China Overseas Chinese Network, March 27. According to the WeChat official account of the Chinese Embassy in Norway, recently, the Embassy in Norway has received reports from Chinese citizens that some criminals pretended to be Chinese embassies and consulates abroad to commit telecommunications fraud.
Criminals often claim to be embassy officials, falsely claim that the victim's passport or residence card has expired, that his credit card has been stolen or is involved in international criminal cases, or been investigated by Interpol, and require the victim to provide a personal bank account or pay a fine.
In some cases, scammers used technical means to disguise phone numbers as the phone numbers of Chinese embassies and consulates abroad, which is highly deceptive.
The Chinese Embassy in Norway solemnly reaffirms:
First, Chinese embassies and consulates abroad will not notify Chinese compatriots by telephone that there are domestic cases that need to be handled, nor will they require the receiver to call back any phone number for further contact.
Second, whether to apply for a passport travel document is an act of personal volition. Chinese embassies and consulates abroad will not call to inform the parties that the passport documents have expired and need to be extended or reissued, and the relevant fees or fines need to be paid by means of transfer. Anyone asks for personal bank card or account information.
Chinese compatriots are requested not to trust any phone calls in the name of Chinese embassies and consulates to request passport renewal or to inquire about personal financial information.
Third, if you receive a phone call from a stranger to inform you of "traffic accident", "child kidnapped", "accidental death of relatives", etc., be sure to calm down and deal with the situation after verifying the situation through other channels.
Even if the embassy or consulate informs the parties of the above-mentioned emergencies by phone in an emergency, it will not talk about bank accounts, transfers, etc.
If it is not possible to distinguish whether it is a fraudulent call, it is recommended to call the consular protection number of the Chinese embassy or consulate after hanging up the call, or call the 12308 hotline of the Consular Protection and Service Emergency Call Center of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for further verification.
If you are unfortunately deceived, please report to the local police as soon as possible.
The Norwegian police number: 112.
The consular protection telephone of the Chinese Embassy in Norway: +47-93066621/96903086 (provisional).
The global emergency call center for consular protection and services of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is +86-10-12308/59913991.