□ Changjiang Daily reporter Deng Xiaolong
Log in to the short video platform, like some "big V" accounts, and send screenshots to "assistants" to earn commissions, or even "easily earn over 10,000 a month"?
Recently, some citizens reported through the message boards in Wuhan that they have received such promotional text messages many times, and they are a little bit moved, and it is difficult to distinguish the real from the fake.
In the past few days, reporters from Changjiang Daily have made unannounced visits according to the channels in the promotional text messages.
After the reporter downloaded the "Qiguang Media" APP, he went from "intern student" to "formal student", and found that the "assistant" released more tasks such as "likes" and "ranking rankings", and the funds invested by the students increased from the initial 0 yuan, 100 yuan, 1,000 yuan, all the way to 100,000 yuan, and said "30% to 40% rebate, limited number of places".
During the unannounced visit, the reporter "brakes" in time when the investment reaches 1,000 yuan.
The reporter made a net profit of 317 yuan by "doing tasks" many times within 2 days.
Some students said that after they transferred 3,000 yuan and so on to "play the list", the "assistant" who instructed them to operate could not be contacted.
On February 1, the reporter learned from the Wuhan Anti-Telecommunications Network Fraud Center that similar police reports have been received recently, and this situation is a fraudulent fraud.
At present, the APP has been reported by citizens on the APP of the National Anti-Fraud Center.
■ The "assistant" sent a commission of 100 yuan
According to Mr. Zhou, a citizen, recently, he has repeatedly received promotional text messages from a so-called short video platform for "carrying goods", saying that he "has a good reputation, invites him to join the QQ group to open the qualification for carrying goods, and easily earns more than 10,000 a month."
In this regard, Mr. Zhou is skeptical.
On January 29, according to the information provided by Mr. Zhou, the reporter searched and joined the QQ group mentioned in the text message.
As soon as I joined the group, the customer service staff reminded the reporter to provide the Alipay payment code, and issued a "newcomer red envelope" of 8.8 yuan.
After that, the customer service asked to search for some "big V" accounts on the short video platform, follow and like them, and then send the screenshots to the customer service.
After being "confirmed" by the customer service, the commission is paid again through the payment code, and each like "task" is paid 3.8 yuan.
After completing the 4 "tasks", the customer service posted a link in the group, asking the users in the group to open it through their mobile phone's own browser, download an APP called "Qiguang Media" and register and log in, claiming that it is for Publish tasks and settle accounts.
After downloading the app and logging in, the reporter found that it is a chat app similar to WeChat. The customer service will invite users to add an "assistant" as a friend, and create a group to release tasks.
The "assistant" posts a task every half an hour, and the commission for each like task is 3.8 yuan.
On the same day, the reporter received a total commission of about 100 yuan including the "newcomer red envelope" and "reward for swiping orders".
■ "Assistant" induces users to pay money to "play the list"
On the afternoon of January 29, when the reporter was "doing tasks" in the APP, an "assistant" suddenly asked: Do you know why it is so easy to click likes to earn commissions?
The reporter asked the reason, and the "assistant" replied: "We are a media company, and we package some Internet celebrities. These Internet celebrities make a lot of money by broadcasting live broadcasts or bringing goods. Their income after a live broadcast is very considerable. They will use part of the funds to increase their popularity, and they will also give commissions for likes."
At this time, the "assistant" introduced to the reporter that since it was the first day to join the group, the identity of the reporter was still an "intern student".
As long as you complete all the tasks on the first day, you will be upgraded to a "formal student" after signing in on the second day, and the commission for each task will be higher.
At about 9:00 on January 30, the reporter logged in to the app again to sign in, and completed two simple tasks of likes - respectively giving likes to the "big V" nicknamed "Shen Xueqian" and "Dianxi Little Brother". Ren's fans are 2.98 million and 3.24 million respectively.
At this time, the commission for a single task is increased to 4.3 yuan.
At about 10 o'clock, the "assistant" suddenly sent a message, asking the user to bind a bank card in the APP and transfer money to the designated account.
