CCTV News: With the increasing efforts of public security organs to crack down on telecommunications network crimes, some telecommunications network criminals have constantly renovated their tricks in order to obtain illegal benefits. Recently, the police in Dezhou, Shandong Province, cracked a new telecommunications network fraud case of "online shopping claims" specifically for e-commerce platforms, and the 4-person criminal gang was destroyed.
In March this year, the Lingcheng Branch of the Dezhou Municipal Public Security Bureau received a report from Liu Mou, a citizen, saying that he had a shop on an e-commerce platform, and the money on the account of more than 7,000 yuan had been defrauded. After investigation, Liu mou was complained about when selling goods on the e-commerce platform, and the platform therefore restricted some functions of his account. One day, Liu saw someone posting in the chat group that he could help people lift the account restrictions of the platform.
The other party said that he needed to log in to the background of Liu's e-commerce account, and then, Liu sent the verification code received by the SMS to the other party according to the requirements of the other party, and deposited the so-called security deposit into his own capital account according to the requirements of the other party.
Liu Mou, a citizen of Dezhou, Shandong: Because he said that he needed this solution bayonet or something, I didn't understand it, so I asked him what it meant to solve the bayonet. He said you don't have to care, we will operate this ourselves, you will wait to lift it. Then, he asked me to save money, at first I saved 1 yuan (money), and after success he let me save a 1000 (yuan).
When the other party asked Liu to continue to save money, Liu was a little worried, and said that he was nervous and had no money to save. At this time, the other party then called the idea of Liu's store and threatened him with the account password.
Liu Mou, a citizen of Dezhou, Shandong: Otherwise, this store restriction will be more severe, and you may directly close the store, I was more afraid at the time, so I gave him the account password again, and then he logged in (after) and successively transferred more than 7500 yuan 5 times.
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In desperation, the victim Liu had to choose to call the police. Lingcheng police immediately formed a special team to carry out the investigation, just at this time, another victim who opened an online store reported to the police, saying that he was defrauded of more than 5,000 yuan in cash, similarly, he was also deceived by lifting the restrictions on the e-commerce platform through abnormal channels.
In the investigation of the victim, the police found that the criminal suspect used a method known as "online shopping claims" to defraud Liu's money. The e-commerce platform where Liu's store is located stipulates that if the buyer is not satisfied with the purchase and applies for a return, the seller must not only pay the principal, but also give the buyer a compensation equal to the principal.
Zhang Xin, police officer of the criminal police brigade of the Lingcheng Branch of the Dezhou Municipal Public Security Bureau: The criminal suspect took advantage of the rules of the platform to immediately ask his accomplices to shop in the store after defrauding the account password of the merchant.
Liu Mou, a texas citizen: He placed an order in my store, and then placed an order through several accounts, and then directly refunded, because the platform will conduct a refund assessment for our store, and he repeatedly ordered a refund.
In this way, the criminal suspect used the rules of the e-commerce platform to cheat Liu's money into his hands many times by returning it after shopping, until Liu found out and called the police.
Zhang Chuanchao, police officer of the criminal police brigade of the Lingcheng Branch of the Dezhou City Public Security Bureau: Analyzing this kind of modus operandi, he is not the first time to commit a crime, because his words are very complete and smooth, and he has not withdrawn and deleted them, so he should have a certain basis for committing the crime.
Through combing through the flow of the victim's defrauded funds, the police found that the money was eventually transferred to a bank account of Li Mou. Li is a native of Tianshui, Gansu, and is now a student at a university in Xi'an, his bank account has more funds flowing, and the police have found that he and Niu, Lu, and Kang, who are also from Gansu Tianshui, frequently transfer money to each other.
From victim to fraudster More than 30 scams have been committed
After research and judgment, the police found that Li and other 4 people transferred money to each other, that is, Liu's defrauded money was just withdrawn to Li's account, and then it would be transferred to the accounts of other 3 people, according to which the police judged that the four of them were the same fraud gang, and the money from the fraud flowed between them to evade the crackdown.
Zhang Chuanchao, police officer of the criminal police brigade of the Lingcheng Branch of the Dezhou City Public Security Bureau in Shandong Province: After retrieving relevant data from the merchant side, the flow of funds was determined, and then the true identity of the suspect was further determined, and the follow-up through investigation determined the suspect's foothold.
The criminal suspect Niu X hid in a hotel in Tianshui, and the police immediately rushed to Tianshui to arrest Niu X. After Niu was arrested, he explained the hiding place of the other accomplices, and the Dezhou police then arrested the suspects Li, Lu and Kang in Xi'an, Shaanxi and Lanzhou, Gansu. Li confessed that he had also been deceived, and it was that experience of being deceived that made him embark on the road of crime.
Shandong Dezhou City Public Security Bureau Lingcheng Branch Criminal Police Brigade Police Officer Zhang Xin: About three years ago, in a treasure to buy an item, Li mou to buy this item want to return the order can not be returned, there is a QQ group (people) said that they can give you a refund, joined this QQ group after being scammed.
After that, Li learned the routine of "online shopping claims" fraud, and colluded with fellow villagers Niu, Lu and Kang to carry out telecommunications network fraud. After preliminary review, Li Mou and 4 other people crossed the gang and used the same means to commit more than 30 fraud crimes, involving an amount of more than 200,000 yuan. At present, Li Mou and others have been criminally detained by the police in accordance with the law.
Source: CCTV