Recently, criminals have used the iPhone mobile phone calling software FaceTime video to make calls to impersonate customer service on WeChat, Alipay, banks and other platforms to commit fraud, which has attracted attention.
On May 11, according to the police in Xichang, Sichuan, recently, a total of 3 video fraud cases occurred in Xichang, with a cumulative fraud amount of 1.0274 million yuan, of which a lady was defrauded of more than 990,000 yuan, and the case is currently under further investigation.
It is understood that Ms. Chen in Xichang recently received a strange FaceTime video call, the other party claimed to be "Tencent WeChat customer service", because Ms. Chen purchased the "million insurance" (the insurance is actually WeChat insurance) free of charge for three months, and now to start deducting expenses.
Ms. Chen said that she had not purchased it, and the other party said that Ms. Chen might have accidentally clicked it, and if she didn't use it, she needed to cancel it according to the operation, otherwise the payment would be automatically deducted. After Ms. Chen said that she needed to cancel, the other party said that she would notify the "bank staff" to call again to help Ms. Chen cancel the insurance business.
A few minutes later, Ms. Chen received a second phone call. The other party claimed to be the account manager of a certain bank, and if Ms. Chen needed to cancel the insurance business, she needed to transfer the account funds to the "bank's security center account", and would transfer the funds back after the insurance business was cancelled. Under the inducement of the other party, the victim, Ms. Chen, first transferred more than 490,000 yuan to the "Tencent WeChat customer service" through mobile banking, and then transferred more than 190,000 yuan to the so-called "safe account" of the "bank manager".
When the third phone rang, the other party claimed to be a "staff member of the UnionPay Security Center", and asked her to transfer 100,000 yuan on the pretext of transferring the money to a safe account and then to Ms. Chen, and then lured her to transfer 200,000 yuan again. After four transfers, Ms. Chen was defrauded of a total of more than 990,000 yuan.
After the transfer, when Ms. Chen asked the other party when the money would be returned, the other party said that it would be fine soon. Ms. Chen was very uneasy about such a large amount of transfer, and she was unable to reach the customer service number when she called back again. Ms. Chen, who felt that something was wrong, called her friend first, and the friend said that it must be a liar, and Ms. Chen suddenly realized. When she realized she had been scammed, she immediately called the police for help.
Coincidentally, Ms. Zhou from Xichang also encountered a similar situation and was defrauded of 9,600 yuan in a few minutes.
On the evening of March 6, 2024, Ms. Zhou from Xichang received a FaceTime call from an unfamiliar number at her home. The other party claimed to be a staff member of a bank, and told Ms. Zhou that the bank card had a monthly SMS service fee deduction that was not successful, and that it had been overdue for a long time, and now she needed to deduct 800 yuan per month and 9,600 yuan a year. Ms. Zhou panicked when she heard that not only the money would be deducted, but also that it would affect the personal credit information, and immediately agreed to transfer the money, and gave the ID card, bank card and other information to the scammer, and also assisted in telling the other party the mobile phone verification code, and the other party said that the money would be returned to Ms. Zhou's account after the review was passed.
In this way, under the guidance of the scammer, Ms. Zhou was deducted 19 times in the form of 499 yuan of digital yuan, and was defrauded of a total of 9,600 yuan.
As a result of the transfer of a large amount of money, Ms. Zhou realized that she might have been scammed, so she immediately contacted her son and called the police for help. At present, the case is under further investigation.
It is understood that FaceTime is Apple's built-in video calling software for its iOS and macOS devices.
The police reminded that unfamiliar FaceTime calls should not be answered, projected, shared or shared on the phone screen, which means that the other party can see the content of your phone screen in real time, including the bank card, account number, password, verification code, etc. you entered. The general public must be vigilant and avoid their own property losses.
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China Business Daily is synthesized from Xichang Public Security, China News Service, Red Star News, etc