"High-priced rental account, 100 yuan/day, daily settlement, long-term validity" "Real-name idle WeChat account, rent 1500 yuan/month; non-real-name 900 yuan/month, the purpose is to update wallpapers, avatars, emojis, will not be used illegally"...... When you see this kind of advertisement, are you excited? Don't! Because renting or transferring WeChat accounts to strangers will not only leak personal information, but also get involved in illegal acts.
The WeChat Security Center has recently exposed a number of accounts that publish similar advertisements or rent and sell WeChat accounts in violation of regulations, and the police in many places have also issued reminders pointing out that renting or transferring WeChat accounts is extremely risky, and if the borrower is involved in illegal crimes, the original account owner may also face legal liability.
What is behind the "idle WeChat account rental"?
I can't get the "rent" and the account is gone
"I originally just wanted to earn some pocket money, but I didn't make any money, and there were risks, but now I think about it, I'm still very scared, and I hope to tell this experience and remind more people. Xiaoyanagi (not her real name) is a school student who has added some WeChat "friends" that she is not very familiar with in order to collect avatars and emojis. Last year, a "friend" who shared her profile picture contacted her through WeChat, saying that she was willing to rent her idle WeChat account for a fee, "1200 yuan/month for the real-name system, 800 yuan/month for the non-real-name system", and said that she would pay a deposit of 30 yuan first, and after borrowing for 20 days, she would pay another 600 yuan for the real-name system, 300 yuan for the non-real-name system, and the balance would be paid at the end of the month. The requirement is that you cannot log in to the account that has been rented during the rental period, but you can not renew the contract after one month.
The other party also said that the purpose of borrowing the account is to attract traffic to some official accounts that have cooperative relationships, "with real accounts, the data looks more real." Xiaoliu's idle WeChat account has neither real-name authentication nor a bank card, so she felt that there was no risk, so she agreed to lend it to the other party. The other party happily paid a deposit of 30 yuan, and Koyanagi also provided the account name and login password.
20 days passed in a flash, and the other party did not pay 300 yuan "rent" as agreed. When Koyanagi tried to contact the other party, he found that he had been blocked, and when he tried to log in to his rental account, he found that he could no longer log in.
She searched for "WeChat account rental" on social platforms and found that many netizens had similar experiences. Under the guidance of netizens, she could only call WeChat customer service to freeze her account.
An investigation by the Shanghai Rumor Refutation Platform found that the experience of many netizens who had rented out their accounts was roughly similar to that of Xiaoyanagi, but there were some differences in details: some people seemed to have signed a "lease contract", but they also failed to get the rent on time, and finally found out that the contract was fake......
What worries the original owner the most is that when chasing the "rent", they found out that the rental account is very risky, and may even violate the criminal law and be suspected of "aiding information network criminal activities" (hereinafter referred to as the "crime of aiding trust"). According to the Criminal Law, the establishment of a communication group for the purpose of committing fraud and other illegal and criminal activities, and the publication of information for the commission of fraud and other illegal and criminal activities, are all crimes of "aiding trust".
Therefore, after discovering that they have been deceived, many people who rent their accounts choose to freeze or cancel their accounts like Koyanagi, for fear that they will be involved in criminal acts. Of course, from start to finish, they did not get the high rent promised by the renters.
The reasons for the lease seem simple, and the violations are one after another
According to the victims, most of the people who rent out their WeChat accounts are students and retirees. According to WeChat rules, a mobile phone number can register a WeChat ID, and at the same time, the same person's ID card can authenticate up to 5 WeChat IDs with real names. Therefore, users with multiple mobile phone numbers may have multiple WeChat IDs, including accounts with real-name authentication. Some lessors feel that as long as they do not bind bank cards and do not involve money, they can earn some "pocket money" and "small dish money" by renting out idle accounts, and they will not suffer a loss.
As everyone knows, these accounts have become a "protective shield" for criminals. In order to make the trap seem plausible, the criminals have packed it layer by layer.
First of all, the "idle WeChat account for rent" advertisement does not only appear in the "circle of friends", chat conversations or official account content on the WeChat platform, but also appears on various social platforms and short video platforms. Some ads not only ask for rent WeChat accounts, but also short video accounts.
It should be noted that when criminals publish such advertisements, they often use homophony, variant characters, etc. to evade platform supervision. For example, "WeChat accounts" are also called "V letters", "V accounts", "Wei Xiaohao", "Wei signals", etc., and there are even short videos of criminals that only have the title of "who has an extra WeChat account", and the rental behavior is hidden in the comments.
Secondly, the reason for "leasing" is different, but the purpose is the same.
When it comes to the reasons for renting accounts, criminals explain a variety of things, including "increasing fans", "increasing views", "swiping praises", "liking businesses", "canvassing for children", etc., and promising that "they will not interfere with the normal life of users" and "will not be used for illegal purposes", and some also write these in the so-called "contract".
In order to eliminate the vigilance of the original owner, some criminals will even "kindly" remind the original owner to remember to check the account balance, withdraw money before renting, unbind the bank card, etc.
All of the above is to make the original account owner think that "renting out WeChat account" is just lending his account to others for use, and will not involve illegal acts.
As everyone knows, once the account is in the hands of criminals, the use is not as above board as they say.
The Shanghai Municipal Public Security Bureau's official WeChat account, "Police and People's Direct Train Shanghai", has exposed the illegal activities behind the "rental account", including fraud, malicious marketing, rumors and slander, soliciting prostitution, soliciting gambling, etc., and some accounts have become illegal tools for criminals to launder money and transfer stolen goods.
All in all, the fundamental purpose of criminals renting other people's accounts is to use other people's accounts to disguise their true identities, not only to bypass the security protection of the platform, but also to evade supervision and engage in illegal acts.
As soon as the account password is taken off, the risk will follow
In fact, no matter what the borrower does with the account, as long as the original account owner hands over the personal account name, password, etc., it means that the risk is brought to himself.
The WeChat security team pointed out that when renting an account, whether it is giving the account password or scanning the code to let the other party log in to the account of the original account owner, it means that the personal privacy of the original account owner has been removed from protection, and the chat history and other content may be stolen.
If the original account owner does not notify him, then the original account owner's social circle does not know about the situation of the rental account. At this time, criminals may pretend to be the original account owner to borrow money from friends, apply for loans, etc.
At the same time, real-name accounts have payment functions and generally have no abnormal transaction records, so they are easily targeted by illegal gangs and used to split and "launder" the stolen money in their hands to evade the tracking of regulatory authorities and police. If the WeChat account rented by the original account owner is involved in "money laundering", the account will no longer be "innocent", and the original account owner may also be held accountable.
Because of this, the police in many places have reminded that the advertisements of "renting codes and renting numbers" posted on the Internet are all scams, and you must not transfer your personal account. The so-called "transfer" includes various forms such as leasing, lending, and selling.
In addition, according to the investigation of the Shanghai rumor refutation platform, it can be found that it is necessary for various social platforms to increase the supervision and crackdown on all kinds of "rent-seeking" advertisements, especially not to let go of those carefully packaged or pretentious "rent-seeking" information.
For the public, as long as they see those "advertisements" with variant characters and typos, as well as the attitude of "wanting to talk about it", they can basically judge that there is something wrong with the relevant information, and they must not believe it. (Shanghai Internet refutes rumors)