"Beautiful looking" tourism products may be hidden traps

Beijing, July 12 (CCTV) -- According to the Central Radio and Television Corporation's Economic Voice "Daily 315", "Investment projects can not only obtain high yields, but also free travel." "If you see such propaganda, be vigilant, I am afraid that this is not a pie, but a hidden trap." Recently, many retired elderly people in Dalian have fallen into such a trap.

Aunt Liu is a retired elderly person in her 60s. In 2019, after being introduced by a friend, she bought sea cucumbers at Dalian Lirui Technology Co., Ltd. and learned about this company. Later, Dalian Lirui's business became a tourism project, in addition, there was investment and financial management. Aunt Liu said that investment and financial projects have three months, half a year, one year, etc., and the investment amount is large and you can travel for free. Previously, Aunt Liu and her wife had participated in a group tour in Nha Trang, Vietnam, Dalian Lirui, and felt very good, and had trust and good feelings for this company. Aunt Liu believes that she can both invest in financial management and travel, so why not enjoy it? As a result, 89,000 yuan was invested before and after.

The turn of events occurred during the Spring Festival of 2020. Dalian Lirui said that due to the impact of the new crown pneumonia epidemic, all travel was urgently stopped, and the company's operations were deadlocked. In the face of this situation, consumers have successively expressed understanding, and they can wait. However, with the improvement of the epidemic prevention and control situation, other companies have begun to operate, and Dalian Lirui has not moved for a long time. Under the repeated inquiries of consumers, Dalian Lirui offered to refund consumers and signed a refund agreement. However, what consumers did not expect was that the company had sworn a refund one second, and the next second it would close its doors and run away.

Just when the consumers were anxious, Dalian Lirui's client proposed to the consumers that the sea cucumber be used to deduct the consumers' money. Aunt Liu said that some elderly people think that refunds are hopeless and can only accept this plan helplessly. But consumers like her who have invested nearly 100,000 yuan and hundreds of thousands of yuan are difficult to accept this plan. Moreover, Dalian Lirui's sea cucumber is higher than the price on the market. Consumers are demanding refunds.

Also in Dalian, the same is the tourism project, there are consumers to the "daily 315" program group reflected, in the walk with me to live in health (Dalian) Industrial Development Co., Ltd. to participate in investment in tourism projects, the company promises to get more than 20% of the high yield every year, but also free travel, when consumers invest, the boss is running away with money.

"Save money to send tourism, the more you save, the more travel routes you send" "Save 19,998 yuan, send Yunnan 6 days, in addition, the investment yield is more than 20%"... Ms. Shu was attracted by this kind of publicity, and she began to save money in Dalian at the end of 2019, and successively saved nearly 140,000 yuan. It wasn't until May Day this year that the phone in Dalian couldn't get through and the company closed, and Ms. Shu realized that she had been deceived. The case involved more than 1,000 consumers.

According to public information, Dalian Lirui Technology Co., Ltd. was established on December 12, 2017, and has been renamed Dalian Xuanhang Technology Co., Ltd. The phone of the legal representative Li Yan has been stopped. Follow Me Travel Health (Dalian) Industrial Development Co., Ltd. was established on October 23, 2018, and the legal representative Ji Chentao's phone has also been stopped.

In recent years, under the guise of tourism, some criminals have lured consumers to invest by promising high returns, and even targeted the retired elderly group. How to avoid falling into such a trap? Hu Gang, a lawyer at Beijing Chaoyang Law Firm, reminds that we must separate consumer behavior from investment behavior, and investment should be cautious! If there are operators who mix consumption and investment, they must be careful, it is likely to be a trap. At the same time, Article 25 of the Advertising Law of the People's Republic of China clearly stipulates that no guarantee commitment shall be made to future effects, benefits or situations related to them, expressly or implicitly guaranteed capital, risk-free or guaranteed returns, unless otherwise provided by the State. Lawyer Hu Gang stressed that consumers should not believe in investment consumption or consumer investment.