The "virtual currency" scam is exposed. Some people are cheated by millions.
The "virtual currency" scam is exposed, and some people are cheated by millions. It is unstable to realize profits through blockchain token games, and it may even be a scam. Don't believe in the so-called good opportunity, and be cautious about the statement that you can make quick money in a short time. The "virtual currency" scam was exposed and some people were cheated by millions. The fraud of "virtual currency" was exposed, and some people were cheated by millions. 1
With the blessing of the concept of meta-universe, various NFT chain tour projects flourished, and criminal gangs followed the wind, developing so-called chain tour projects, issuing game tokens and going online to the centralized exchange.
Feng Ling revealed that this kind of online pyramid scheme with virtual currency as a gimmick appeared as early as three or four years ago, and there were more cases abroad. "This kind of case has obvious characteristics, and it is basically hyped with new virtual currency related concepts to attract people to participate in investment." He said.
Feng Ling said, "On Twitter, Post Bar and other platforms, if someone takes the initiative to chat privately and introduce their projects to you, then these can basically be judged as scams; If someone sends an invitation code, it can basically be judged as a pyramid scheme. "
According to the Research Report on Blockchain and Virtual Currency Crime Trend in 221 (hereinafter referred to as the Report) issued by Zhifan Technology, the modes of virtual currency pyramid schemes mainly include exchange mode, wallet mode, false "smart contract" mode, smart contract mode, mining machine leasing mode, cloud mining machine mode, quantitative robot mode, short video mode, matrix DAPP mode and chain tour.
Take the fiery "Meta-Universe" as an example. With the blessing of the concept of Meta-Universe, various NFT chain tour projects are booming, and criminal gangs are also following the trend, developing so-called chain tour projects, issuing game tokens and going online to centralized exchanges.
The Report points out that this kind of cases usually involve the project side attracting investors to enter the market by rubbing hot spots, linking well-known projects and other means, constantly increasing the value of game tokens, and attracting more speculators by combining the high income of static and dynamic. Its essence is still to expand the fund pool by users exchanging mainstream coins consumed by platform coins, and the project side takes the opportunity to set up money to run away.
According to industry analysts, as a new form of online pyramid selling, virtual currency pyramid selling is highly concealed, but the deception is always the same, which is nothing more than three typical characteristics: first, the entry fee, investors need to pay the fee to obtain the qualification to join; The second is to attract people, and the income of MLM participants comes from the fees paid by the offline members they have developed; Third, double payment, which is based on the number of directly or indirectly developed personnel.
in view of these situations, relevant departments are also stepping up supervision. For example, at the end of February, 222, the Supreme People's Court first included virtual currency transactions in the case of illegally absorbing funds. In addition, China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission of China has previously issued a risk warning on preventing illegal fund-raising in the name of "Metauniverse".
The reporter noted that during the two sessions this year, many NPC deputies and CPPCC members also expressed their views on strengthening the supervision of related industries in the Meta-Universe. Tan Jianfeng, member of Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, president of the Fifth Institute of Space Information Technology and honorary chairman of the Shanghai Information Security Industry Association, said that at present, NFT virtual artworks (such as cartoon portraits and electronic oil paintings) based on blockchain technology are popular in the "meta-universe", but the supervision is difficult to implement, which may form a new money laundering channel.
"To deepen the development of the digital economy, it must be integrated with the real economy, but at the same time, we should guard against the use of national development plans and hot concepts by capital to create a new virtual economy bubble and prevent individuals from taking advantage of the policy dividend and cutting investors' leeks." Tan Jianfeng said.
Wang Peng, an associate professor at Renmin University of China, told reporters that cyber fraud, including telecom fraud and illegal fund-raising, is emerging one after another, mainly taking advantage of the public's mentality. First, new technologies, new elements or new applications are produced, which people generally don't understand; Second, speculative psychology, without understanding, to speculate and want to make a quick money.
To this end, Wang Peng put forward the following suggestions to prevent cyber fraud with concepts such as Metauniverse and NFT as gimmicks. First, the relevant government supervision departments should strengthen the crackdown, find relevant clues in time, cut them off in time, and deal with them in time, instead of turning small problems into big social problems;
Second, relevant professional organizations such as trade associations should issue relevant industry codes for new technologies such as Metauniverse and NFT, and strengthen education for the public; Third, the mass media should strengthen the relevant publicity. On the one hand, it should strengthen the publicity of the technology application itself to get rid of the mystery of technology, on the other hand, it should let everyone raise their risk awareness.
