With the integration of media into people's lives, more and more people hope to make money through such channels. However, there are also many swindlers who are entrenched in it, waiting for an opportunity to make a fortune from users who are eager to realize cash. Storytelling1 I am 41 years old, and I am a miner in Ordos Coal Mine, Inner Mongolia. In September 221, I was injured in my leg while working underground, and was told by the hospital to rest for three or four months. It seems that the days have returned to the Wuhan epidemic. I ate and slept every day, and I brushed the Tik Tok chase drama, which was particularly boring. By chance, I brushed into a live broadcast room called "Dongbei Baoma", only to know that we ordinary people can also make money by starting a business in Tik Tok, and earn a lot. Only Dongbei Baoma, a primary school student, told the story of her husband who abandoned his wife and children, transferred his property and died of cancer in the live broadcast. She earned two or three million yuan in just four months, and her story inspired and touched millions of fans, including me. I am very excited that ordinary people can do what talented anchors or business teams can do. I thought: why not use this rest time to make some money by engaging in sideline business? Just do it. I spent 5 yuan buying live broadcast equipment such as sound cards in her live broadcast room, and bought some study materials to prepare for live broadcast. I spent a week squatting in the live broadcast room of online celebrity, a well-known treasure mom, giving them gifts, learning how to keep people, how to make fans reward you, how to make data, and memorizing the jingles in the materials, such as "Pay more attention and praise, and wish you tens of millions of wealth". I think my eloquence and image are also good. Can really do it, only to find that it is not so simple. I imitate Dongbei Bao Ma, and what I do is chat and Tik Tok knowledge sharing anchor. I broadcast live for three or four hours every day, and I was thirsty and dizzy, but the audience in the live broadcast room was always hovering in single digits. The live broadcast didn't work, so I started making short videos again. But making a short video requires learning. I saw a editing software in a live broadcast room that taught special effects and bought it for 298 yuan. When I studied, I found that the course was too complicated for me to control at all. I didn't earn a dime, but I put in thousands of dollars first, which made me very depressed. Later, I learned the essence, and instead of wasting money, I went to the official live studio in Tik Tok to learn. I can also find out what I don't know by searching online. This slowly accumulated a little simple operational knowledge. But the number of fans and broadcasts is still growing like a snail, and I am very anxious. One day, I found an advertisement for a short video of yuan's study in a video. The advertisement was very attractive. I thought I was idle anyway, so I filled in my personal information. In the afternoon, I received a phone call asking me to add him to WeChat. The man on WeChat gave me a link to class. In class, the teacher said something at the beginning that really shocked and surprised me, Tik Tok Xiaobai. I thought: It turns out that there are so many routines and games in Tik Tok, which can be regarded as finding an organization. But then, the teacher's topic changed: "What is knowledge payment? It is what you have to spend months or even half a year exploring. We can point out your problem in 5 minutes and give you a perfect solution! " "On the road to starting a business, time is the biggest cost." "If you do it with me, you will enter the regular army from the guerrillas in Tik Tok. We have cooperation with Tik Tok and Tencent and will give you internal resources and traffic support." "The teacher's energy is limited. The teacher only recruits four closed disciples this time. We are training the main force for Tik Tok and cultivating individual elites, like the Northeast Baoma and the original cement sister. Without a team to plan and operate behind, can they be famous? Everyone must seize this outlet and seize the bonus period in Tik Tok. "Although these marketing words and techniques are deceptive when you think about it, the screenshots of those incomes can also be used casually, but at that time, I still felt that my blood was upwelling, coupled with the passionate atmosphere in the live broadcast room, I paid 298 when I was excited. Broadcast the publicity in the class. This 6-year-old student with no foundation, education and zero fans was admitted to 11 yuan on the third day of study. I have been studying with my teacher for two months, and now my monthly income is over 1, yuan | Photo courtesy of the author | In fact, as soon as the money turned around, I came to my senses and felt wrong. When I look at the contract they sent me, I am even more dumbfounded: I must not drop out of school for any reason, otherwise I will