Doxxing "phone watch exchange card": The business license of the brand has long been revoked

Doxxing "Phone Watch Redemption Card"

"Free exchange" requires a fee, and the brand license has long been revoked

"This kind of card, a new type of fraud, is directly destroyed after being picked up." Recently, many media have reprinted or published similar information, reminding people to beware of the "phone watch redemption card" scam.

What kind of card is it? Netizens in Shandong, Hubei and other places told reporters that they "exchanged" the watch with their cards, but they needed to pay for mailing fees, production costs and other expenses; The watch is equipped with a China Mobile phone card, and the package costs 99 yuan for half a year and 139 yuan for a year. Almost none of them thought about reporting the crime, and many of them said, "It feels like a few dozen dollars have been lost at most, and nothing else seems to have been lost." ”

The reporter's investigation found that the business license of the watch brand involved in the redemption card was revoked on May 2021, 5. The operating company of the "telephone watch customer service center" said that the card flowed to the whole country through channel providers, salesmen who cooperate with channel providers, and personal online stores. If the user is not satisfied with the watch, he can return it freely. For the fraud phenomena such as "joining the group, swiping orders, and doing tasks" reminded by the police, they are the work of individual vendors.

The exchanger feels cheap when he gets the watch

Since November, public security organs in many places across the country have issued reminders that the new type of scam of "phone watch exchange card" is an act of fraudsters taking advantage of people's greed for small and cheap to defraud. Fraudsters create fake redemption cards, claiming to be able to redeem high-end phone watches for free, and attract victims to scan the code to redeem them, so as to obtain the victim's personal information or induce the victim to transfer money.

The official account of "Ping An Beijing" also issued a reminder on November 11: Once you scan the code to redeem and fill in the relevant information, you will fall into the trap of scammers step by step, such as if you want to receive a watch, you have to join the group, swipe the order, and do tasks... In the end, it will take away your money. Therefore, this is not a "lucky card" that fell from the sky, but a proper "fraud card".

On social platforms, "the police reminded you to destroy such a card quickly" and "be wary of phone watch exchange card scams" have become hot searches, and netizens from Shandong, Beijing, Guangdong, Hainan and other places said that they have picked up this kind of card.

An anti-fraud police officer from a city in a central province told reporters that he had not heard of anyone reporting a case in the local area. Someone picked up the card near the school and handed it over to the police at the police station. The police followed the instructions on the card to operate, and finally found that they had to pay a total of 50 yuan for the cost of express delivery, watch exclusive card, and quality insurance to buy this watch, which is claimed to be priced at 299 yuan.

"The case value of this kind of goods is too small, you can't pay on delivery, you can't buy it directly, you can only buy it with an exchange card, and it feels like it's just a fake online shopping scam." The above-mentioned police officer said.

Wang Yunsheng (not his real name), who lives in Weifang, Shandong Province, said he picked up the card near a mall in June, paid the money and received the watch according to the card's instructions. He found that this kind of watch is not like the "worth 6 yuan" said on the shopping page, and "if you buy it yourself, it will cost more than 299 yuan." ”

Qin Zheng (pseudonym), who lives in Anhui, also picked up this kind of card in the mall, and after he paid the money to "exchange" the watch, he felt that the watch was very cheap, but he still bought a half-year package of 99 yuan and gave it to his child, "I feel that this is the marketing of a bargain." But it only cost a few dozen dollars, and it doesn't seem to have lost anything. ”

Pro Cause or Corporate Marketing?

This kind of phone watch redemption card is printed with a picture of parent-child interaction and smart watch on the front, and is marked with the face value of "300 yuan" and the words "phone watch redemption card", and there is a QR code pattern and redemption code coating on the reverse. According to the instructions for using the card, users need to scan the QR code to enter the shopping page, and then enter the redemption code into the shopping page, which can be exchanged for a watch for free and comes with a China Mobile phone card.

The back of the card is printed with the words "China Mobile" and the words "Exclusive Calling Card for Children's Watches" written below, which makes many people mistakenly believe that this is an event of China Mobile. The reporter asked China Mobile for verification, and China Mobile's customer service replied that it had not held such an event, and reminded the reporter not to be deceived.

