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Are game accounts really that valuable?

Are game accounts really that valuable?

With the development of the online game industry

Some new players want to level up and get equipment as quickly as possible

Do not hesitate to buy a molded game account directly from Krypton

There are also a lot of old players

I am also looking forward to selling my account for a high price

Thousands or even tens of thousands of moves

So be it

Game account trading market

It has also become a hunting ground for scammers

……

Case 1

On February 10, Xiaoguang, a college student who returned home for the New Year, was playing a game with his mobile phone when suddenly a stranger contacted him through the game platform, claiming to want to buy Xiaoguang's game account. "Is this game account so valuable?" At the same time, Xiao Guang was overjoyed and rushed to sell the game account according to the game trading platform designated by the other party.

But what happened next made Xiaoguang dumbfounded, seeing that the other party bought his game account at a price of 600 yuan, and Xiaoguang immediately tied the card on the trading platform to withdraw. At this time, the platform customer service prompts the small light to tie the card error, must be recharged on the platform to withdraw cash, after some operation or can not be withdrawn. And the platform customer service actually asked for a transfer again to unfreeze the withdrawal, Xiaoguang recharged 7,000 yuan before and after 600 yuan, and the result was a void. Until the customer service asked Xiaoguang to continue to recharge, he suddenly woke up and realized that he had been deceived...

Are game accounts really that valuable?

Case 2

That night, a middle school student Xiaomei put her game account for many years on the Internet platform to sell, and the next morning a stranger chatted with him privately, and the other party said that he would pay a high price. Xiaomei, who thought that she had made a lot of money, immediately added friends with each other to discuss how to trade accounts.

Subsequently, the other party directly sent Xiaomei a two-dimensional code, so that she could click to trade. After Xiaomei clicked, she found that the QR code was a dialog link, and she needed to pay a deposit to trade the game account. In this way, in order to continue trading, Xiaomei has transferred 10 times to the other party's account for a total of nearly 5,000 yuan. It wasn't until he was blocked by the other party that he found out that he had encountered fraud.

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There are several common routines involving online game fraud

Are game accounts really that valuable?

1

Escalate the fraud

Scammers publish false advertisements in the game, saying that they can train the game character level or equipment at a low price, so as to obtain the player's game password and require the player to pay part of the fee first, and then immediately loot the player's equipment and game currency after receiving the player's remittance, and disappear immediately.

2

Low-price sale scams

Are game accounts really that valuable?

Scammers sell game currency or equipment at a low price in the game, let players offline bank remittance, and disappear immediately after receiving the money, such cases are the higher incidence of online game fraud.

3

Buying and selling account fraud

Are game accounts really that valuable?

In the name of acquiring a player's high-level game account at a high price, the scammer induces the player to log on to the phishing website or fake transaction website to make a transaction, so as to obtain the player's bank card information, and for various reasons, the player pays the relevant fees, or directly transfers the money in the player's bank card.

Police Remind:

1. Do not trust "low-price recharge" and "high-price acquisition", when trading game equipment or game accounts on the Internet, be sure to use the game's official operation or authorized third-party platform for transactions. If the game itself is not operated or licensed to a third-party platform, it is best to consult the game's official customer service to find officially recognized trading channels.

2. When a stranger requests remittance, be cautious and call 110 to the public security organ for help when you can't identify it. If you are found to have been deceived in the course of the transaction, you should report the case to the public security organ as soon as possible.

3. Generally in various names to pay you fees are fraud, especially "pay fees", "account unfreezing", "deposit", etc., are the old tricks of scammers, do not be deceived;

4. The proportion of teenagers in online games is high, and parents should strengthen their guidance and enhance their children's awareness of fraud prevention; at the same time, do not inform children of mobile payment and bank card passwords, so as not to deceive children by unauthorized consumption.

Source: China Police Network

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