On October 11, a financial search found that the financial blogger "Da Lan" was banned by the Douyin platform.
At present, the homepage of the original account of "Big Blue" shows: "Due to violating the relevant provisions of the "Douyin Community Self-Discipline Convention", the account has been banned.
At the beginning of October, the blogger "Da Lan", who has tens of millions of fans, has posted dozens of stock market-related works, with titles including "Public Prediction of the A-share Market", "Which Stock to Buy for Novice Stock Speculation to Make Money", "Am I Really Full Position", "Public Prediction of the Rise and Fall of No. 8 Stock", "Recommend Everyone to Speculate in Stocks, Am I Really Wrong" and other strongly guiding stock speculation content.
In the video, "Big Blue" said that he didn't want fans to miss the bull market by sending a video to inform fans to buy stocks, and he would also send a video to notify fans when he ran, and he didn't need people who weren't fans to worry about it. However, in its comment area, there were a large number of comments from netizens who followed the trend and lost money.
Source: Daily Economic News On October 9, "Big Blue" posted a series of works saying that he was cyberbullied for recommending the stock market, saying that he just didn't want fans to miss the bull market by posting videos, but some people with ulterior motives instigated the sentiment of shareholders who lost money and let themselves be subjected to cyberbullying. According to media reports, the account page of "Big Blue" shows that it is a financial self-media, and the profile does not show a relevant introduction to the securities industry, let alone a securities investment consultant practice number.
"Big Blue", video screenshot. Source: Daily Economic News "Big Blue", a native of Quzhou, Zhejiang, formerly known as Lantian Airlines, was a fitness coach in the early years, but because of his eloquence and business acumen, he entered the micro-business industry around 2015 and sold fitness meals. In this process, "Big Blue" operated a Douyin account, and since then it has tasted the sweetness of traffic. "Big Blue", which started shooting oral videos in June 2020, quickly made a hit video, with 4 million fans in three months. At that time, his summary of "traffic password" was "contrast, eye-catching, and reverse cognition", and he did the same in the actual operation process.
According to a previous report by the Daily Economic News, "Big Blue" previously released videos such as "Which Stock to Buy for Novice Stock Speculation", "Public Prediction of the Rise and Fall of No. 8 Stock", "Why the Stock Will Rise After the Festival" and so on. The Red Star Capital Bureau noticed that none of these videos have been shown at present, but "I predicted everything but was cyberbullied" and "Some of My Thoughts on the 9th" released on October 9 can be played normally.
Screenshot from Douyin
Cicada mother data shows that from September 30 to October 8, "Big Blue" has nearly one million fans. According to the introduction of the homepage, it invests in live broadcast rooms, Internet celebrity institutions, chain catering brands, short video live broadcast training institutions, food factories, etc., but there is no introduction to securities practice, and there is no securities investment consultant practice number.
Unlike other financial bloggers who focus on pointing out and getting rich, Dalan's videos are richer in content, from emotional confusion to show affection, to a variety of rich scriptures, and even various hot current affairs. It just so happens that these contents are indisputable traffic passwords at different stages.
After having a huge following, he started monetizing. According to Blue Whale Finance, the price of "Big Blue" courses ranges from 19.9 yuan to 7,980 yuan, most of the courses are around 100 yuan, and the sales volume of many popular courses exceeds 60,000, but this is not its core source of income.
He once told in a video that in addition to low-cost drainage courses, he also sold 6,980 yuan of online and offline regular-priced courses, 29,800 yuan of small class classes, 98,000 yuan of private board of directors, 298,000 yuan of IP incubation services, etc., He said that the incubation service has a "gambling nature" and is only open to private boards.
According to the official website of Galaxy Business, there are more than 722 members of the private board of directors of "Big Blue", and if calculated according to this, the project alone has an income of more than 70 million yuan. He once said in the video: "There are no fans who can't pay, only Internet celebrities who don't know how to monetize." ”
It is worth noting that in 2022, People's Daily Online published an article entitled "Sideline Business Becomes Debt? The short video training course was accused of "cutting leeks", and the account of "Big Blue" was named.
The report mentioned that the anchor "Da Lan", who sells short video monetization courses at the start of the course, is personally certified as "financial self-media" on Douyin, claiming to be "self-made, three times bankrupt and resurrected", "has rich experience in quickly getting 1 million from penniless", "sharing the truth of wealth from negative to billion", and directly said in his short video that "engaging in training and cutting leeks".
In May of this year, the account of "Big Blue" was banned for violating community rules, and its live broadcast function was also banned for 30 days shortly before being banned.
Recently, there has been a "stock recommendation fever" on social platforms
Some investment self-media use "bull stocks",
Gimmicks such as "master recommendation" and "double the income".
