China News Service, April 7th, according to the website of the Chinese Embassy in the Netherlands, telecom fraud has recently resurrected in the Netherlands. Many Chinese citizens in the Netherlands, especially students in the Netherlands, reported to the embassy that they received a voice call from the "embassy" or "consulate" (the caller's number starts with + 31-70-306, which is probably a virtual number and cannot be Callback; there are also telephones disguised as the embassy fax number + 31-70-3551651 and other numbers), voice prompts "There is an urgent letter not received" or "Recently applied documents have been processed" or "Need to buy and sell items at the airport recently Provide personal information "or" recently pending matters "or" residence card is about to expire ", etc., and remind the parties to press the 9-key number" transfer manual service ". After "transferring manual services", the "embassy" or "consulate" may ask the parties for personal information, or inform the parties that "a number of bank cards have been seized by the customs", "being suspected of being illegally investigated," etc. Some calls even The parties transferred to the "domestic public security department", and many calls automatically hung up after asking for information such as names.
Judging from the situation reflected by the parties to the embassy, Chinese citizens in the Netherlands have established a strong sense of prevention against telecommunications fraud, and most parties can quickly see through the fraudster's intentions, hang up the phone directly after receiving suspicious voice prompts, or contact the "embassy" 2. The "Consulate" felt suspicious after communication and took the initiative to verify the situation with the embassy.
Here, the Chinese Embassy in the Netherlands once again solemnly reminds Chinese citizens in the Netherlands that they must raise awareness of their precautions and not be deceived:
1. The embassy generally does not call the parties to notify the parties that there are documents or parcels to be collected. After receiving such news, be sure to verify through other channels.
2. The telephone of the embassy is a direct dial telephone, and it will not prompt the parties to press keys to transfer to manual service.
3. The embassy will not request personal privacy information such as personal name, date of birth, passport number, bank card number, etc. from the parties by telephone. Even if the embassy or consulate telephones to notify the parties of the above emergencies in an emergency, it will not talk about bank accounts or transfers. Matters.
4. During the epidemic situation, the embassy implements appointment processing for consular documents, and the processing time is adjusted from 9 am to 12 am every Friday. All witnesses who have urgent needs must call the embassy's consular certificate consultation phone + 31-70-3065091 to make an appointment, and there is no other way to handle it.
5. Fraudsters are tricky and fully capable of using Internet technology to disguise phone numbers as the numbers of Chinese embassies and consulates abroad or domestic administrative and judicial departments. Therefore, fraudulent means and caller numbers related to telecommunications fraud will never be limited to the above. A variety of telecommunications frauds are emerging, and Chinese citizens in the Netherlands cannot always relax their vigilance.
6. If you receive a suspected fraudulent call, it is recommended to ignore it, or hang up the phone and call the embassy official website to verify. If you are unfortunately cheated, please call the local police and domestic public security organs immediately.
Dutch alarm phone: 112 or 0900-8844, 0031-343578844 (dial from abroad); alarm website: www.politie.nl (reporting complaints, complaints, tracing, etc.).
China Alarm Phone: 110. If you can't report the case directly to the domestic public security organ, you can report the case through a domestic relative, dial 110 and request to transfer to the anti-telecommunications network fraud center at the place where the report was made.
Consultation documents for consular documents in the Netherlands: 0031-70-3065091 (Monday to Friday from 9:00 to 12:00 and 14:30 to 17:00)
The consular protection assistance telephone number of the embassy in the Netherlands: 0031-70-3065083 (office hours) or 0031-684557449 (do not call for document consultation); general non-emergency advice emails can be sent to chinaconsular@gmail.com , The embassy will reply as soon as possible.