"This is used to 'make the rankings' for the 'big V's', and the cash will be returned within 5 to 10 minutes, and 20% to 30% of the commission income will be guaranteed." In the task picture released by the "assistant", " The amount of "hitting the list" ranges from 100 yuan to 1,000 yuan.
In order to find out, the reporter transferred 100 yuan to a bank account provided by the "assistant". After 3 minutes, the APP updated the balance of 100 points.
The reporter entered a page called "Bill List", which listed the LOGOs of Li Ning, 361°, Huawei, Xiaomi, Gree Air Conditioning and other businesses.
Under the guidance of a "ranking teacher", the reporter carried out a series of operations, and finally the score became 128.
The reporter clicked "Withdraw" in the APP, and about 3 minutes later, the bank card received 128 yuan.
■ Someone claimed that the "assistant" lost contact after transferring 3,000 yuan
During the days of unannounced visits, the number of people in the APP group chat continued to increase. As of 8:00 p.m. on January 30, it showed that there were nearly 4,000 people in the group.
According to the reporter's observation, during the three "rankings" at 10:00 am, 1:00 pm, and 3:00 pm that day, dozens of users posted screenshots of their transfers in the group, with amounts ranging from 100 yuan to more than 10,000 yuan.
During a task gap on January 30, the "assistant" explained to the reporter again that the reason why users are required to bind their bank cards in the APP instead of directly going to the short video platform to make rankings is that the APP is associated with the short video platform, which is convenient. Merchants directly cash back and pay commissions.
"Many Internet celebrity anchors have millions or tens of millions of dollars in one game. To put it bluntly, 'ranking' is to help anchors attract their fans to buy gifts and suck their fans' money."
At about 1:00 pm on January 30, the reporter tried again to "play the list" and transferred 300 yuan to the designated account. After about 5 minutes of operation, the bank card received a refund of 387 yuan.
However, at 3:00 p.m., the amount of the "ranking list" task released by the "assistant" suddenly increased to 1,000 yuan, the highest was 100,000 yuan, and it was emphasized that "the rebate is 30% to 40%, and the number of places is limited."
The reporter noticed that in the group chat of the app, screenshots released by a large number of users showed that many people invested 5,000 yuan, 10,000 yuan or even 100,000 yuan to "list".
A small number of users posted screenshots again later, saying that after investing 5,000 yuan, they quickly received more than 6,000 yuan in rebates.
The reporter also noticed that some users said in the group chat that after they transferred 1,000 yuan, 3,000 yuan and other amounts to "play the list", the "assistant" who instructed them to operate could not be contacted.
■ The bank prompts "May be encountered in telecom fraud"
On the morning of January 31, when the reporter logged on to the APP again, its operation had begun to be a little unstable.
On the one hand, there are often reminders of connection failures on the group chat interface; on the other hand, the links to the three small programs previously used to "play the list" and bind bank cards cannot be opened.
The reporter asked the "assistant" about this, and the assistant first said "you need to change the network and try again."
Soon, the "assistant" sent a series of website links, reminding the reporter to enter the "ranking list" interface from this link, but the reporter ignored it.
During the two days of unannounced visits, the reporter received a total of 317 yuan in commissions and rebates from the "assistant".
However, at noon on January 31, the reporter’s mobile phone received a text message from the bank official, which read: “Dear customer, the bank reminds you that you may have suffered telecom fraud. .”
Is the "Qiguang Media" APP compliant?
The reporter retrieved the official website of Qiguang Media Group, and tried to get in touch with the company through the contact information on the website, but failed.
However, in the "Company News" column of its official website, the first message is an "Urgent Statement on Criminals Using Our Company's Name to Conduct Illegal Activities".
The reporter noticed that the statement was issued on January 10, which stated that criminals have stolen the company's LOGO logo, produced a mobile APP software named "Qiguang Media", and carried out illegal activities such as like tasks and donations.
The company has never developed related mobile APP software, nor has it promoted related mission activities.