refund 3% of the liquidated damages. And as soon as you enter someone else's study group, the group information of 5 to 6 yuan will be forced to sell to you. But what information is that? It's shoddy. You can buy it for a few dollars in Pinduoduo or Taobao, and some even can see it for free by searching online. There are more than 1 people in the study group, and they have been entering people. It is forbidden for group members to chat privately in the group, but now everyone's accounts are basically registered with the same mobile phone number. I found clues from the works sent by group members and traced them to several old students through other accounts. When I asked, they all said that they had been cheated, and some people had paid money and didn't come to class for a long time. Everyone admitted that they were unlucky and swallowed their anger, comforting themselves by spending money to buy lessons. Some people have no choice but to bite the bullet and continue to learn with a glimmer of hope. When I searched the company, I didn't expect so many complaints and bad comments on the Internet. What a pig on the tuyere, I found out that I was really a stupid pig at this moment, and I was cheated by someone cutting leeks for 3 in a daze. At that time, I was full of blood, but I was afraid to let my wife know. When people reach middle age, they are old and young, and their wives are reluctant to buy clothes from 3 yuan. I started trying to find a way, but when I contacted the teacher, he stopped answering, and another teacher ignored me. I wrote an application for quitting school according to their contract, but I still haven't heard back. I had to log on to the 12315 website, upload company information and some screenshots of payment chat to complain. Here I'll give you a tip: many people say it's useless to call 12315 when you encounter a consumption trap. This statement is not entirely correct. Because the 12315 telephone is in different regions and can only be connected during working hours, the complaint may not get feedback in time. But the website is different, it faces the whole country, and the complaints and feedback will be much better. The next day, I received the information from a market supervision bureau in Hunan where the company is located. He said that he had contacted the other company and they were willing to settle it through consultation. Then, the sales teacher contacted me actively, but only promised to refund 7%. Chat record 1 | Photo courtesy of the author I told the teacher that I have all the information about his publicity class here, and then I passed a recording screen. I hit the nail on the head and said, "You are engaged in false propaganda. If it makes a big deal, I can ask you to triple the compensation according to the law." I also sent screenshots of chatting with other students to the teacher. The teacher hesitated for a while and promised to refund me 28 yuan. Which means I only lose 18 yuan. But I still don't want to lose this 18 yuan, so I went on to say, "If I can't get a full refund, I will continue to complain and complain to the end, and I will contact other students to refund the fee collectively. If I get a full refund, I won't bother, and I don't want to make a big deal out of it." Chat Record 2 | The author hesitated for a while and finally promised me a full refund. Seriously, I didn't record the whole course of the teacher's class. When I was excited when I was listening to the publicity class, I poked at the screen a few times and inadvertently recorded a paragraph. Who would have thought that I was going to be cheated at that time and recorded some evidence for myself? "The world has its own true feelings, and poking the screen is also love." Laotie, who likes to watch the live broadcast room, may know this action, but I didn't expect that my habitual action inadvertently left the most critical evidence for myself and helped me to get back the tuition in full. Then, I used the same method to help another 6-year-old brother in the group recover 7% of the tuition. Because that eldest brother was really miserable, he divorced his wife, set up a stall to sell vegetables in the farmer's market, and his daily income was less than that of 1 yuan. Even the tuition fee of 3, yuan was borrowed from his neighbor. He told me that his eyesight was poor, and he looked at the mobile phone screen every day, but he learned nothing. Since the teacher introduced him to the group, he has never been in charge of him, and there is no one-on-one help promised. He is afraid that if he continues to study, his eyes will go blind. I suddenly remembered that in the publicity class, the teacher encouraged people who had no money to pay tuition fees to pay with flowers. This big brother can't even use flowers, and he can't learn after long-distance guidance from the teacher. Later, he simply asked him to borrow them from his neighbors. There are 1 million users in Tik Tok. Like this big brother, there are still many users with low education