UIC's genuine website still links to James Wu's site for the English option. Please note that we are not claiming that UIC itself is involved in any criminal or scam activities.


"Primavera International"             Website http://www.primavera-detective.com
Email               service-primavera@hotmail.com
Telephone:      +886-2-2727-3699    +886-2-2727-9277
Fax                 +886-2-2727-4377
Address            2F, 65 Song-De Rd., Taipei, Taiwan 11075
The contact for this company is listed as Cheng-Fu Yu. This is the name of James Wu's associate and partner-in-crime. James Wu worked under him at UIC, and they left together, in late 2008.
 
"Yamato Investigation Inc"       Website  http://www.yamato-taiwan.com/1-1.htm
Telephone:    +886-2-2727-3699, +886-2-2727-9277
Fax:                 + 886-2-2727-4377
Email               service.yamato@gamil.com   (obviously a typing error)
                         gehwer36k@yahoo.co.jp               

This company has apparently been set up to target the Japanese in Taiwan.


Companies set up by James Wu and Chen-Fu Yu targeting local Taiwanese "clients"

We are pleased to report that we have had some success in forcing James Wu and Chen Fu Yu out of the foreign "market", for the time being. Thank you for the PI directories for their assistance in this. James Wu and Chen-Fu Yu have also removed the contact details from most of their English websites. We will contine to monitor the internet for any new ventures they may attempt to set up.

However, our Taiwanese associates have picked up several professional-looking Chinese websites set up recently by him.

"Spring Detect"                 http://www.xn--vuq09txnfknh.tw/index.html       
                        
               xnvuq80b59cmut.com                      
                                        http://徵信公司.com/
                                                                                                                                            
                                        http://www.spring-detect.com.tw
                                        http://www.春天徵信.tw/
                                        http://www.台北徵信公司.tw/
                                       

Telephone:   (02)2732-2222, (02)2727-6060  and several freephone numbers including  0800-000-365
Address:      2F, 65 Song-De Rd., Taipei, Taiwan 11075

Again, we would warn Taiwanese/ Chinese individuals who are looking for a private detective or private investigation service in Taiwan to stay well away from this company.


James Wu is now being investigated by the Foreign Affairs Police in Taiwan.  If you have any information regarding his whereabouts, or if you have been a victim of his, please contact us on contact@taiwanprivateinvestigation.com .

James Wu claims to be an ex-secret service investigator/ military policeman. He managed to obtain employment in one of Taiwan's biggest private investigation agencies, UIC, for two years, and left in late 2008. During this time he set up his own company, UIC Taiwan which used the legitimate company logo, however he asked his clients to pay into a number of personal bank accounts which had no relation at all to UIC. It appears that he managed to convince his colleagues and superiors that he was entirely trustworthy and get them unwittingly involved in his schemes.

James Wu has connections with minor criminal figures, such as local gangsters, and has used them in his schemes in order to persuade his victims to pay more money. He is a highly convincing confidence trickster who uses psychological techniques in order to control his victims.

James Wu and his companies have now been removed from the three main online directories for private investigation services, namely:

PI Engine  http://www.piengine.com
PI Locator  http://www.private-investigator-detective.net
Infoguys     http://www.infoguys.com




Note: It is highly likely that James Wu and Chen-Fu Yu are working under a false identity and may have several aliases, contact address or phone numbers, including:

1. Tony Chou         toprc888@yahoo.com.tw

2. Chao Chen Ling    renew@iwd.com.tw    TEL: (02)25161199 FAX: (02)25069555

3. Chinfu Wiu (a variant on Chen-Fu Yu)   tony@sunup.net

4. So Chu/ Yang Yang  dozo0223@hotmail.com
    1F., No.19, Alley 100, Lane 600, Wuxing St., Xinyi District, Taipei, Taiwan 110
    P: +886.23450308 F: +886.23450308



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If you have found this page through Google, it is likely that you used the search term private investigators taiwan, or perhaps taiwan private investigation agencies. Alternatively, you may have searched for private investigators Taipei, or Taipei private investigation agencies. Also, you may have used another search engine to find private detectives Taiwan or perhaps Taiwan private detective agencies.  At the time of writing, all of the web-advertised private investigation agencies in Taiwan offering standard private investigation services (as opposed to corporate information search services) belong to James Wu, Chen-Fu Yu and/or their criminal associates. We are monitoring the web frequently and will keep this page updated.

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