At present, Mr. Zhou, a citizen, has reported the counterfeit APP "Qiguang Media" on the APP of the National Anti-Fraud Center, and the processing progress currently displayed is "report initiated by the user".
As of press time, the app is still available.
■ The police confirmed that it was fraudulent fraud
On February 1, a reporter from Changjiang Daily contacted the Wuhan Anti-Telecommunication Network Fraud Center.
According to the relevant police of the center, recently, the center has indeed received similar police reports, and this situation is a scam of order swiping.
The reporter saw in the APP of the National Anti-Fraud Center that some publicly released fraud cases of "swiping bills and rebates" were similar to the "Qiguang Media" APP.
Scammers take advantage of the psychology of some groups who want to make quick money, post part-time job advertisements through web pages, recruitment platforms, WeChat QQ groups and other channels, and use high commissions as bait to attract victims to take the bait. After the victim’s billing amount reaches a certain amount, the victim will be asked to continue swiping bills or pay the unfreezing fee on the grounds of not completing the billing task, new system card slips, or system errors, thereby defrauding money.
The case released by the center shows that Mr. Gao passed the application of a strange friend on QQ.
The other party immediately pulled Mr. Gao into a money-making group by swiping bills, and released a certain swiping app in the group, saying that he could make money by giving a thumbs up to a certain video blogger.
Mr. Gao downloaded the APP with the mentality of giving it a try, and after completing a simple task of likes, he quickly got the commission.
After tasting the sweetness, Mr. Gao completely let go of his guard.
When the customer service recommended to log in to another investment website for the task of swiping orders, Mr. Gao did not doubt that he was there, and immediately made a bet, earning 240 yuan in a short time.
However, just after Mr. Gao continued to bet 800 yuan, the customer service said that the order was not completed and he needed to continue betting, so Mr. Gao continued to bet a total of 25,000 yuan.
However, after the betting, the other party still indicated that it was not completed, and it was necessary to continue to recharge the bet.
At this time, Mr. Gao woke up suddenly, realized that he had been cheated, and quickly called the police.
The police reminded that all swiping bills are frauds, do not be tempted by petty profits, do not pay any security deposits and deposits, and do not fall into the trap of "low investment, high return".
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■ The steps of fraudulent brushing are interlocking
Step 1 Set up the bait
Scammers post recruitment advertisements, send text messages, or even directly add you as friends on various social platforms you use (such as Kuaishou, Douyin, QQ groups, WeChat, Weibo, etc.), and let you heartbeat.
Step 2 The volunteer takes the bait
Once you are tempted and take the initiative to contact, the scammer will train you and tell you that the work is very simple, as long as you take pictures of the specified products online and pay for them, you can get a lot of rewards, but basically you need to advance the payment for the products. Yes, the liar said that after the order is taken, the payment and reward will be paid to you.
(liar to you)
In order to cheat your trust, you can see other people's part-time income and payment screenshots.
Step 3 Give a Small Profit
When you get to the "work" step, the scammer will give some sweetness first, and the first and second orders will pay the payment and remuneration according to the agreement, defrauding your trust, the purpose is to make you invest more and make more money.
Step 4 Implement the Scam
Starting from the 3rd and 4th orders, the scammers will refuse to pay the payment and remuneration with various excuses such as "task not completed", "card order", "not in accordance with the operation", and continue to encourage you to continue to swipe the order, and say that the only way is to keep swipe In order to get the previous payment and remuneration.
(Fake) If you listen to the liar and want to get back the previous payment and remuneration, you will sink deeper and deeper step by step.
■ Three versions of fraudulent fraud
V1.0 version—conventional type
Scammers→publishing advertisements→instant messaging→netizens→speaking documents→commodity links→small cashback→large failure
V2.0 version—gambling type
Scammers→advertising→instant messaging→netizens→speaking documents→gambling websites→small profits→large failures
V3.0 version - order grabbing type
Scammers→publishing advertisements→instant messaging→netizens→speaking documents→swiping bills APP→grabbing orders for profit in the early stage→running off the platform in the later stage