Recently, the number of various types of telecommunication network fraud has increased and the pattern has been renovated, and the technical means and methods of fraud have been continuously upgraded. There are many incidents of overseas Chinese citizens being defrauded, some Chinese students have even been deceived to a third country, and some victims have lost thousands to millions due to being deceived.
"The experience of being scammed from Toronto to Shanghai"
Xiaohongshu blogger @Toronto's orange is a little sour recently posted about his experience of telecom fraud: "Helen, a self-proclaimed staff member of the Canadian Anti-Fraud Center, suddenly called and said that my Canadian ID was used to register a phone in Shanghai and carry out fraudulent activities. ”
In order to clarify the facts, the blogger checked the number of Helen's caller and found that it was the number of the York Regional Police Department, which made him feel entangled and uneasy. "Is this a real warning, or is it an elaborate hoax?"
Blogger @Toronto's orange is a little sour and posted about his experience of telecom fraud.
Helen then provided some details of the blogger's request for a call in China. "For example, what is the number registered, what month and day to which address to register, etc., and let me record it so that I can provide it to the other party later when I transfer the call." The blogger wrote, "That's when I realized it was a two-step scam scheme. ”
The first step is to deceive my trust; The second step was to contact me with the anti-fraud department in China, which would extract my personal information and proceed with further fraud. This is a typical cross-border cooperation scam.
The blogger told Helen that the message was not about him. Helen suggested that he be transferred to the police station in Shanghai for a detailed report. The blogger told Helen, "If what you say is true, then I will take the initiative to contact the police department to verify it later." But now that you're desperate to transfer me to China's anti-fraud center, I feel very wrong. ”
After hanging up the phone, the blogger contacted the Toronto Police Department for verification, and the police told him that such scammers do use some technical means to disguise their caller ID as a government department or agency to gain the trust of the victim.
The blogger's final piece of advice: even when confronted with seemingly sincere words, be wary and don't take them lightly. In addition, do not easily disclose your mobile phone card number, home address, name and other basic information to prevent being scammed.
Trick renovation Chinese students were deceived by millions
Early detection and timely stop loss is the right way to deal with telecom fraud. Recently, two Chinese students in Australia suffered from telecom fraud.
In late April, An Mou, a 22-year-old Chinese female student at the Australian National University, was lured to Thailand and defrauded of nearly 1.5 million yuan. The fraud gang falsely claimed that an illegal message sent on her mobile phone number caused someone to commit suicide, and she would face dire consequences if she did not pay 8 million yuan.
An was asked by the scammer to remit money to the designated account many times, and the last transfer of 500,000 yuan was not approved by the bank because the amount was too high. The scammers then lured her to Thailand by claiming that they could use their local connections in Thailand to help her avoid legal punishment without leaving a criminal record.
Fortunately, An was finally found safely by the police and was not in danger of life.
Another Chinese student, Xu, had a similar experience to An. According to the information disclosed by the Thai police, on March 30, Xu received a fraudulent phone call, the fraud gang pretended to be the Chinese police, falsely claimed that someone used her ID card to open a bank account, and transferred the defrauded money, if Xu did not act according to the instructions, his Australian visa will be revoked.
A Chinese female student was found in Thailand.
Subsequently, the fraud gang lured him to Thailand and extorted 7 million baht (about 1.4 million yuan). During Xu's stay in Thailand, the fraud ring continued to extort money from his parents. After noticing the abnormality, her parents asked Xu and found that her answer was full of loopholes and her reaction was abnormal, "I felt that someone was teaching her how to speak." After that, Xu lost contact, and his parents called the police in China and Australia respectively.
On the evening of May 2, the police found Xu in a hotel room in Chiang Mai who was talking to members of the fraud gang and immediately took action to rescue him, who had returned to China with his family on May 4.
Be vigilant and do not disclose personal information through transfers
In the United States, scams targeting Chinese students and young professionals are common, and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) issued a special warning on May 10.
The Chinese Embassy in the United States also recently released news that recently, some Chinese citizens in the United States have reported that some criminals pretend to be Costco supermarket Chinese customer service, and carry out telecommunications fraud on the grounds that the account under the personal name is stolen, the bound credit card is suspected of breaking the law and the domestic police call, etc., and tricks the parties into providing personal information and making bank transfers.
The Chinese Embassy in the United States reminds Chinese citizens in the United States to raise security awareness, pay attention to preventing telecommunication fraud impersonating supermarket Chinese customer service, and avoid property losses. In the unfortunate event of fraud, please report to the local police for assistance.
Deconstruct the common methods of telecom fraud. (Source: Consulate General of the People's Republic of China in Brisbane)
In addition, the Chinese Embassy in South Africa recently received a report that criminals pretended to be embassy and consulate staff, falsely claiming that the caller was involved in the case and needed to pay the so-called "bail money" to induce them to transfer money in order to commit fraud.
The Chinese Embassy in South Africa reminds Chinese citizens and institutions in South Africa to be vigilant and timely verify when receiving calls, messages or emails from purporting to be embassies or consulates abroad or domestic government agencies, especially when claiming that the parties or their family members are involved in so-called "judicial cases", "traffic accidents", "kidnapping", "emergency illness and medical evacuation" and "tax arrears".
Source: China Overseas Chinese Network (ID: qiaowangzhongguo)
Editor in charge: Ma Haiyan
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