China News Service, August 7 According to the website of the Chinese Consulate General in Fukuoka, recently, a “kidnapping” fraud occurred in the consular district of the Consulate General in Fukuoka. The case targeted Chinese citizens such as international students and often caused great losses and injuries to the parties and their families. The Consulate General in Fukuoka reminds Chinese citizens in the consular area to be vigilant and not to be deceived.
The recent "fake kidnapping, real fraud" cases are highly confusing and harmful. The modus operandi is usually as follows:
In the first step, the fraud gang pretended to be a domestic public security, procuratorate, or other agency, contacted the party by phone, falsely claiming that a large number of bank cards in the name of the party were found in the items recently sent to the country, and then transferred them to the domestic "public security department" and claimed that the party was suspected of participating in the transnational economy He commits a crime and provides him with forged arrest documents and other official documents, and requires the parties to cooperate in the investigation, otherwise they will be arrested. At the same time, the scammers also require the parties to transfer funds under their personal names to their designated accounts for the so-called asset supervision and inspection.
In the second step, after the scammer took the bait and obtained his personal and family information, he asked the person to leave their usual place of residence and go to hide elsewhere, cut off all contact with the outside world, and at the same time intimidated and lured the person into filming him being tied up and beaten in various ways Such as photos or videos suspected of being kidnapped or abused, and audios of crying to relatives and friends.
The third step is to take advantage of the party’s “lost contact” period, the fraudsters contacted their relatives to falsely claim that the party was “kidnapped” through the party’s WeChat, etc., and sent relevant photos, audio and video to demand a huge “ransom”. Under tremendous psychological pressure, relatives often believe it is true, that is, send a huge amount of "ransom" to the fraudsters, allowing the fraudsters to succeed.
During the epidemic period, Chinese citizens in the consular area, especially the international student groups, are requested to protect themselves against a new round of telecommunications fraud, especially "kidnapping" fraud.
1. Chinese embassies and consulates abroad and any domestic publicity, procuratorate, and law enforcement agencies will not notify Chinese citizens by telephone to deal with domestic affairs or related documents, will not ask anyone for personal information such as bank accounts, and will not ask the parties to transfer money. If you receive a similar call, please hang up immediately. If the authenticity cannot be distinguished, please call the Consular Protection and Assistance Hotline of the Consulate General in Fukuoka (+81-92-753-6483) or the Global Consular Protection and Service Emergency Call Center of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (+86-10-12308 or +86- 10-59913991) Process after further verification.
2. International students are requested to maintain timely and good communication with their family and friends, and correctly understand and relieve stress. "Worry about children traveling thousands of miles", it is recommended that international students fully inform their family members of the relevant information about studying abroad, including school name and major, school and residence address, personal and school phone numbers, and leave information including tutors, guarantors, classmates, roommates or other friends Contact information so that family members can contact me through multiple channels when needed. While caring about their children's academic performance, parents should also keep abreast of their children's psychological changes, emotional states and other physical and mental health conditions, and provide timely guidance and education.
3. If you are unfortunately deceived, please remain calm, judge rationally, and report the case to the local police (Japanese alarm number: 110), the local police and the remittance and beneficiary bank where the beneficiary bank is located as soon as possible to minimize losses.