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In order to quickly carry out fraud, fraudsters transfer laundered stolen money, and trick victims into using express delivery or online car-hailing to transport large amounts of cash or gold offline, causing significant property losses to victims.
After gaining the trust of the victim, they trick the victim into transporting a large amount of cash or gold to the designated place by courier or online car-hailing on the grounds of "paying a handling fee", "paying an unfreezing fee, deposit" and "investing in shares", etc., and "launder" the fraudulent funds while committing the fraud. Fraudsters can successfully obtain cash or gold without meeting or showing up to transfer funds, which is more subtle and confusing than online transfers.
The relevant person in charge of the Criminal Investigation Bureau of the Ministry of Public Security said that in view of the new methods and characteristics of telecommunications network fraud, public security organs in various places have been deployed to carry out anti-fraud propaganda for express logistics personnel and online car-hailing drivers, and guide logistics companies and online car-hailing platforms to formulate response strategies to effectively eliminate risks and hidden dangers.
At the same time, the public security organs reminded the majority of couriers and online car-hailing drivers to raise their awareness of prevention, and to report suspicious situations such as sending large amounts of cash, transporting unknown packages, and frequently changing transaction locations in the process of receiving orders, and not to become "accomplices" in telecommunications network fraud. The broad masses of the people should be vigilant, do not believe in online rebates, online investment to make money, and other arguments, if they are required to use express delivery or online car-hailing for cash or gold delivery, immediately refuse and report to the police, so as not to suffer property losses.
Three typical cases
01
On October 6, 2024, the Public Security Bureau of Xinmi City, Zhengzhou, Henan Province, received a report from an online ride-hailing driver that a passenger had placed an order to deliver a package to a designated location. After the driver learned that the package was cash, he noticed something abnormal, and immediately called the police because he thought of the anti-fraud propaganda he had just received a few days ago. After receiving the report, the Xinmi City Public Security Bureau immediately sent personnel to the scene to investigate the person who sent the package. After inquiry, it was found that the deceived people were suffering from a swiping scam, and the fraudsters induced them to transport 50,000 yuan in cash to a certain place in Weishi, Kaifeng, Henan Province through online car-hailing on the grounds of "cashback for doing tasks". The investigators then followed the vine and successfully arrested a suspect who was responsible for collecting cash. After a surprise interrogation of the suspect, the investigators found that there was still a sum of cash that was being "delivered" and had not yet arrived at the designated place. The Xinmi City Public Security Bureau immediately activated the quick response mechanism and successfully intercepted the 50,000 yuan of funds involved in the case located in the express box. After investigation, it was found that the funds involved in the case were sent by the deceived people from other places, and the Xinmi Municipal Public Security Bureau immediately contacted the local anti-fraud center, relayed to dissuade the parties, and successfully recovered the losses of the people who were defrauded. At present, the case is being further handled.
02
On October 1, 2024, the Huangpi District Branch of the Wuhan Municipal Public Security Bureau in Hubei Province received a call for help from an elderly couple with gray hair. It is understood that on September 22, the elderly couple received a phone call from a person claiming to be a "policeman" from the Haikou City Public Security Bureau in Hainan Province, claiming that the elderly couple had been involved in a particularly serious fraud case and asked to cooperate with the investigation or go to jail. The old couple immediately panicked, and installed remote control software in their mobile phones according to the other party's requirements, and the so-called "police" operated remotely. The fraudsters used the bank account of the elderly couple to spend a million yuan to buy 1,600 grams of gold and send it to the designated address. After the other party asked the old couple to delete all the chat history, they disappeared without a trace. A day later, the old couple who calmed down felt that there was something strange in it, so they chose to call the police. The police of the Huangpi District Bureau found in the purchase records of the old couple's bank APP that the fraudsters manipulated the old couple's mobile phones to buy 400 grams and 1,200 grams of gold on September 27 and September 30 respectively, of which 400 grams of gold had been sent but was not successfully delivered, and 1,200 grams of gold were being prepared to be mailed out. As a result, the Anti-Fraud Center of the Wuhan Municipal Public Security Bureau quickly activated the police-bank cooperation mechanism, contacted the courier company through the bank to terminate the 400 grams of gold being delivered, and mailed the remaining 1,200 grams of gold to the Huangpi District Bureau through the express delivery, and the police returned it to the old couple. So far, the gold worth nearly one million has been successfully intercepted in less than two hours under the investigation, tracking and coordination of the public security organs at the two levels in the urban area. At present, the Wuhan Huangpi police have filed an investigation into the fraud case, and have carried out prevention and interception of similar cases.
03
Recently, the Public Security Bureau of Pujiang County, Jinhua City, Zhejiang Province received an inquiry from Ms. Li in its jurisdiction. According to Ms. Li, she met a man on Douyin who claimed to work in the army. The man said that he had inside information about "coin speculation", but it was inconvenient for him to operate it himself due to his work, and he hoped that Ms. Li could manage the account on his behalf. After a period of time, Ms. Li was very moved to see the amount in the escrow account rising, and wanted to invest with the other party. The other party repeatedly emphasized that the recent large-value transfer has been strictly investigated, and Ms. Li needs to recharge in the form of cash delivery, and there will be staff to collect the money in the future. Because the amount of recharge involved was as much as more than 100,000 yuan, Ms. Li was not at ease, so she rushed to the Pujiang County Public Security Bureau for consultation. As soon as they heard this familiar "routine", the police on duty immediately determined that Ms. Li was suffering from telecommunications network fraud of "online fraud + offline withdrawal". After understanding, the police found that the man was disguised by fraudsters, and after gaining Ms. Li's trust through chatting, he falsely claimed that he had inside information to obtain high returns and induce the victim to invest. The so-called face-to-face delivery of cash is to evade the supervision of public security organs and banks, and the staff who come to collect money are actually specialized money laundering gangs. The Pujiang County Public Security Bureau immediately deployed police forces and successfully arrested the criminal suspect Feng who came to withdraw money, and seized the amount of 320,000 yuan involved in the case on the spot. After investigation, the criminal suspect Feng owed foreign debts due to business losses, so he used an "errand fee" of 7 yuan per kilometer as a "tool man" for scammers to withdraw cash offline, knowing that it was a crime. After meeting with the victim to get the cash, help the fraudster deposit the cash into the designated account. The 320,000 yuan in cash seized by the police at the scene was just obtained from another deceived person, Ms. Chen. The police immediately contacted Ms. Chen to persuade her to stop trading, and at the same time, the police dug deep along the line and successfully arrested another suspect, Ge. At present, the criminal suspects Feng and Ge have been criminally detained by the public security organs in accordance with the law, and the case is being further investigated.
来源：公安部刑侦局编辑：王 轶
复审：吴慧敏终审：袁维年