"Finally, I think from my own point of view, first, we should strengthen the study of technology, and don't follow others' advice. Risk and income are in direct proportion, and the higher the income, the higher the risk; Second, don't believe in the so-called good opportunities, be cautious about making quick money in a short time, and consider the problem from a long-term perspective. " Wang Peng said. Recently, more than 15, young people in the Philippines are addicted to playing a pet development game to make money. The principle is that players get electronic cards by raising an elf. This card is actually a kind of virtual currency, and players can trade freely on a special network encryption trading platform in exchange for real money.
These young people get virtual currency by "mining", and they can earn hundreds of dollars a month. This is essentially a blockchain token game wrapped in a game coat. However, in the Philippines, where the per capita monthly income is about 2 US dollars, playing games can also earn a lot of income, which is undoubtedly of great appeal to young people.
However, it should be noted that making profits through blockchain token games is unstable, and it may even be a scam. For example, the "Mars Volunteer" blockchain game, which was all the rage at the beginning of this year, although it caught up with the meta-universe and Musk and promoted "making money while playing", the income was as high as 1, times, but it was necessary to spend more than 6 yuan to buy virtual coins first, and finally the high income of the game promotion was ruined by the collapse of the currency value.
In response to this kind of behavior, the Risk Tips on Preventing Illegal Fund-raising in the Name of "Metauniverse" issued by China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission on February 18th this year mentioned that some lawless elements took advantage of hot spots to attract funds under the names of "Metauniverse Investment Project" and "Metauniverse Chain Game" and were suspected of illegal fund-raising and fraud. In essence, how much money can be exchanged for virtual tokens obtained under the banner of playing games is based on the extremely unstable market transaction value. Once it collapses, it will eventually become a bubble game.
therefore, China has always paid attention to the supervision of bitcoin, etc. In May last year, the the State Council Financial Stability and Development Committee held a meeting, demanding resolutely preventing and controlling financial risks and cracking down on bitcoin mining and trading. From the perspective of pure technology, professional mining machines are far superior to ordinary machines playing games in the efficiency of "mining" in blockchain. At one time, China occupied more than 6% of the global "mine" computing power, and many "miners" laid a large number of mining machines in places with cheap energy such as small hydropower in China.
However, even though China can make some overseas profits by digging bitcoin and other currencies, it still resolutely closes mines in various places, and its computing power has rapidly dropped below 5% in the world. This is the right decision, because wasting a huge amount of energy is only used to produce casino chips, which is not good for China as a whole. Many people found that the price of graphics cards rose sharply before, which was related to the fact that a large number of graphics cards were used for mining. If young people are triggered to participate in blockchain currency speculation, the consequences will be even worse.
But there are not many countries like China that resolutely supervise and shut down all kinds of blockchain currency speculation. Because of the great pressure of life, Korean youths have participated in digital currency games in succession, hoping to get rich overnight. In the winter of 217, two-thirds of the world's largest bitcoin transactions took place in South Korea.
there is no doubt that the development of digital technology is the highlight of the global economy since the new century, but it is not necessarily a good thing for young people in the "e era". Young people in most countries in the world grew up in the era of rapid development of digital technology. Influenced by various myths of getting rich, their cognition of wealth is also changing. The way the previous generation worked hard on the factory assembly line to accumulate wealth is "lost" in the minds of young people and has no attraction.
In fact, for countries with a large labor force and lack of employment opportunities, such as the Philippines, even factory assembly line work with average income is a good starting point for young people, and the factory can solve a large number of jobs, which is very welcome by the local government. However, electronic culture invaded these countries before industrial culture, and only low-grade computers and mobile phones are enough to make young people in the whole country addicted to it.
Therefore, some countries, aware of this problem, will guide digital technology to correct uses, such as promoting distance education, limiting the time for teenagers to play games and supervising the content of games during the epidemic. However, countries in the world have different levels of development, so it is not easy to enjoy the fruits of digital technology through development, and it is a higher challenge to further promote the advantages and eliminate the disadvantages.
No matter how scientific and technological progress, the country wants to achieve long-term development, and the spiritual core of young people's striving for progress cannot be lost. It is the proper meaning of a positive energy society to get rid of the fog of technological weaving and correctly understand Ponzi scheme or bubble economy hype under various new packaging.
with the continuous progress of artificial intelligence, robots, new energy and other technologies, the nature of labor in traditional industries may change in essence one day, but this change needs to lead young people to real technological innovation, instead of indulging in the bubble game of "capital and humanity" more and more. The "virtual currency" scam was exposed, and some people were cheated by millions. In daily life, there are often strange phones claiming to pull people into the stock group for free. On the network platform, there are often advertisements for various stock lectures. Many people hold the mentality of just going into the group to see and listen to lectures without spending money. Unexpectedly, they fell into the whirlpool of being cheated step by step and suffered heavy losses. During the investigation, the reporter found that the so-called "teachers" in these stock groups first recommended stocks, and after gaining trust, they would recommend the self-issued virtual digital currency to defraud investors.
