China News Service, Toronto, September 28th. Recently, there have been several telecom fraud cases involving Chinese students in the consulate area of ​​the Chinese Consulate General in Toronto, and some cases involved a large amount of money.

On September 27, the Chinese Consulate General in Toronto once again issued a reminder to Chinese citizens in the consular area to prevent telecommunications fraud.

  The Chinese Consulate General in Toronto stated that there are various types of telecommunications frauds and emerge in an endless stream, and there are mainly the following three types of fraud "traps":

  One is the "judicial trap".

Some criminals pretended to be officials of the Chinese National Public Procuratorate or the embassy and consulates, falsely claiming that the parties involved were involved in major criminal or economic crimes, and sent forged documents such as "police officer IDs", "arrest warrants", and "confidential letters" through social software to assist in solving cases, laundering Taking off criminal suspects as bait, tricking and threatening them to send money to the so-called "safe account".

  The second is the "family trap".

Some criminals "send warmth" and "close up" to the client, and after gaining trust, they lure the client to go out, and then threaten him to take photos or videos of kidnapping, beating or even naked, and send them to the client's domestic parents or relatives, falsely claiming that the client has been "hidden". kidnapped" and demanded a ransom.

  The third is the "money trap".

Some criminals use advertisements such as "preferential exchange of foreign exchange" and "return to China to purchase" and other advertisements to trick the parties into exchanging foreign exchange or trading with them in private, and then delay the time for technical reasons such as "transfer delay", or directly block the black and run away.

  The Chinese Consulate General in Toronto once again reminds the majority of Chinese citizens in the consular area to be vigilant against all kinds of telecommunication frauds to ensure personal and property safety.

  (1) Chinese embassies and consulates abroad will not notify the parties through phone calls or phone recordings that there are documents or packages that need to be picked up or are involved in domestic cases, nor will they ask anyone for personal bank card or account information.

If Chinese citizens living overseas are involved in cases in China, relevant legal documents will be delivered by Chinese diplomatic and consular offices abroad through regular channels.

The international express company may notify the parties that the mail needs to be collected, but it cannot know the specific matters and contents involved in the mail.

  (2) The caller ID number can be forged by technical means. Even if the caller number is the same as the number announced by the embassy, ​​consulate or other official organization abroad, you need to maintain a high degree of vigilance, and do not believe any rhetoric about transferring the call to the Chinese public prosecutor's office.

Fraudsters make random calls through technical means. Even if they can name the parties, don’t be too nervous. It may be caused by previous personal information leakage.

If you are really concerned about the content of the call, you can ask the other party to hang up the phone and call later, and take the time to communicate with your family and friends to verify the situation and seek advice, or call the contact information announced by the embassy, ​​consulate, public security bureau, etc. to verify.

  (3) The majority of international students should make friends carefully, tighten the "safety string", keep in touch with their relatives in China, and inform them of their contact information and address in Canada in a timely manner.

If there is a call asking the person to "cut off contact with family and friends to keep them safe", or hide, bind themselves, take nude photos or videos, etc., be sure to hang up immediately and call the police.

If you receive a phone call from a stranger to inform you of "traffic accident", "child kidnapping", "unexpected death of a loved one", etc., it is recommended to keep calm and immediately verify the situation through other reliable channels before handling it.

If there is a dangerous situation, you should report it to the local police in time, and do not transfer money to the other party in any way under any circumstances.

  (4) Don’t believe in the so-called “inside information” and “preferential exchange” advertisements, and don’t suffer big losses because of temporary convenience or petty cheap.

If you need to exchange foreign currency, you should go to a formal financial institution to handle it. Otherwise, you will not only be easily deceived, but may also be suspected of participating in criminal activities such as money laundering and illegal trading of foreign exchange.

  (5) If you find that you have been deceived after the money is remitted, it is recommended to report the case to the Canadian police immediately and contact the bank where your remittance account is opened to try to prevent the transaction (the bank has a time lag in processing the remittance business, and there have been cases of successful recovery of losses before).

If it involves remittances or collections from domestic accounts in China, it is recommended to immediately report to the local public security organ through domestic relatives (just dial 110 locally, and public security organs at the provincial and municipal levels across the country have established anti-telecommunication network fraud centers).

  The Chinese Consulate General in Toronto provides the following phone numbers for backup:

  Canadian police: 911; Canadian Anti-Fraud Centre: +1-888-4958501.

  Global Consular Protection and Service Emergency Call Center of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China (24 hours): +86-10-12308 (Hotline 12308) or +86-10-59913991.

  Consular protection and assistance number of the Chinese Consulate General in Toronto: +1-416-5942308.