"Dad, the Joint Education Bureau of our school invited senior professors from Tsinghua University to our school for training in English and mathematics, I would like to sign up, I don't know what your opinion is?"
"One course costs 9600, 120 hours per course, starts training on Friday, and registration closes to today."
"This is the QQ of Director Liu, who is responsible for the registration and payment of our training course... Dad, can you sign me up quickly, I'm afraid there will be no quota for me late. ”
The school season is the high incidence of fraud cases, parents and friends must pay more attention. Recently, Mr. Ma, a parent in Nanning, Guangxi, received a message from his "son", who said that he wanted to participate in the training class and constantly urged him to transfer money as soon as possible.
By cloning avatars, the crooks impersonate students to add parents through QQ.
In the Patrol Police (Anti-Fraud) Detachment of the Nanning Municipal Public Security Bureau, Mr. Ma, who came to report the case, recalled that he received a QQ friend application from his son at that time, and at first there was no doubt, and he also supported his son to sign up for the training class, until the other party continued to urge him to pay money, and Mr. Ma gradually realized that things were not simple. Therefore, Mr. Ma immediately called the school teacher to confirm that the school did not launch a training course, and the lies of the scammers were self-defeating.
Scammers tell parents that there are training sessions that cost money and keep urging parents to transfer money.
In response to the case, the police analyzed that the scammers impersonated students to add parents through QQ by cloning avatars, and if parents received such information, they must call their children or the teachers of the children's schools for verification. In addition, the training courses held by the school and the local education department will generally have relevant official documents issued to the hands of students, and the relevant fees paid are generally transferred to the public account, if the other party requires to transfer to the private account, it is necessary to be vigilant.
The police said that the scammer's routine is not new, as long as everyone is vigilant, ask more questions, and deal with it carefully, they can effectively avoid property losses.
Scam routines are used in the back-to-school season
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Routine 1: Search qq groups to cast a wide net
Fraudsters will search for the group chat keywords of the class group directly in QQ, and a large number of public group chat information will appear. If the group does not set up a corresponding verification mechanism, or the class teacher verification is not strict, the scammer may impersonate the parents of the students and apply for it.
Routine 2: Set almost to get into the group QR code
There are criminals staying at the entrance of the campus, chatting with other parents, almost getting closer, and asking parents for the QR code of the class group. Since many group chat settings do not turn on the "group owner confirmation" function, criminals can directly scan the code into the group.
Routine 3: Change your avatar and wait for the opportunity to act
After the scammer joins the group, he will generally disguise himself as the parent of the student, add the class teacher QQ or WeChat, and modify the remarks to the parents of a certain student, and then "dive" to observe the activity rules of the class teacher, and find an opportunity to modify his avatar and notes to the appearance of the class teacher, and then send relevant notices in the group to require the payment of tuition, training fees and other fees.
The scammer pretends to be a teacher to collect the fee
Routine 4: Use the time difference to publish fraudulent information
Due to the peculiarities of their professions, many teachers have turned on the message do not disturb function, or turn off their mobile phones during class. Criminals take the opportunity to take advantage of the time difference and let the "fake teacher" replace the "real teacher".
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Routine 5: Use private chats to carry out targeted fraud
Some scammers will use the QQ group's "two people who are not friends can initiate a temporary conversation" to carry out fraud. After the parental consent, the scammer will send a QR code for the payment. Some parents are worried about the face problem, and they do not go to the bottom to inquire about the details of the fee, so they hastily pay the money, so that they are caught in the scammer's routine.
Routine 6: Post "toxic" links
Acceptance letters, class schedules, tuition waivers, checking family information, a letter to parents... Scammers use parents' or students' information to impersonate school teachers or education bureau staff to send content with phishing links to help them steal bank card information and defraud money.
How to detect a scam?
Note the following points
1. Note the teacher's WeChat, QQ, and telephone, to avoid scammers imitating the teacher's account, such as receiving a phone call claiming that the teacher changes the phone number, and confirming with other teachers.
2. Using multi-channel verification methods to identify, for example, if WeChat receives a payment notice, you can call the teacher's mobile phone and the school office landline for verification.
3. When you see the content of the text message from an unknown source, you should contact the child's class teacher or the school leader in time to confirm the authenticity of the information, and do not easily click on the unknown link.
Transferred from Nanning Evening News
Source: Jinan Economic Broadcasting FM90.9