Chinanews.com, April 24. According to the website of the Chinese Consulate General in Johannesburg, recently, the Consulate General in Johannesburg has repeatedly received reports from overseas Chinese that some criminals used "+27(14)0070811" and other numbers to do so. Telecom fraud.

They impersonated the staff of the embassy and consulate, inquired whether the person has had fever, cough and other symptoms recently, and asked the person to provide information such as health report, nucleic acid test results, isolation certificate, etc., to defraud the person after defrauding the trust of the person.

In order to help Chinese citizens in the consular area improve their anti-fraud and anti-fraud capabilities and avoid being deceived, the Consulate General in Johannesburg hereby reminds:

　　1. If there is no plan to return to the country in the near future, or the new crown pneumonia has not been diagnosed, the embassy or consulate will generally not take the initiative to call Chinese citizens to find out their health conditions. If you receive unknown calls, text messages, and emails, please do not disclose your personal information at will.

It is important to point out that individual criminals already have personal information such as the person’s name when they call. Chinese citizens are requested to avoid excessive display of important personal and family information on the Internet, social media, WeChat groups, Moments, etc., and be sure to set relevant information Permission to protect personal privacy.

　　2. Fraudsters are renovating and deceiving. The content of the fraud involves "sudden kidnapping, accident or death of family members", "without documents", "individuals prosecuted or wanted in the country", "concessional exchange", "returning to the country to declare health "Status" is becoming more and more extensive, and technical means can also be used to change the caller ID number, or even pretend to be the number of the domestic public security department or the embassy or consulate.

Embassies, consulates or domestic government agencies will not ask you to transfer money to any so-called "secure account", nor will you use social software such as WeChat or WhatsApp to guide the operation of remittance.

Once the unknown caller talks about personal bank accounts, transfers, etc., please hang up the phone decisively.

　　3. Please refer to the payment notice issued by the staff for the business expenses of handling consular documents at the embassy or consulate. Under any circumstances, the embassy or consulate will not ask for personal account numbers and other financial information via phone calls or emails.

Applicants who apply for registration in the online passport appointment system overseas should keep the file number, prompt questions and answers properly, and do not need to provide the above information to the embassy or consulate.

Embassies and consulates examine and issue nucleic acid codes or declarations of health conditions for Chinese and foreign personnel in China. They do not charge any fees, nor do they have designated or cooperated application agencies.

　　4. In case of being deceived, please notify the bank where your account belongs to freeze the transfer and remittance immediately, and report the case to the South African police immediately.

If the deceived money is withdrawn through bank card transfer in mainland China, after reporting the case to the South African police, the victim can call the police number 110 of the public security agency where the domestic household registration is located, or transfer through the 110 alarm number and check the local anti-fraud center. Report.

　　South Africa Police Number: 10111

　　Global Consular Protection and Service Emergency Call Center of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Tel: +86-10-12308 +86-10-59913991

　　Consular protection and assistance telephone of the Chinese Consulate General in Johannesburg: 0715111494

　　South African Chinese Police-civilian Cooperation Center: 011-6229515, 6228286