China News Service, July 16th. According to the website of the Chinese Embassy in Argentina, recently, some national telecom scammers once again targeted overseas Chinese and Chinese people, and continued to fake service telephone numbers (such as document consultation telephone numbers and The consular protection assistance phone, etc.) conduct telecommunication fraud, which is highly deceptive.
It is understood that many overseas Chinese in Afghanistan have been deceived, causing heavy property losses.
In order to effectively enhance the safety awareness of overseas Chinese living in Argentina, enhance the "immunity" and "discrimination" of anti-fraud, curb the occurrence of various telecommunication and network fraud cases, and protect the safety of people's property, the Chinese Embassy in Argentina solemnly reminds:
1. Understand the common sense of fraud prevention and be vigilant at all times
The scam gang "writes deceptive scripts carefully" and intensively trains telephone operators to "heart attack".
You should always be vigilant, increase your awareness of prevention, be aware of common tricks used by fraudsters, keep abreast of the latest fraudulent methods, and remind your relatives and friends to avoid being fooled.
Anyone who asks for personal information, bank account number, credit card number, verification code, or transfers or remittances for the reasons of receiving documents (parcels), expired certificates, cooperating in case investigations, etc., keep in mind "not credulous" and never "don't transfer" , Absolutely "no remittance".
2. Don't panic in case of trouble, call the police as soon as possible to stop the loss
If you cannot distinguish whether the received call is a fraudulent call, it is recommended to hang up immediately.
It can be verified by calling back the consular security phone number of the embassy or consulate abroad or by other means, or you can call the 12308 hotline of the Consular Protection and Service Emergency Call Center of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for help.
If you have been scammers who have taken personal information and been threatened, don't be afraid, let alone "spend money to eliminate disasters."
The main purpose of scammers is to obtain money by deception, and they will quickly shift their targets after being spotted.
If you are unfortunately deceived, please contact the bank and other financial institutions to apply for a payment stop as soon as possible; if you are worried that the leakage of personal information will cause follow-up problems, you can contact the bank and other institutions to update your personal information, or report to the Argentine police; if the remittance channel involves a Chinese account, please As soon as possible, personally or by entrusting domestic relatives and friends to report to the public security organs where they are registered, call the anti-fraud hotline 96110/110 or through the "National Anti-fraud APP" reporting platform to ask for help from the China Anti-Telecom Internet Fraud Center.
3. New tricks for vaccination in Argentina
With the in-depth development of Argentina's new crown vaccine universal vaccination plan, there are currently illegal personnel using vaccination appointments to steal user information and implement fraud.
A few days ago, according to local media reports in Argentina, someone reminded through a WhatsApp group that someone received an "appointment confirmation message" with a link, which was actually stealing and blocking the victim's WhatsApp account and then committing fraud.
The link in the fraudulent information claims to come from the Cuidar app or the local health department, which is in fact false information and requires a verification code.
After clicking the link, the victim will receive a verification code to "complete the vaccination appointment"; but in fact, the above 6-digit code is a verification code used by criminals to log in to the victim's account on other devices .
Once the verification code is entered, the criminal will take over the victim's WhatsApp account, and the victim can no longer send messages or contact others.
At the same time, the criminals began to send messages to the victim’s contact list, claiming that they needed immediate transfer and remittance assistance in an emergency.
For this type of fraudulent information, the provincial and municipal health departments stated that the authorities will never send or request verification codes via WhatsApp or email.
The majority of overseas Chinese in Albania should raise their awareness of prevention and beware of being deceived.
4. Related alarm calls
If you find that you have encountered telecommunications fraud, you can immediately call the following number:
(1) Argentine police telephone:
911 (emergency)
(2) The police contact number of the Chinese Embassy in Argentina:
0054-911-55753162
Police Contact WeChat Platform of the Chinese Embassy in Argentina: MPS-ARG
(3) China Anti-Telecom Network Fraud Center (0086+city code+96110)
For example, Beijing Anti-fraud Center: 00861096110
(4) Emergency telephone number for consular protection and assistance of the Chinese Embassy in Argentina: 0054--911-43992849
(5) The telephone number of the Global Consular Protection and Service Emergency Call Center of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs:
0086-10-12308 or 0086-10-59913991
5. "Propaganda Manual on Preventing Telecom Network Fraud"
In order to further expand the coverage of anti-fraud propaganda and increase the public's anti-fraud awareness, the National Anti-Fraud Center of China has produced the "Propaganda Handbook on Preventing Telecom Network Fraud", introducing ten common types of telecom network fraud to the general public and exposing fraud Criminal methods, analysis of typical cases, and anti-fraud tips.
The tactics of telecommunications network fraud are ever-changing, but they are always the same. Remember the principle of "three not one and more":
Unknown link does not click
Unfamiliar calls are not gullible
Personal information is not disclosed
Multi-verification of transfers and remittances