"Usually fraudsters will contact you through online platforms or local people, focus on the psychology of your service customers, put forward personalized needs, such as customizing 'flowers + cash' gift boxes, 'special requirements' cakes and other orders, and timely 'advance payment' into your bank card account, and withdraw cash through you, in fact, the money you receive is likely to be fraudulent 'stolen money'......" for this kind of "money laundering" In the past few days, the Simao Branch of the Pu'er Municipal Public Security Bureau has actively carried out propaganda to remind merchants to be wary of irregular orders and avoid becoming a "money laundering" tool.
"Everyone should be wary of the illegal activities of fraudsters 'money laundering' behind the special 'orders'. "In the publicity, the people's police auxiliary police went deep into the flower shops, cake shops, gold and silver jewelry stores in the jurisdiction, using the form of distributing promotional materials and face-to-face explanations and publicity, combined with the real cases around them, and explained in detail to the person in charge and employees the various routines used by the fraudsters, reminding merchants that when encountering "good things" similar to "pie in the sky", they may wish to have more eyes, cautiously receive online orders and large offline orders, avoid becoming "money laundering accomplices", stay away from trouble, and guide new employees to download, install and register on the spot" National Anti-Fraud Center" APP. At the same time, mobilize everyone to actively publicize to peers, relatives and friends, and effectively improve the awareness of safety precautions.
In the future, the Simao Public Security will continue to carry out various forms of anti-fraud propaganda and education in light of the actual conditions of the jurisdiction, closely centering on the principle of "prevention first, and simultaneous attack and prevention", so as to improve the people's awareness and ability to prevent self-deception, and form an iron wall of joint attack and defense.
There have been many flower shops and cake shops across the country
According to statistics
Cases of money laundering through such methods in the past two years
Common
Ms. Mao, the owner of a flower shop in Jiangsu
An order is received
Ask to make a 52,000 yuan cash flower gift box
Used to propose to his girlfriend
Same routine
After the other party transfers money to Ms. Mao
Let Ms. Mao take the money to make it
Just when the bouquet is delivered to the customer
Less than an hour
Ms. Mao received
A message that the card has been frozen
Verified by the police
Ms. Mao received funds to make a cash bouquet
In fact, it is the stolen money suspected of fraud crimes
At present, the case is being further handled
Don't think it's just bouquets
Yulin, Shaanxi
Mr. Zhao, the owner of a cake shop
A friend request was received
The customer claimed
The wedding anniversary of myself and my wife is approaching
I want to make a custom cake
Put 35,000 yuan in cash into the cake
(Mr. Zhao's chat record with the netizen)
Mr. Zhao will "customize" the cake
After handing it over to the buyer
I thought I had received a "big order"
I didn't expect the next day
His bank card is due to this
The inflow of fraudulent funds was frozen
Police tips
First, the majority of merchants should be cautious in receiving online orders and large-value offline orders, standardize the collection process, refuse payments from unknown sources, and try to transfer money through the company to avoid giving scammers a chance.
Second, don't provide your own bank account or receive QR code at will, because it has become a tool for fraudsters to "launder money" because of temporary small profits.
Third, if an individual merchant finds that there is an abnormal situation in the bank account, he should go to the bank card opening bank to find out the reason as soon as possible, and if it is dealt with by the police in accordance with the law, please actively collect transaction information and cooperate with the police to investigate and deal with it.
(Source: Simao Police)