Attracting inexperienced investors to join the group has already been deceived!
The Ningbo man recharged 300,000 but could not be withdrawn
Recently, Mr. Liang, who lives in Xiaogang Street, Beilun, Ningbo, was watching the live broadcast of stock speculation knowledge on a live broadcast platform, and received a friend application claiming to be an anchor, and was pulled into a stock trading group after a private chat.
A "teacher" in the group often analyzes the market and recommends stocks in the group, and many group members claim to be the beneficiaries. This made Mr. Liang, who has been "diving" for a long time, moved, and added "teacher" as a friend.
"Teacher" said that now in order to give back to users to take everyone to speculate in stocks for free, as long as the funds are transferred to the designated APP, you can operate according to the instructions, and you can ensure that you will never lose money. Mr. Liang was very excited when he heard this, so he downloaded the APP recommended by the "teacher" and followed his guidance to invest in the APP.
At the beginning, Mr. Liang made several small investment attempts with good returns, and all of them were successfully withdrawn, which made him feel that this was an opportunity to make a lot of money, so he increased his investment in the app.
After recharging more than 30 yuan one after another, when I found that the balance in the APP could not be withdrawn, I realized that I had been cheated.
Fraudsters have many "harvesting" routines
It is understood that there are many kinds of "harvesting routines" in these recommended stock groups, and the group claims to be experienced "teachers" in recommending stocks, in order to provide "high-quality stocks", guidance with orders, buying and selling point tips and other services to screen users, and then, according to different purposes, open a variety of "harvesting" modes.
1. For the purpose of peddling courses, software, and consulting services, "investment is risky" will be taken as a disclaimer, and the user will not be responsible for losses.
2. The purpose is to induce users to resell personal information after joining the stock group.
3. Criminals manipulate stock prices by recommending stocks to make huge profits, and users may taste the sweetness in the form of "rat barns".
Fourth, investment institutions build trust with users through stock recommendations, and then lure investors into other spot markets.
There is also a suspected type of fraud, which uses fake high-profit records to induce users to download fake trading software, and only realizes that they have been deceived when they find that they cannot withdraw money.
According to industry insiders, the current crowd of people who fall into the "stock recommendation trap" is getting younger and younger, but due to technical restrictions, the platform is relatively passive in cracking down on "illegal stock recommendation", and investors are often required to collect evidence to complain or report to the regulatory authorities for post-processing.
Zou Menghan, deputy director of the 12th Banking Committee of the Shanghai Bar Association, pointed out that if investors suffer losses due to being induced to download software or enter third-party platforms and institutional investments, they can be held accountable in accordance with the law. Relevant guidance may constitute illegal business operations, fraud, market manipulation, pyramid schemes and other illegal acts.
Similar cases were not uncommon before
In fact, similar cases have not been uncommon in the past few years, and many people have been "recruited" and suffered heavy losses
In January 2023, a nurse Huang in Dongguan joined a stock speculation group in the community, downloaded a software called XX Securities, operated the investment, and found that she could not withdraw money after 7 days, with a total loss of 650,000 yuan.
On October 8, 2021, a client in Huangpu District, Guangzhou, received an application from a WeChat friend who claimed to be a "stock supervision officer", and the other party guided the victim to download a fake investment platform and join a "stock exchange group" by recommending stock speculation advertisements. The "teacher" said that the platform has a Singapore exchange to invest in carbon neutrality and make money, so that the owner can invest.
Under the bewitchment of the "teacher", the victim transferred 45,000 yuan to an investment, and 3 days later, the platform showed that he had earned 250,000 yuan. The victim wanted to withdraw but failed, and the other party said that there were too many users to withdraw and the network was congested, and it would be possible to withdraw at a later stage, and then the victim continued to invest 1 million yuan at the instigation of the other party. On November 26 of that year, the victim could not contact the other party and found that the platform's account funds had been cleared, only to find out that he had been deceived.
Police tips
The Shanghai Anti-Fraud Center issued a reminder on October 8: Investment is accompanied by risks, and it is impossible to make sure that there is no loss, let alone blindly believe the "inside information" provided by the so-called "directors" and "experts". For those whose return on investment is significantly higher than that of formal platforms, it is even more important to beware of being deceived.
In addition, citizens must find a formal platform to invest. If the return on investment is significantly higher than that of a regular platform, or if you listen to the investment platform recommended by others, you must invest cautiously and beware of being deceived.
Do not provide personal information such as ID cards, bank card numbers, passwords, and verification codes to strangers, do not scan QR codes from unknown sources, and do not click on links sent by strangers.
Source: News Morning Post Comprehensive Editor: Lin Chunsen