"If you look closely, you will find that the card has a small 'gift' above the words 'China Mobile', that is, this phone card is just a small product that comes with the redemption card. But this design is still a bit deceptive, I didn't see the word 'bonus' at first, and I thought it was an event sponsored by China Mobile. Wang Yunsheng said.

Another controversy over the cards is whether the event is a public benefit.

Some users who have "redeemed" the watch reported to reporters that in the package they received, there was a missing person notice about "lost children". For example, the card in the package reads "Looking for Bai Xinwen", a five-year-old boy with big eyes who went missing at around 2022:7 p.m. on July 24, 1 in Sigou Village Square, Jingyang Town, Datong County, Xining City. The reporter found that the boy was indeed lost on the public welfare search website "Baby Home Looking for Subnet".

On November 11, the reporter bought a card redemption code on a second-hand goods trading platform and scanned the QR code to enter the shopping page. The intelligent customer service on the shopping page named "Phone Watch Customer Service Center" introduces that this is a public welfare activity, and the event is now over, so the redemption code cannot be redeemed for watches.

On November 11, the reporter contacted Zhang Jun (pseudonym), the person in charge of the above-mentioned "telephone watch customer service center" operating company, he said that this is not a complete public welfare, it is a semi-public welfare, "From beginning to end, we are just doing marketing activities." ”

The watch brand's business license was revoked two years ago

The reporter bought exchange cards from four merchants on a second-hand goods trading platform. Three of them said the card was suspected of fraud and was no longer sold. After one person sold the redemption code to the reporter, the shopping page showed that the redemption code had expired, and the seller then returned the money. These merchants all claimed that the redemption card was "picked up". Some were picked up by family members, and some were picked up by themselves.

At present, there are still a large number of sellers on the second-hand goods trading platform who are selling this kind of "phone watch exchange card", with prices ranging from 29 yuan to 158 yuan.

"Phone Watch Customer Service Center" intelligent customer service replied to the reporter that the watch redeemed for the event is a children's phone watch that must use a China Mobile card, the brand is Weiwei Mobile Communications (vivl), the network access license is 02-D043-182124, and the 3C certificate is coded as 2021161606247704.

According to the government service platform of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the network access license of the equipment is "02-D043-182124", and the applicant is Weiwei Mobile Communications (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.; The permit is valid until June 2021, 6. The device name is TD-LTE digital mobile phone, and the device model is vivl v27.

Founded in 2018 and located in Bao'an District, Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, Weiwei Mobile Communications (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. is an enterprise mainly engaged in the manufacturing of computers, communications and other electronic equipment, with a registered capital of 100 million yuan. The company's business license was revoked on May 2021, 5. In 13, the company was also listed as abnormal by the Bao'an Supervision Bureau of the Shenzhen Municipal Market and Quality Supervision Commission for failing to publicize the 2020 annual report within the prescribed time limit and being unable to contact through the registered residence or business premises.

The operating company said that the fraud was the work of individual vendors

The operating company of the "Phone Watch Customer Service Center" is located in Huiji District, Zhengzhou City, Henan Province, and Zhang Jun showed reporters part of the cooperation agreement between his company and agents.

According to the agreement, Party B (a company in Shenzhen) is mainly engaged in communication products and information services, and is an Internet of Things card partner of China's three major telecom operators (Telecom, China Mobile, and China Unicom). Party A procures and acts as an agent for Party B's IoT IoT card business (mainly voice card business, including voice function and traffic function), and the agreement period is from March 2023, 3 to March 10, 2024.

The agreement is written to purchase "China Telecom", why is the actual marketing of "China Mobile"? Zhang Jun explained, "Their agents have telecom and mobile, and then we chose mobile. ”

"But our activity has been stopped, because the Internet says that we are scammers, and there are many returns." Zhang Jun believes that this kind of card is not a fraud, and users can get a watch by scanning the QR code and entering the redemption code; If the user is not satisfied with the watch, he can return it freely. Regarding the fraud phenomena such as "entering the group, swiping orders, and doing tasks" reminded by the police, Zhang Jun believes that this is the work of individual vendors, and it is also possible that some people have taken a large number of cards and sold them in an illegal way on the second-hand trading platform.

