China Overseas Chinese Network, December 30. According to the American Overseas Chinese News Network, with the arrival of the annual tax reporting season, the 5th Branch of the Chinatown Police in Manhattan, New York, reminded that criminals should use tax returns or receive "new crown pneumonia relief funds" Phone scams carried out on the grounds.
According to the police, in phone fraud cases, criminals often claim to be employees of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), the police, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and other government agencies, in order to obtain the victim's Social Security Number (SSN), etc. Personal financial information such as personal information or bank account.
The deceived victims are of a wide range of ages and are not limited to the elderly.
If you receive a call from the Social Security Administration (Social Security Administration), regardless of whether the other party is a real person or an automatic voice call, most of these calls are phone scams.
Fraudsters use what is known as "electronic fraud" to disguise the caller ID as the name of a government agency.
The scammer claimed on the phone that the victim's social security number was banned for suspected use in fraudulent activities or drug trafficking and other criminal cases, and his personal bank account would be frozen for arbitrage to obtain the victim's personal information.
Other commonly used phone fraud methods include claiming that the victim has an arrest warrant, and another scammer pretending to be a policeman uses intimidation or threats to talk to the victim, or asks the victim to purchase an Apple gift card, send money, etc. Way to pay a "fine".
If you encounter such a call, please hang up immediately and do not disclose any personal information.
The staff of the Social Security Bureau or the police and other government departments will never ask the person to provide their social security number, driver's license, bank account information, or pay any fines by calling.
(Liu Yiling)