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"A pier is hard to find"? Beware of being targeted by scammers

author:Lightning News

Qilu Network Lightning News On February 10, the New Year Special Edition Ice Pier was launched on February 9. Tiger head hat, tiger head shoes, wearing red Traditional Chinese festival costumes, "Dundun" grand debut, this time a change in the impression of science and technology, the thick New Year wind overflowed the screen, very festive. Against the backdrop of the energy aura based on the "Ice Ribbon", the piers seem to be walking through the Hutongs of Beijing, and the joyful children are as lively and cute.

With the hot sales of ice piers, the all-pervasive scalpers have also smelled business opportunities, and the original price of 20 cm of "ice piers" plush toys in the WeChat circle of friends of "scalpers" is 192 yuan, and the purchase price is 1200 yuan.

"A pier is hard to find"? Beware of being targeted by scammers

The original price of the "ice pier" keychain is 58 yuan, and the purchase price is 500 yuan.

"A pier is hard to find"? Beware of being targeted by scammers

The "scalper" buys at a high price and then resells it, which to a certain extent makes the number of queues in the franchise store remain high, so that consumers who buy normally look forward to the "pier" and sigh, and the official has already shot at this chaos.

Three people were punished by the police for selling ice piers at a high price

On the evening of February 8, the Dongcheng Branch of the Beijing Municipal Public Security Bureau issued a document that with the progress of the Beijing Winter Olympics, the mascot of the Winter Olympic Games, the "Ice Pier", was warmly welcomed, reflecting the enthusiasm of the general public to care about the Winter Olympics and support the Winter Olympics. Some people have started a "crooked idea" and resold it at a high price in designated sales outlets and other places, illegally making profits and disrupting the normal purchase order. In this regard, the police quickly investigated and severely cracked down, and at present, 3 violators have been seized, and all of them have been administratively punished according to law.

In addition to scalpers, fraudsters are also eyeing ice piers. If someone told you at this time that he had the "inventory" of the "ice pier" in his hand, and there were many "memorial surroundings", would you be moved?

"A pier is hard to find"? Beware of being targeted by scammers

Don't worry, don't be more careful, don't fall for the "liar".

Two common routines:

1. "Shoddy"

Passing off souvenirs that do not have collectible value and defrauding high purchase money.

2. "Empty Glove White Wolf"

Just under the guise of "Winter Olympic souvenirs", after receiving the transfer, it was blocked and disappeared.

In addition to routines, there are many tricks of fraudsters, and these scams should also be careful.

Fake Winter Olympics official website scam

By setting up a fake official website of the Winter Olympics, criminals have lured online registration by setting up a fake official website for the Winter Olympics and conducting so-called "lucky draws", "winter Olympic souvenir gifts for a limited time", "winter Olympic commemorative stamps for a limited time", "winter Olympic commemorative coins snapping up" and other activities on the website.

Fraudsters have long implanted number theft Trojan horses or virus programs in the website, once the public follows the path set by the website, it will fall into the trap of fraudsters, resulting in the leakage of personal information, and even the money in the bank card is transferred.

False winning information in the name of the enterprise

"Congratulations, you won the first prize in the company's Winter Olympic Rewards Raffle, and you will receive a prize of 18,800 yuan and a laptop worth 10,000 yuan." If you receive such a "winning" message, don't be gullible.

When citizens who believe that they are true contact with the prize recipient, the other party will ask the citizens to send money first under various pretexts such as needing a security deposit and paying mailing costs.

When the first payment is remitted, the scammer will continue to deceive the public into sending money in other names such as handling fees and taxes until they are "eaten dry and squeezed out".

Fake Olympic fundraising scams

The competition in the Winter Olympic Games has given athletes a stage to show their talents and realize their dreams, and some sports or athletes who were not familiar with them have entered people's vision.

Criminals take advantage of the special complex of the masses for the Winter Olympics to deceive the sympathy of the public by fabricating false and touching stories or the poor background of an athlete's family that needs funding, and defraud money in the form of "online fundraising".

In fact, scammers have long planted number-stealing Trojans or virus programs on these websites. Once you follow the path set by the website, you will fall into the trap of fraudsters.

Celebrating "Red Packets"

Every major event, there will always be a red envelope called athletes celebrating, but after clicking on it, it is prompted to link the red envelope to 2 different WeChat groups to collect, and there are also many advertising content in this link, according to the prompt operation, the money in the red envelope is still not in the account.

The so-called "red envelopes that need to be shared to receive" are usually some forged into WeChat red envelopes for malicious promotion and marketing means, the publisher uses the way of sending "red packets" to attract users to forward, in fact, in addition to the increase in the amount of spread by scammers, users will not get any benefits, but also very easy to cause personal information leakage, and even property will be damaged.

Anti-fraud tips:

For all kinds of lottery activities related to the Winter Olympic Games, it is best to log on to the official website of the Winter Olympic Games or check with an authoritative organization.

When encountering the need to pay "advance payment", "deposit", "handling fee", etc. in advance, the possibility of fraud is extremely high, do not be gullible.

Do not easily click on links and web pages from unknown sources, and do not easily disclose your identity information, deposit information, bank card information, etc. on the Internet.

Once cheated, be sure to dial 110 at the first time or go to the nearest police station to call the police.

Police Remind:

Never buy licensed goods at a high price from a "scalper". Don't believe in price speculation, rational consumption, be sure to buy through official channels. Do not click on the strange sales link, and be sure to call the police in time after being deceived.

Lightning News reporter Ning Jia reported

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