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, the reporter learned from the police in Xichang, Sichuan that recently, a total of 3 video fraud cases occurred in Xichang, with a cumulative fraud amount of 1.0274 million yuan, of which a woman was defrauded of more than 990,000 yuan, and the case is currently under further investigation.
▲ FaceTime video call recording
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.
▲ 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.
Police reminder: Do not answer, cast, share or share your phone screen when you call an unfamiliar FaceTime, 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.
Tips
Don't answer FaceTime from strangers
If you don't need it, you can set it
Turn off the FaceTime feature
The FaceTime function can be turned off through the settings of the iPhone
Source: China News Service