Defrauding rent and misleading young people to pay bills and "run points"
"Rework fever" after the holiday, be careful about renting and recruiting scams
After the Spring Festival, we ushered in the peak period of renting and employment.
According to data jointly released by 58.com and Anjuke on February 9, the popularity of renting houses in first-tier cities and some second-tier cities doubled month-on-month in the week after the Spring Festival, and the popularity of renting houses in some cities increased by more than 200% month-on-month.
Together with renting a house, there is also a job market that "heats up".
According to a recent report released by the recruitment platform Liepin, the new job opportunities after the Spring Festival are mainly concentrated in big cities such as Beijing, Shanghai and Shenzhen. The new jobs in these three cities accounted for 12.6%, 10% and 9.5% respectively.
A reporter from China Youth Daily and China Youth Daily noticed that with the arrival of the first- and second-tier cities’ rental and employment peaks, a wave of rental and employment scams specifically targeting young people who have not been involved in the world has also followed, which is worthy of vigilance.
Long income short payment, high income and low rent, some people "run away" after cheating the rent
The People's Court of Pudong New District, Shanghai recently announced two cases of rental fraud. After the court's first-instance judgment, both defendants were sentenced and fined.
These two cases are all rental fraud cases with similar routines.
In one case, the defendant, Tian, lost all his savings because of his addiction to gambling. He was in urgent need of money, and he saw the "high income and low rent, long income and short payment" scam money routine on the Internet-that is, the middleman paid a higher monthly fee. Rent a house from the landlord for a short period of time, and then rent the same house to the next family at a lower monthly rent for a long time.
Tian rented a house at a monthly payment of 4,100 yuan, and then rented out the house to his next family for a whole year at a low price of 3,000 yuan a month. He actually defrauded the rent of nearly 30,000 yuan.
Tian lost all his money at the gambling table that night, then fled to other places, and was later captured by the public security organ.
After trial by the court, Tian's behavior constituted the crime of contract fraud, and because he was a repeat offender, he was given a heavier punishment in accordance with the law.
After returning the money and obtaining the victim's forgiveness, Tian was sentenced to eight months in prison and fined 3,000 yuan.
In another case, the defendant Ma was a real estate agency. He took advantage of his position to find someone to pretend to be the landlord to rent out the house, defrauding the tenant of nearly 70,000 yuan.
In the end, he was sentenced to three years in prison for fraud, suspended for four years, fined 30,000 yuan, and prohibited from engaging in real estate agency-related activities during the probation period.
It is reported that the "Shanghai Housing Leasing Regulations" have been implemented since February 1 this year, regulating the housing leasing market from the legislative level.
The judge of the Pudong New District Court reminded young people who return to work and rent houses after the festival that they must overcome their greed for cheap when renting houses. In addition to choosing a formal intermediary, they should also carefully verify the house information; Originals such as real estate certificates; if the lessor is a "second landlord", be sure to contact the landlord himself to verify the situation.
No work experience required, easy errands can make a lot of money?
Not long after the Spring Festival, Xiaotian, a beautician in a beauty salon in Shanghai, was "cheated" twice in a row.
For the first time, she was introduced by a friend to take a part-time job and swipe orders on a shopping platform.
After paying 680 yuan as an intermediary fee, she began to accept orders from her family. "Every time you make a valid comment, you can earn 4 to 5 yuan."
But Xiaotian soon discovered that he might not even be able to earn back the 680 yuan "agency fee".
The other party is well aware of the rating information of her account on the platform. Sometimes they say that her credit score is not enough, and sometimes they say that she has multiple purchase records on the platform and got bad reviews. There are always various reasons to explain her "comments". Invalid, not worth 4 yuan.
Xiaotian told reporters that in addition to "part-time billing", she also found a project that "doesn't require work experience, easy errands can make a lot of money" - go to the bank to open a card, upload a photo of her ID card, and use the mobile phone provided by the other party The number is bound to a bank card, and every time a bank card is opened, you can earn 80 to 150 yuan.
A reporter from China Youth Daily and China Youth Daily noticed that recently, with a large number of foreigners returning to work in Shanghai, the business of "running errands and making a lot of money" has become "popular" again among young people who are short on cash and anxious to find a job.