"Virtual currency" claims to be a 1-fold premium. The website closes the money and runs away.
After the reporter sneaked into the stock group as an investor, he found that many victims from all over the country entered the group for free.
voice source-lecture audio of a stock group: Bateman is the first and only digital currency platform in China to be launched soon. The platform to issue its platform currency is equivalent to its stock, equivalent to IPO. I expect its platform currency to have a premium of 1 to 2 times, or even 1 times.
many people buy a lot of "virtual coins" under the temptation of so-called profiteering of 1 times to 1 times. Suddenly, Bateman's virtual currency trading platform was closed overnight without warning, the stock group was dissolved, and no so-called "teacher" or "customer service" could be contacted, and all the funds invested by the victims could not be withdrawn. Some victims said that the amount of fraud was up to one million yuan.
Beijing investor: At 1 am on April 9, I woke up in the middle of the night and took a look at this disk. I found that the platform could not be opened, all the numbers were gone, my account was empty, those groups were gone, and all the links could not be opened. I was cheated by more than 4, yuan and more than 1 million yuan.
Investor in Shenzhen City, Guangdong Province: My husband is ill, so we took out a loan. Basically, more than 1 million yuan is a loan. The main problem now is that there are children studying, and the credit card will not affect the credit information. If the children can't read, my credit will go wrong, and there is no way out.
A woman who has been a shareholder for nearly 2 years, is very cautious in investing, and feels that she will definitely not be cheated. At first, she was unmoved by watching other people in the group follow the teacher to operate digital currency. However, with the people in the group constantly drying some screenshots of ultra-high profits and the constant brainwashing of "teachers", they also invested the first money with a try mentality.
Investor in Pingdingshan City, Henan Province: I couldn't resist the temptation. I first put in 4, yuan, and won the prize again. I bought it at 12 o'clock in the evening, which was equal to 44, yuan. After investing in it, he said that this was the lock-in period, and he began to issue platform currency, which was 1 times the profit.
Xia Yu, lawyer of Beijing Kangda Law Firm: According to Article 266 of China's Criminal Law, a person suspected of fraud may be sentenced to more than 1 years' imprisonment or even life imprisonment according to the specific circumstances of the crime.
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Why can this common' fraud routine be tried and tested? The reporter found that in addition to playing emotional cards to gain the trust of the victims, the most important thing is that these fraud gangs have repeatedly impersonated some large formal financial platforms to endorse themselves and fabricated some false stories of getting rich overnight to lure the victims into the bait.
The reporter saw in the stock market that this online lecture platform is called "Double lecture hall of Langsheng". Investors joined in through the stock teaching advertisements they released, and many people entered the platform to attend classes with a try-and-see attitude at first. In addition to giving lectures, the so-called "teacher" will send a long article to answer questions for the "students" in the middle of the night every day, and an "assistant teacher" with a beautiful girl's head will answer the stock questions of the "students" at any time. After gradually gaining trust, the "teacher" lobbied the "students" to buy the virtual digital currency.
Investor in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province: I started to recommend a few stocks to you to make money. He ignored the stocks recommended later, and kept asking you to keep them. Then he said that now the big market is not good, he would let you sell all the stocks to buy new coins.
Beijing investors: The profit of virtual currency is too high, and it will go up to several yuan or tens of yuan in a short time. Our final speculation is to reach 1 times. He lectured in a persuasive way, with strong human feelings and special concern for people.
Many victims told reporters that they had doubts, but fraud gangs repeatedly used the identities of some large securities firms as endorsements to confuse investors. The reporter saw in the stock market that once investors expressed doubts, they would be banned or kicked out of the group immediately, leaving behind victims who had never been exposed to virtual currency and lacked financial knowledge.
The victims told reporters that they had never met the so-called securities company, General Li, until now, and they didn't even know his full name.
Moreover, it was only after the event that they realized that the "Bateman Virtual Currency Trading Platform" did not actually exist, and the so-called "virtual currency" was not true, and it was a digital illusion that the fraud platform was self-directed.
Five types of online fraud have been repeatedly banned, but the police have warned of risks.
At present, many victims have reported the case. The reporter found in the investigation that there are still many similar frauds.