"Rent WeChat and add me, long-term effective" "Receive WeChat at a high price, you can rent it for 180 yuan a day if you don't want to sell it"... Recently, similar "ads" appeared in some circles of friends and WeChat groups.

　　The reporter's investigation found that some people were greedy for small profits and rented out their WeChat accounts to others. Most of these WeChat accounts were used by criminals to commit fraud, money laundering and other criminal activities.

　　In recent days, the police announced a number of fraudulent cases, including cases where students were involved and implicated due to renting out WeChat accounts. Although many people make thousands of dollars by renting out WeChat, they are harming others and themselves.

　　It is reported that criminals use rented WeChat accounts to send false information in various WeChat groups, and then commit fraud and other illegal and criminal acts. The target groups of such criminals are usually “idle people” in the society, such as students, mothers, freelancers, etc., by posting “part-time” advertisements on the Internet, they spend tens to hundreds of yuan per day. The high commission price of etc. attracts the victim to give up his WeChat account.

　　In addition, the police also introduced that some advertisers and businesses used rented WeChat accounts to post false advertisements, pornography, and gambling information. At the same time, the real-name accounts of ordinary users not only have payment functions, but also rarely have abnormal transaction records. Therefore, in addition to being used to commit fraud, some of the rented WeChat accounts can also be used by fraud gangs to "launder money." After some operation, such a WeChat account will no longer be "innocent", not only will it be banned, but the account owner may also be subject to legal sanctions.

　　A few days ago, the Shenzhen Consumer Council issued a consumer reminder. Since 2019 increased its efforts to combat fraud, pornography, gambling, and other “black production” issues, a large number of consumer complaints have reported that their QQ and WeChat accounts have been suspended, and their own No knowledge of violations. Since 2020, Tencent has received more than 10,000 complaints about account closures due to loaning of WeChat accounts.

　　How to prevent illegal rent and sale of accounts? According to the Tencent WeChat Software License and Service Agreement signed by the user and the WeChat platform, WeChat users may not give, borrow, rent, transfer, sell, or otherwise permit others to use WeChat accounts. Some experts believe that the WeChat platform should step up risk warnings, and not only give general warnings in the user license agreement, but should raise them separately to help users fully understand the property and legal risks of renting accounts.

　　At present, there are still certain "blind spots" in regulating and supervising the rental and sale of online accounts with real-name payment and transfer functions such as WeChat and Alipay. At the end of 2019, the People's Bank of China and the Ministry of Public Security issued a notice clarifying that banks and payment institutions should promptly impose punishments on units and individuals who buy and sell bank cards and accounts, but did not mention online accounts.

　　"As the Civil Code makes principled provisions on the protection of virtual property such as online accounts, virtual currencies, game items, etc., it will strengthen the protection of new rights and interests such as digital currencies, online virtual properties, and data, and give full play to the value guidance of judicial judgments in the protection of property rights. Role." said He Xiaorong, a full-time member of the Supreme People's Court Adjudication Committee.

　　Experts remind users to protect their virtual property, protect their QQ and WeChat account passwords, and use them in compliance. In particular, the behavior of renting QQ and WeChat accounts poses serious security risks, so do not try. Information such as "rental WeChat", "rental collection code", and "borrowing ID card" are all traps carefully designed by scammers, and we must be vigilant. Don't trust strangers' phone calls, text messages, and rhetoric, and reject petty bewilderment. In any case, you should not disclose your personal information and your family's personal information.

　　Our reporter Li Wanxiang