China News Service, June 9th, according to the website of the Chinese Embassy in the United States, in recent times, criminals have been rampant, posing as Chinese embassies and consulates abroad, the Chinese Public Prosecution Law, the US Federal Bureau of Investigation and other departments to implement various types of fraud. The common tactic is still to fraudulently claim that the party involved in criminal or immigration cases. After brainwashing, he directly defrauded money or asked him to isolate himself from contact with the outside world. During the epidemic, criminals have developed new tricks such as "sending masks involved in the case" and "chartering ticket sales". Recently, some people have been tricked.

  The Chinese Embassy in the United States once again reminded Chinese citizens in the United States to be vigilant, to prevent all types of fraud, and not to trust remittance transfers. If you encounter fraud, you can refer to the following channels to report the case:

  1. Report to the police in your residence or school in the United States, call 911 or the local police station.

  2. If the stolen money involved in the case is withdrawn through bank card transfer in the mainland, the victim can report to the US police and directly call the police at 110 where the bank or household registration is located to introduce the case and provide the bank account number involved. Or, you can provide the bank account involved in the case after transferring through the 110 alarm call and querying the alarm call of the local anti-fraud center.

  3. In order to circumvent law enforcement in the mainland, criminals often instruct victims to remit money to financial institutions in Hong Kong and Macao Special Administrative Regions. After reporting to the US police, the victim may also report to the relevant department of the SAR government.

  4. After encountering fraud in the United States, in addition to calling the police, the victim can also report the case and seek assistance by referring to the following methods: (1) For most frauds, you can contact the Federal Trade Commission or use its Online Complaint Assistant to report the case; (2) For frauds that impersonate the taxation of the US National Tax Administration, you can report the case to Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration or call 1-800-366-4484; (3) For the theft of identity information, etc., you can report to IdentityTheft.gov; (4) For frauds using Internet methods, you can report to the FBI Internet Crime Complaint Center; (5) For cross-border e-commerce fraud, you should report to econsumer.gov. For other commercial fraud activities, you can report to the Department of Commerce's International Trade Administration Report; (6) For frauds that violate immigration laws, etc., you can report to the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement; (7) For investment fraud, you can report to the Securities and Exchange Commission or the local state regulator regulator; (8) For credit and For frauds such as loans and remittances, you can report to Consumer Financial Protection Bureau; (9) For fraud using telephones, you can report to the Federal Communications Commission. Specifically, you can visit Stopfraud.gov website to inquire about which department should be reported to the bank, credit card, housing and other financial fraud.

  Ministry of Foreign Affairs Global Consular Protection and Service Emergency Hotline: +86-10-12308, +86-10-59913991.

  Consular Protection and Assistance Phone of the Chinese Embassy or Consulate in the United States:

  Embassy in the United States: +1-202-4952216

  Consulate General in New York: +1-212-6953125

  Consulate General in San Francisco: +1-415-2168525

  Consulate General in Los Angeles: +1-213-8078052

  Consulate General in Chicago: +1-312-7800170

  Consulate General in Houston: +1-713-5219215