Beijing News Shell Finance reporter Luo Yidan intern Zou Zhenzhen
In the Internet age, fraudsters use "swiping orders" as bait to carry out telecom fraud, constantly changing their routines and updating methods. Recently, there have even been a number of "secondary fraud" cases. The topic rushed to Weibo hot search.
According to the announcement of the Ministry of Public Security on May 11, there are five types of high-incidence telecommunication network fraud cases: rebates on bills, fake investment and wealth management, fake online loans, impersonation of customer service, and impersonation of the Public Procuratorate. A big case.
Among them, the rate of fraudulent rebate fraud is the highest, accounting for about one-third of the total number of cases.
A reporter from Shell Finance found that, for victims of fraud cases, the liars would not stop after just "scraping" the wool once, but would often continue to defraud by using different means. Continue to defraud in the name of returning the arrears.
"There are cases where fraudsters will ask victims to provide real ID information, mobile phone number, bank card number, payment address, etc. on the grounds of refund registration. These user information will be sold to the black market by fraudsters and continue to circulate. , exposing victims to new fraud gangs." Relevant experts told Shell Finance reporters.
Last year, the Shanghai police uncovered a criminal suspect named Sun who pretended to be an "Internet Police" to commit fraud. Sun once pretended to be a "Beijing Internet Police", advertised on major platforms, and cooperated with the "Internet Police Customer Service Number" and "National Online Help", etc. Remarks, waiting for the victim to "take the bait".
After the victim contacts them, they will defraud the money for reasons such as helping to track down criminals, intercepting funds, and requiring the victim's transfer verification.
As a result, prosecutors remind citizens to keep in mind the anti-fraud secrets: don’t listen, don’t believe, and don’t transfer money.
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Compound swiping routine: swiping + APP to do tasks
"My colleague pulled me into a group at noon that day. After I entered, they kept giving out red envelopes. They also said that we could get commissions by doing simple tasks. Finally, I found out that the 6 people in the group were all 'trustees' and partners. Lie to me." On July 13, netizen Hu Yanran introduced to Shell Finance reporter that she was defrauded of 30,000 yuan by scammers in the name of "swiping Douyin, likes and follows", and encountered the detailed process of the second fraud.
A reporter from Shell Finance found that they lured victims into the set in the name of easy-to-achieve "part-time jobs" and higher income, and then transferred them to other platforms in the name of "likes" and "swiping orders" that required advance funds. Fraud is a unified "routine" for this type of fraud.
Hu Yanran told the Shell Finance reporter that she was asked to download an app called "Winner Technology", saying that there were many "tasks" to do in it. After downloading, she tried to do a few tasks and earned about 300 yuan on the first day. And the real withdrawal made her relax her vigilance.
"There are 21 tasks in a day, and the tasks cannot be interrupted, which means that they can't be skipped. When I do the 11th task, it will be different. It is not the point of attention. Let's advance the funds and say that there will be cashbacks and cashbacks later. Gold and commission together. I thought that I could withdraw cash for two orders like the previous day, and I paid in advance without any hesitation. At this time, I was told that I still need to make another order to withdraw cash, and this order needs to pay 8188 yuan in advance. After I made the advance payment, the other party said that there was still a 'last order' of 21,888 yuan, and in the end I was cheated of more than 30,000 yuan." Hu Yanran told Shell Finance reporters.
On July 18, a Shell Finance reporter wanted to download the APP according to the link provided by Hu Duo, but found that it had been detected as "malicious fraudulent content" by Tencent Security, and when opened in a browser, it showed "The link has expired".
However, in previous investigations, the Beijing News Shell Finance reporter had contacted a fraud gang that was almost identical to the "method" of cheating, and learned the specific steps of this fraud method.
First of all, the reporter was pulled into a WeChat group that was suspected to be controlled by a black-and-ash producer by a "handler." And said, "To increase sales for the group, please do some small work to receive red envelopes." At the request of the group owner, a reporter from Shell Finance and some group members downloaded an APP called "Enterprise Secret Letter", and in it A "receptionist" was added. The receptionist asked the group members to complete several tasks of following the official account in turn. After doing so, the reporter received a total of 20 yuan "cashback commission" red envelopes.
