China News Service, June 10, according to the WeChat public account of the Chinese Embassy in South Africa, recently, many Chinese embassies and consulates in Africa received reports from Chinese citizens, claiming to have been involved in fraudulent exchanges on WeChat and other platforms. It is understood that fraudsters often use "high exchange rate" as a bait through platforms such as WeChat and QQ, and use "excessive performance" and "urgently needed RMB" as an excuse to deceive parties to send money to a designated account. After they succeed, they lie that the business fails to pay , "Black out" the deceived person or directly disappear from the country.
The Chinese Embassy in South Africa reminds the vast number of overseas Chinese who travel to South Africa that the exchange of foreign exchange business should be handled by a formal financial institution, and do not believe in various "concessional exchange of foreign exchange" information. Not only is there no security guarantee for private exchange, it is more likely to involve money laundering, illegal foreign exchange trading, and other crimes. Don’t lose money because of small profits.
If you are found to be deceived, you should report the case to the local police in South Africa as soon as possible, and pay attention to collecting key evidence such as the identity information of the fraudster, the bank account involved, and the transfer record, so that you can solve the case and recover the loss.
South African Police: 10111
Global Consular Protection and Service Emergency Call Center of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (24 hours): 0086-10-12308 or 0086-10-59913991
Assistance assistance from the Chinese Embassy in South Africa: 0027-12-3428826
Assistance assistance from the Chinese Consulate General in Johannesburg: 0027-715111494
Assistance assistance from the Chinese Consulate General in Cape Town Tel: 0027-723096634
Helper of the Chinese Consulate General in Durban: 0027-761742938
Tel: 011-6229515, 6228286