Spending money to recover chat history? Can you also listen to other people's chats? At present, criminals provide others with the service of "WeChat monitoring software", claiming that they can restore users' chat records and listen to other people's chat content.
Some netizens have purchased such services for various purposes, not knowing that they have fallen into the trap of scammers.
Case Review
In February 2021, Changzhou police received a report from Xia that he wanted to restore his WeChat chat history, so he searched for how to operate on the Internet, and casually clicked a pop-up URL, the website introduced that he could restore chat records and listen to the chat and voice of a series of APPS such as WeChat and QQ, Xia added a WeChat friend nicknamed "XX" according to the web page guidelines to discuss the purchase of WeChat monitoring software.
After the negotiation, the other party let Xia send money on the grounds that the opening function needed to pay membership fees and security deposits, xia believed that it was true, so he sent a red envelope to the other party's WeChat through his own WeChat, and after sending a red envelope to send cash of 11470 yuan, the other party also let him remit it for various reasons to find that he was deceived.
Xiao Su reminds
Do not trust strange links to download software, and do not trust any stranger's words such as "you can obtain other people's private information through channels". Obtaining other people's private information through improper means is illegal, and do not try or believe in such investigation services.
Source: Changzhou Internet Police