After that, the "receptionist" asked the reporter to post the WeChat red envelopes he received in the WeChat group and continue with the next task. However, the subsequent task was to play real money Mark Six on a gaming platform called "500 International". Bet to earn double the "commission", if you want to withdraw the principal and commission, you must advance more funds, and the real scam starts here.
In fact, in this type of scam, the first few tasks are to conduct a "compliance test" on the victim, convincing the victim that doing the "task" will get a rebate.
At this step, the liar will often offer petty profits to lure the victim into taking the bait, but if the other party takes the bait and actually transfers the money, the liar will gradually gain the victim's trust and become passive to active.
In the case of Hu Duanxuan being deceived, the "task" that can be withdrawn from "one order" to "two orders" was originally done. When the victim invested the principal and expected to make a profit, the scammer suddenly said that he needed to pay additional funds to do "third" "Dan", at this time, since the victim has invested a lot of money as a sunk cost, the scammer takes advantage of the victim's eagerness to recover the principal, and the fraud is successful.
"When the other party said in the last order that I had to pay 21,888 yuan to withdraw cash, I was a little panicked, but I really wanted to get back the money I had advanced and withdraw it quickly." Hu Yanran told Shell Finance reporter.
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How much is the second fraud routine?
There are scammers impersonating Internet police and hackers
Hu Yanran told reporters that she had called the police after being deceived, but after tracking the IP address of the gang of scammers, the police found that they were in Hong Kong, and said that the money was not easy to recover.
After Hu Yanran posted the case of her being deceived on the social platform, some users contacted her and said, "I have also been deceived before, and then I asked someone to help me get the money back."
Through this user, Hu Duanran contacted a QQ user named "Heavenly Dao Strikes the Black Platform", and the other party said that he could help her retrieve the defrauded money through code, but he would charge a 20% remuneration.
What made her feel strange was that even though it was a normal communication, the other party insisted on pulling a "two people" to communicate, and once had to make a voice call. The other party disbanded the group chat, and all chat records disappeared.
In this regard, relevant experts said that even after the fraud is completed, the scammer may conduct a second fraud for the purpose of recovering the defrauded money. The real ID information, mobile phone number, bank card number, payment address, etc., these user information will be sold to the black market by fraudsters and continue to circulate, exposing victims to new fraud gangs.”
Su Xiaolan, a victim who was defrauded of 120,000 yuan for part-time billing, told the Shell Finance reporter that when she communicated with other victims, she found that someone took advantage of the victim's desire to recover funds, saying that she was a hacker and a code farmer. , you can trace the information of the liar and recover the arrears, but this is actually a second deception. "The victims I know have been deceived twice. I hope everyone can be more vigilant."
When a Shell Finance reporter entered a victim rights protection group, he also received a private message from a stranger group, saying that he could recover the arrears through technical means.
At the end of October last year, Sun Mou, a criminal suspect who had impersonated "Internet police" to commit fraud, was caught. Sun once pretended to be "Beijing Internet Police", advertised on major platforms, and cooperated with "Internet Police Customer Service Number" and "National Online Help", etc. Remarks, waiting for the victim to "take the bait".
After the victim contacts them, they will defraud the money for reasons such as helping to track down criminals, intercepting funds, and requiring the victim's transfer verification.
On June 21, 2022, upon a public prosecution by the Shanghai Putuo District People's Procuratorate, Sun was sentenced to three years and three months in prison and fined RMB 5,000 for the crime of fraud.
The prosecutor believes that the defendant, Sun Mou, for the purpose of illegal possession, fabricated facts, concealed the truth, and defrauded citizens of money, the amount was huge, and there were other serious circumstances. The facts of the crime are clear, and the evidence is reliable and sufficient, and the criminal responsibility should be investigated for the crime of fraud.
Prosecutors reminded that the public security police will not take the initiative to leave QQ numbers online for contact.
In case of fraud, please call the "110" alarm number in time, or immediately report to the local public security organ, and don't trust the "Internet police" randomly found on websites and social software.
Keep in mind the anti-fraud secrets: don't listen, don't believe, don't transfer money.