And this kind of "making a living" is likely to make young people "neither earn money nor get involved in lawsuits."
This job advertisement on an online platform that says "no work experience required, easy errands can make a lot of money" also attracted Xiao Peng who is far away in Hubei.
He told reporters that the recruiter not only promised to reimburse him the high-speed rail ticket, but also offered a high salary and invited him to work in Shanghai, and the job content was to carry his ID card and deliver relevant materials according to the company's instructions.
With the mentality of giving it a try, Xiao Peng came to Fengxian District, Shanghai from Hubei.
After meeting with the "company" contact person, the other party immediately issued a "business order" for Xiaopeng, asking Xiaopeng to send his ID card and the bank card under his name to the designated place for operation by his "company" You can easily make a lot of money.
Xiao Peng, who obeyed the arrangement, met with different people and places in Fengxian District many times, and delivered his ID card and real-name registered bank card to others.
But the remuneration originally promised by the other party has not been in place for a long time, and Xiao Peng's bank card has also been frozen.
Be alert to the trap of "running points" and avoid being fooled into "Canon"
After Xiaopeng called the police, Shanghai Fengxian police investigated his bank card information and found that his bank card had been suspended by the public security department for being involved in a telecommunications network fraud case, and the transaction flow in the card was abnormal.
It turned out that Xiao Peng was deceived by the so-called "company" to come to Shanghai and become a "canon".
Based on the clues of "recruitment posters" provided by Xiao Peng, the police successively arrested 13 members of the "running points" criminal gang in Pudong, Putuo and other places.
Since November 2022, these personnel have posted job postings on the Internet to attract "Kanong". On the grounds of running business in big cities, they met in Shanghai to implement "running points" for transfers, and set up a platform for criminal activities such as telecommunications and network fraud and gambling. Carry out illegal activities such as money laundering.
Guo Yu, head of the Eighth Division of the Criminal Investigation Detachment of the Fengxian Branch of the Shanghai Municipal Public Security Bureau, told reporters that most of the recruitment information for recruiting "bill-swiping" and errand runners through telephone, WeChat, and online platforms is deceitful, and the purpose is to attract "canons" by various means.
"It is said that it is easy to earn more than 10,000 yuan a month, but behind this seemingly simple job, it is laundering money for criminals." Guo Yu introduced that the Fengxian police have recently cracked a number of "running score" cases and arrested 10 criminal suspects. .
Without exception, these cases require job seekers to provide bank card, ID card, mobile phone card and other information in the name of "recruitment".
Lao Xu, who was working in Fengxian, found a "new job" after being introduced by several young migrant workers.
The "boss" Ling made a phone call and asked Lao Xu to upload his ID card, bank card, mobile phone card and other information.
After investigation by the police, Ling and other six people were responsible for contacting Shangjia online and establishing a chat group.
After that, they continued to look for "Canon" to help with the transfer. When the funds in the "Canon" bank card accumulated to a certain amount, Ling and others transferred the funds to the upper family. After the transfer was successful, the screenshots were sent to the group, and then the upper family The benefit fee is settled according to a certain percentage.
After preliminary verification, since January, Ling and others have settled a total of more than 4 million yuan for the criminal gang.
Xiao Zhang and Xiao Yang, who just graduated from university, also encountered recruitment fraud.
The two saw the recruitment news in the WeChat group of their mobile phones. After adding each other's WeChat, they followed the other party's instructions and came to Fengxian Xidu area together. The other party asked them to provide their bank cards, ID cards and mobile phone cards, etc., but they felt normal. The recruiter didn't need these things at all, so he rejected the other party's request and reported the case.
After investigation, Zhang and other four criminal suspects were responsible for soliciting "canon" online, and then drove the vehicle to the agreed place to meet and check the card.
After preliminary verification, the bank card transactions involved by the four people were nearly 3.5 million yuan.
Guo Yu reminded young people who are looking for a job to be alert to the trap of "running points", not to be easily tempted by the so-called high profits of online platforms or "friends", and not to rent or lend your identity information, mobile phone cards, bank cards, etc. Pay the account number, so as not to become an accomplice of criminals in committing crimes and imprison yourself.
Lin Jing, Cao Yunxian, China Youth Daily and China Youth Daily reporter Wang Yejie Source: China Youth Daily