On the evening of November 11, the reporter entered the shopping page by scanning the QR code of the exchange card and found that the page had been closed due to a large number of complaints.

How did this kind of card spread to many parts of the country? Zhang Jun said that after the channel dealer got the goods from the agent, he did offline activities in several cities in May this year, so that the participants of the offline activities could receive cards. In addition, the company cooperates with some salesmen to give cards to stationery stores, electrical appliance stores, etc., so that merchants can give cards to customers as "benefits".

Zhang Jun did not reply to questions about how the company cooperated with salesmen, how salesmen promoted, and in which cities the company had done offline activities.

■ Sound

Lawyer: The distinction between fraud and false marketing lies in the actor's purpose

Some people who have "redeemed" watches told reporters that this exchange card incident is like fake marketing, defrauding users of the price difference, but even if they are cheated, they don't have much money, so they won't report the case. But some users believe that this is not a scam, "I feel that this watch and package are okay." ”

Legally, how can you distinguish between "scam" and "fake marketing"?

Song Jingyi, a lawyer at Beijing Yingke (Guangzhou) Law Firm, said that most of the perpetrators of false marketing and fraud will use the form of fabricating or exaggerating facts and concealing the truth in their objective behavior, but the most critical difference between fraud and false marketing is that fraud requires the perpetrator to have the purpose of illegal possession, while the perpetrator of false marketing has the purpose of illegal profit.

She introduced that the fraudster took the other party's property as his own without performing any obligations or paying any consideration, and there was no substantive market operation and market transaction behavior; The essential characteristic of false marketing is to make consumers believe that it is true through false propaganda, and engage in economic transactions that are not commensurate with the real price and quality, and pursue illegal profits. "There are requirements for the amount of fraud to be filed, and many consumers rarely report the case even if they feel that they have suffered a loss after scanning the code, and the purpose of reporting the case after fraud is to recover the stolen goods and recover the loss, but it is also very important to prevent it in advance."

In addition, Song Jingyi believes that shopping platforms should fulfill the main responsibility of information content management, and have the obligation to effectively review and control the published content to reduce related risks. The E-Commerce Law of the People's Republic of China stipulates that if an e-commerce platform operator knows or should know that the goods sold or services provided by the operators on the platform do not meet the requirements for protecting the safety of persons and property, or that there are other acts that infringe upon the lawful rights and interests of consumers, and fails to take necessary measures, it shall bear joint and several liability with the operators on the platform in accordance with law; For platforms, if illegal information is published, the platform has the responsibility and obligation to delete and block it in a timely manner, and punish the publisher, such as blocking the account.

■ Tips

How to effectively prevent fraud and counter fraud?

In September this year, the Fourth Procuratorate of the Supreme People's Procuratorate and the Criminal Investigation Bureau of the Ministry of Public Security reminded people that in their daily work and life, they should do a good job in preventing fraud and anti-fraud, and resolutely achieve the "four nos": not being gullible, not being greedy, not clicking, and not leaking.

●Not gullible. For employment information such as "high-paying recruitment" and "overseas recruitment" published on the Internet and in the circle of friends, do not be gullible and be blinded by the so-called "high salary". We must keep a clear head, seek formal ways to find employment, understand the policies of working abroad and the local social situation through official channels, and make prudent decisions.

● Do not be greedy. Don't be deceived by the low-investment, high-return financial information on the Internet, and don't be tempted by the so-called insider information and expert opinions. It is necessary to consult professionals through formal institutions to understand investment information, invest rationally according to their own economic strength and family situation, and firmly guard their "money bags".

●I do not click it. Do not click on any unknown web links, do not scan any unknown QR codes, do not install any unknown APP software, especially resolutely put an end to the installation of online gambling, naked chat and other software, to prevent falling into the "scam" carefully designed by fraudsters.

●Do not leak. Keep your personal information properly and do not disclose your or your family's identity, bank account, home address, contact information, etc. to others on the Internet. In particular, do not join unfamiliar QQ groups, WeChat groups, share screens, and do not provide personal information or enter accounts and passwords according to the instructions of the people in the group.

(Beijing News reporter Zhao Lixin)