In recent years, telecommunications network fraud has shown a serious trend overseas, and some Chinese citizens have suffered heavy economic losses after being deceived. According to incomplete statistics, the total amount of chinese citizens defrauded by telecommunications fraud overseas exceeds hundreds of millions of yuan. The Consular Protection Center of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs hereby forwards the real cases of telecommunications fraud compiled by the Chinese Consulate General in San Francisco, reminding overseas compatriots to beware of all kinds of telecommunications fraud bureaus, and must ensure that unknown links are not clicked, strange calls are not answered, personal information is not leaked, and transfers and remittances are not credulous!
Typical case 1
In July 2021, Ms. C, who lives in the western United States, met a male netizen, D, through WhatsApp. After the other party learned that Ms. C was alone on a dating website, he pursued Ms. C and induced her to download an investment APP in which he provided a network link. Initially, Ms. C spent $1,000 on "investment products" in the app and made a net profit of 20%. Subsequently, under the lure of high profits and the "inside information" lie, Ms. C transferred a total of $170,000 to the platform in 10 days. It wasn't until she discovered that D had multiple WhatsApp accounts and refused to make videos on multiple occasions such as toothache that Ms. C gradually felt cheated. She immediately applied for a withdrawal of funds through the app platform, but it was too late.
Typical case 2
In 2019, Mr. E met a female netizen F through a dating website. F claimed to be engaged in financial foreign exchange trading in Hong Kong and persuaded Mr. E to join her in buying and selling foreign exchange on an online platform. In September 2020, F claimed that an internal investment project had a high rate of return, but asked for 6 months to withdraw cash, Mr. E heard that F had invested $100,000, and then transferred $100,000 to the platform. In May 2021, the platform showed that the two had earned $1.3 million. When Mr. E applied for withdrawal, the platform required him to pay a deposit of US$223,200 and a tax of US$148,800 before it could be accepted. Mr. E lost contact with F after transferring the relevant margin and taxes to F and the platform, and the online platform could not log in.
Solemn reminder:
Netizens who have never met before, online dating objects recommend you to invest in financial management online, speculate in digital currency (virtual currency), buy lottery tickets online, and make money in betting are all scammers! Starting from online dating, and finally fraud, netizens teach you to invest in financial management are fraud!
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