It is said that the circle of friends is omnipotent. Not long ago, Mr. Chen, who encountered difficulties in cash flow, happened to meet someone in the WeChat circle of friends who could help him. This person’s WeChat She is still a beautiful woman. The other party claims to be a salesperson of a financial company and can help customers quickly apply for large credit cards in the bank through special channels. So, is Mr. Chen really so lucky?

Mr. Chen: I wanted to apply for a credit card, and she happened to say that she had a credit card worth 450,000 yuan. She had already applied for it and could transfer it to me, but there would be a 5-point handling fee. That is 4,500 yuan.

Mr. Chen said that the beauty named "Xiao Bin" was a friend he added through WeChat's "People Nearby". At first, Mr. Chen was worried about being deceived, so he contacted Xiao Bin. Want to verify her identity.

After all doubts were dispelled, Mr. Chen paid Xiaobin a handling fee of 4,500 yuan through WeChat transfer. However, the high-limit credit card was not processed for a long time. Afterwards, Mr. Chen discovered that his WeChat ID After being blocked by Xiao Bin, Manager Li's phone calls never got through. Only then did he realize that he had been deceived.

After the police intervened in the investigation, they found that there were many people who had similar experiences to Mr. Chen, and they all fell into the "trap" of this beautiful salesman without exception.

The police then launched an investigation into the sweet-looking female salesperson on WeChat. Based on the transfer records provided by the victim, the police quickly identified the suspect. However, what was surprising was that , the beautiful salesperson on WeChat is actually a man in his 30s.

The police said that the suspect owed more than 100,000 yuan in foreign debt from his previous business and was defrauded by others using this method. Later, he felt that it would be faster to make money this way, so he started in 2016. Use this kind of deception to cheat.

The suspect Yuan Mou confessed that Xiao Bin’s photos and work certificates on WeChat were downloaded from the Internet and made with Photoshop. Then, he posted these photos and information in his circle of friends. Many of them were posted on WeChat. The victims all believed it to be true. Because Xiao Bin in the photo was young and beautiful, even some victims who had no need to use the card fell into the trap.

It is understood that since 2016, Yuan has used his identities as a beautiful salesperson and financial company manager to commit more than 160 frauds, involving more than 500,000 yuan. Currently, Yuan has been detained by the police. , the child case is under further investigation.

As a comprehensive platform integrating social networking, payment, financial management, shopping, and travel, WeChat has attracted a large number of loyal fans with its convenient and comprehensive functions. More and more people are beginning to accept and favor using WeChat for communication, transactions, and payments. However, WeChat fraud cases are also emerging one after another.

So, what are the common methods used by scams on WeChat?

01

Some Wechat merchants are empty-handed

Publish false promotion and purchasing information

Refuse to deliver goods after defrauding payment

At present, the supervision of micro-businesses is still lacking and lagging behind. In particular, some "micro-travel merchants" who do not register formal "micro-stores" have become a regulatory gray area. They use their personal accounts or public accounts to publish false information about low-price promotions, group purchases, and low-price purchasing from overseas. They will not ship the goods after the buyers pay, committing fraud.

Replay of the case

Zhai, together with Yi, posted a false low-price group buying activity on his WeChat official account, and purchased it with the official account after the order exceeded the reservation quantity. The functions were turned off, the mobile phone was turned off, and more than 670,000 yuan of stolen money was transferred out of WeChat for personal consumption and squandering.

02

Make friends anonymously through "Shake" and "people nearby"

Then cheat money and sex

Criminals pass Functions such as "Shake" and "People Nearby" are used to gain the trust of victims and then defraud them of love and money in the name of seeking marriage and making friends.

Replay of the case

Zhang used the photo of his ex-girlfriend to make an avatar and made up a fictitious name, and added the victim Xue Moumou through the "People Nearby" function on WeChat. After gaining the victim's trust and After establishing a relationship between a boy and a girl, he defrauded the victim Xue Moumou of more than 216,000 yuan on the grounds that he needed living expenses and ransom money for shopping and traveling to Tianjin, but was controlled by bad guys.

03

Carry out fraud in the name of helping with employment, handling formalities, and buying treasures

Since WeChat groups and friend circles have a certain degree of privacy and intimacy Sex can easily make people relax their vigilance, and some criminals can use this to suit the needs of the victim and commit fraud.

Case Replay

Lin showed various photos of live lizards in a WeChat group, and the victim Shi joined Lin out of homosexuality. Later, Lin pretended to help Shi buy a "Turn-tailed Gecko" (a very precious lizard species), defrauded the other party of an advance payment of 41,500 yuan, and blacklisted him.

Currently, many WeChat users often forward false images and texts without knowing what they are doing or verifying them, which objectively helps the spread of false information. In addition, WeChat lacks relevant mandatory requirements in the process of registering, modifying and completing personal information. Some criminals use fake avatars, fake voices, etc. to fabricate information such as gender, occupation, identity, etc., and cleverly package themselves to commit fraud and serve the purpose of justice. The later stages of the agency’s investigation became more difficult.

Warning:

While enjoying the beauty and convenience that WeChat brings to us, we must strengthen our security awareness and protect our own personal and property safety. You must remember the above typical WeChat scams and say no to them!