The Mid-Autumn Festival is approaching, and fraudsters are also quietly active, on the grounds of receiving free Mid-Autumn Festival gifts
Induce everyone to walk into the scam step by step
On October 7, 2023, "actor Sun Yizhou said that he was suspected of being defrauded by a new type of crab card" rushed to the first place in the hot search
Seeing that this year's Mid-Autumn Festival is coming, this kind of fraud is coming again, and the Texas Public Security @ The masses receive this kind of "crab card" and "Mid-Autumn Festival gift certificate", don't scan it!
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Hairy crabs become big "fraud" crabs!
Recently, Mr. Wang (pseudonym), a citizen from outside the province, received a crab card for "receiving hairy crabs", which is called a reward for users, and a special gift for Mid-Autumn Festival crabs
You can scan the code online to pick up the goods, and Mr. Wang, who thought the letter was true, scanned the QR code on the card according to the instructions, and then entered a group chat
△ The "crab card" received by Mr. Wang
After entering the group, the person in charge of the group said
To receive the crab gift box, you need to complete the task of swiping orders first, and then send a link in the group
Mr. Wang clicked on the link to download a swiping APP according to the instructions of the other partyAt first, he only needed to pay attention to a few accounts to easily get rebates, and after getting the rebates, Mr. Wang increased the efforts to swipe orders under the lure of the other party, and transferred a total of 95,000 yuan, and found that he could not withdraw to the account, and suspected that he had been deceived, so he called the police for help
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0 yuan to receive a triple Mid-Autumn Festival gift?
Recently, Ms. Li, a citizen from outside the province, received a strange express package, which contained a "Mid-Autumn Festival gift card", and the words "0 yuan collar" and "luxury gift" on the card made her heart move
Decide to scan the QR code and give it a try now
△ Ms. Li received the "Mid-Autumn Festival gift card", after scanning the code, Ms. Li entered a group of chats, and the group owner immediately released the task: "Search for song screenshots and send them to the group to get red envelopes", Ms. Li immediately completed the task when she saw this
After successfully obtaining the reward, he let down his guard and began to concentrate on completing the task sent by the group leader
"Download the APP for higher rebates" and "Complete the promotion task to get rich rewards", in order to get the generous rewards mentioned by the "gold medal mentor" in the group, Ms. Li clicked on the link sent by the other party and downloaded a certain swiping APP
△ Screenshot of Ms. Li's chat with the other party
Subsequently, Ms. Li selected the tasks of 1,020 yuan and 13,860 yuan according to the instructions of the "gold medal mentor", and transferred the money to the bank account designated by the other party until she found that the cash could not be withdrawn
only to find out that I had been deceived
Beware of "holiday ticket" scams
In the above scam, fraudsters send a large number of cards and QR codes such as crab cards, mooncake coupons, and Mid-Autumn Festival gift cards by courier by mail, and once someone scans the QR code out of curiosity, they will be tricked into joining a group chat or downloading a designated APP. Subsequently, fraudsters will use small commissions as bait to lure the parties to increase their investment by posting swiping tasks, and finally refuse to withdraw for various reasons.
Free red envelopes and rebates in the form may be bait for fraud, and all swiping orders that ask for advance funds to do tasks are frauds! Source: Texas Public Security