During the Chinese New Year
In addition to visiting relatives and friends
Give out red envelopes and grab red envelopes
It must also be a must-do for everyone
It's time for "speed of the hand" again
However, there are unscrupulous elements who are causing trouble
Some fake red envelopes were made
Attempting to defraud money
Important
Don't get these WeChat red envelopes!
A red envelope that requires a password
A WeChat friend sent a red envelope, but when it was opened, it reminded that you need to enter a password.
In fact, you don't need to enter a password to receive WeChat red envelopes. When encountering such red envelopes, please withdraw in time to avoid financial losses.
A red envelope that requires you to fill in your personal information
When receiving this type of red envelope, you need to enter your mobile phone number, name, bank card account number and other information. This is a trap set by criminals: a Trojan virus in the background can take the opportunity to steal the mobile phone verification code randomly sent by the banking system, and transfer the money in the card at any time.
Regular WeChat red envelopes, click to receive, and will be automatically deposited into the WeChat wallet, no need to fill in personal information.
Red envelopes that need to be forwarded
After clicking on such red envelopes, the page prompts that you need to go to other WeChat groups or share them with friends to receive them. The use of WeChat friend chain for communication has greatly reduced the vigilance of users, and many people continue to share with other friends after clicking out of trust in their friends. In addition, the red envelope process is cumbersome, so that many people are unwilling to "give up all their efforts", resulting in a vicious circle and a wide spread.
Once you encounter this kind of red envelope that needs to be forwarded and then claimed, you need to be vigilant to avoid being deceived.
Red packets with inducing retweets
This kind of red envelope link is often packaged in various forms that are easy to fool, such as a realistic voice message, invitation to join the group prompt, "I have received it", etc., to induce users to click through various words.
Red envelopes posing as official
Criminals forge the content of the page, pretend to be the official, fabricate false "good news" under the guise of hot events, and then use "large red envelopes" as bait to deceive and induce users to click.
"Cash Red Envelope" "AA Red Envelope"
Be wary of red envelope scams with words such as "Send money", "cash gift pack", "AA red envelope", etc. This kind of red envelope often makes slight changes to the WeChat AA payment interface, adding words such as "send money" and "cash gift package", so that users mistakenly think that entering the password is receiving the red envelope, but in fact it is transferring money to the other party.
The regular WeChat red envelope interface is orange-red. Receiving the red envelope will not enter the AA collection interface.
Again, a reminder
After the real red envelope is opened
Funds are automatically credited to the change account
You will be asked to enter personal information
as well as bank account passwords
Remember to be vigilant!
Source: Nanhai Public Security