"Comrade Police
Someone made a FaceTime video call to me
I don't feel right......"
Recently, Ms. Chen from Xichang, Sichuan
After receiving a video call from a stranger
After some operation, more than 990,000 yuan was lost
What's going on?
Case review
It is understood
FaceTime video calls
Claiming to be "Tencent WeChat customer service"
Because of the "million insurance" purchased by Ms. Chen
(The insurance is actually WeChat's own insurance)
The free three-month period expires
Now it's time to start deducting fees
▲ FaceTime video call recording
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.
▲ Transfer records
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.
Sensing that something was wrong, Ms. Chen 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.
It is reported that at present, the case is under further investigation.
There is a high incidence of this kind of scam
A number of people have been recruited
Recently, there have been many of them all over the country
Cases of iPhone users being scammed
And these cases all originate from:
FaceTime video calls
Step 1
Scammers impersonate customer service of financial platforms such as WeChat, Alipay, and JD.com, and use stolen Apple ID and other information to access them point-to-point, and invite victims to call them through FaceTime.
Step 2
Scammers will show fake work documents, credit reports, etc. to dispel victims' doubts, and induce victims to download various video conferencing software and turn on screen sharing functions on the grounds that they need to cancel loans, adjust interest rates, and close financial accounts, otherwise personal credit will be affected, so as to steal the victim's information.
Step 3
Scammers ask victims to transfer the funds in their bank accounts or loans applied for on online lending platforms to designated accounts on the grounds of "eliminating loan accounts", "emptying quotas", "freezing funds", etc., and block and lose contact with victims when the transfer is completed.
Routine analysis
What is the FaceTime feature?
FaceTime is a built-in calling software on Apple devices, and its function is similar to the commonly used WeChat video calls.
However, unlike WeChat, where you need to add friends before you can apply for a call, when your Apple device is connected to the network and the FaceTime feature is turned on, as long as the other party knows your phone number or Apple ID, they can make a FaceTime call to you.
Why use this type of method to scam?
Because FaceTime calls rely on the network to realize, they can evade the interception of fraudulent calls by communication operators, and domestic Apple users are not familiar with this function, so criminals take advantage of the situation to attract traffic and commit fraud through FaceTime calls.
Police remind
Receive a strange FaceTime call
Don't answer
If there is no need for use
This feature can be turned off
(▲Green is on, gray is off)
furthermore
Be sure not to talk to strangers
Turn on Screen Sharing
Otherwise the other party can
See what's on your phone's screen in real time
Include your bank card password
Property information such as verification codes
The broad masses of citizens and friends should heighten their vigilance
Refuse to answer unfamiliar FaceTime calls
Decline a request for screen sharing
Refuse to disclose your card PIN or verification code
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Edit | Lao Ziyin
Proofreading | Li Xia, Wei Ding, and Wang established diplomatic relations
Proofreading | Yang Sha
Executive Producer | Zheng Yongtao
Source of information | Chengdu Release, Criminal Investigation Bureau of the Ministry of Public Security, Shenzhen Anti-Telecom Network Fraud Center