Preamble:
Recently, an incident about a Chinese student being deceived by an electric fraud gang in Australia to Thailand has attracted widespread attention. According to reports, a Chinese student was deceived into going to Thailand in Australia, while his family was blackmailed by a wire fraud gang, and the amount involved was as high as 8 million yuan. This incident is not only indignant and shocking, but also highlights once again the seriousness and complexity of cross-border telecom fraud.
1. International students have become a new target of telecom fraud
In recent years, with the deepening of economic globalization, more and more Chinese students choose to study abroad, and the international student group has gradually become a new target of telecom fraud. Compared with other groups, international students often face greater psychological pressure and adaptation pressure, they have certain barriers in foreign countries, language, culture, etc., once they encounter accidents, they often feel very panicked and helpless, and it is easy to become a victim of telecom fraud.
This is why more and more telecom fraudsters have begun to target international students, they often use various means, impersonating police officers, prosecutors, etc., fabricating various lies and excuses to trick international students into transferring money, and some will even use the excuse of publishing illegal information to cause others to commit suicide, threatening international students that they must cooperate with their requests, otherwise they will face legal responsibility.
2: Parents of international students were extorted 8 million
It is understood that the telecom fraud gang in this incident is very cunning, they not only used highly technical means to obtain the personal information and property certificates of the international students, but also carefully designed the entire fraud process, and finally successfully deceived an international student and deceived him to Thailand.
Once an international student is deceived abroad, it often means that things go further for the worse, because international students abroad are often not proficient in the local language and cannot get help in a timely manner, which is what telecom fraud gangs want to see.
In this case, the victim was deceived into arriving in Thailand with almost no freedom, and his mobile phone was also restricted, while his family received a call from a fraud gang claiming that the student was suspected of money laundering and other illegal acts and had to pay a high bail or be detained.
In the face of the sudden blow, the families of the international students were very panicked, and they could not get in touch with the students in time, and finally had to choose to pay a part of the bail in advance, which also brought an opportunity for the fraud gang, and the amount of extortion continued to rise, eventually reaching a staggering 8 million yuan.
3. Cross-border telecom fraud occurs frequently
This is not the first case of cross-border telecom fraud involving international students, in fact, similar cases have occurred from time to time in recent years, and the amount of money involved has also reached new highs, causing great financial and psychological pressure on victims and their families.
The reason why cross-border telecom fraud has been successful is largely due to the fact that it is extremely difficult to trace, and once the flow of funds across national borders often requires cumbersome international judicial procedures, which is what telecom fraud gangs are happy to see.
In this incident, although the family members of the international students involved in the case have reported to the police and provided a lot of evidence, it is not easy to recover the defrauded 8 million yuan, because it involves judicial cooperation and evidence exchange between China and Australia, which requires a lot of time and energy.
Epilogue:
No single country is immune to the global challenge of telecom fraud, and we should be aware that protecting every international student is not only the responsibility of the countries concerned, but also requires global cooperation and joint efforts.
First of all, we should pay attention to psychological counseling and safety education for international students, so that they have the ability to respond to emergencies and be able to identify various fraud methods in a timely manner.
At the same time, it is also necessary to strengthen cyber security education and awareness, and only by making more people aware of the dangers of cyber fraud can we curb the spread of telecom fraud to a certain extent and protect every potential victim. It is hoped that with the joint efforts of the international community, we can effectively deal with various forms of telecom fraud and safeguard cyber security and judicial justice around the world.