level. They are too easy to be cheated, and most of them don't know how to protect their rights after being cheated. Eldest brother has studied for more than half a month, and he is content to get 7% of the tuition back. After I got the money, my eldest brother called me to thank me. I told him seriously: "Tik Tok is not so easy to do. First, it depends on whether you are suitable; Second, we must persist in it for a long time, and it is impossible to make any gains in the short term. " There is only one way to do a good job in Tik Tok, and that is to do a good job in your own works and improve your live broadcast ability. If you want to succeed, you can only walk steadily, and any way to take shortcuts may be a pit. With this mentality, and knowing that I am not that material, I began to play with Tik Tok as a circle of friends and stopped spending so much time and energy on Tik Tok. I no longer have anxiety and insomnia, but feel at ease to be a family "cook", cook with my children every day, and the relationship between husband and wife is more harmonious. In order to prevent more people from being deceived, I posted my rights protection experience on the video account. I didn't expect this incident to bring me unexpected gains. A friend "Mother Orange" from the same city came to me for help, saying that she had also been cheated in 298, which was the same routine. She was also a company in Hunan, and she woke up just after paying the money, but she had little evidence there, and people ignored her for a long time. Asked me if I could help her. Mother Orange is a 32-year-old treasure mother with a child over two years old. We have known each other for a year. She has been doing business in Tik Tok for almost a year, and her income is too small to pay the phone bill. She worked much harder than I did, and her desire to fly was much stronger than mine. I witnessed the loss of a fan and her hair. She signed up for a one-yuan course in a small shop in Tik Tok, and in the afternoon she received a phone call from a swindler asking her to attend an open class. Later, she complained and gave the store a bad review, but the customer service said they were wronged and they didn't know the liar at all. She called the official customer service in Tik Tok, and the customer service asked her to send an email to explain the situation. But the email has been sent out for a few days, and there is no reply. Mother Orange said: "There are so many people spending money on such a big platform every day, but there is no special institution to supervise the funds." She is so desperate. As a small transparent person who is weak and ignorant, it is really difficult to defend her rights. I collected all the information of mother orange, and found that she had almost no useful evidence except a screenshot of the payment. The contract also belongs to the overlord clause, and it is difficult to get the full amount back if you want to complain. I decided to help her find evidence. I asked for a small shop in Tik Tok that lured her to into the pit, and also bought a one-yuan silhouette course, waiting for the fish to take the bait. Sure enough, in the afternoon, someone added me to WeChat and asked me to listen to an open class-it was the company that cheated Mother Orange. Except that the company is different from the teacher, the class routine is exactly the same. It promises to earn at least 5, yuan a month, and only recruits ten closed disciples. The tuition fee is 2,98. I saved the audio and video of the key part of the course and sent it to mother orange, and told her: Now that you have evidence to prove that they are making false propaganda, you must be tough and don't be afraid of them. Since the routines of scammers are exactly the same, our road to safeguarding rights can also be copied. Although it's been a week since I signed up, Mother Orange still got back the full tuition fee through my help. She transferred 3 yuan to me as a thank you, and repeatedly stressed that I must accept it. She also said that if I didn't accept it, she would go to my live studio to brush a gift for me at night. I was embarrassed to accept it, and as a result, she really brushed a private jet for me in my live broadcast room at night, and I could withdraw 15 yuan. Tik Tok, which has been doing this for so long, was realized through Tik Tok for the first time, but I didn't expect it to be realized in this way. 5 I posted a lot of messages below the rights video. Many people found me through private messages and asked me to help them recover their tuition fees. I didn't expect so many people to look for me every day. The number shocked me. And I know what I see is just the tip of the iceberg. The third friend I helped was also from Hunan. I looked up the information on the Internet and consulted a lawyer friend, then instructed him to complain to the Administration for Industry and Commerce where the company is located. The local industrial and commercial bureau was really awesome. On the third day, it helped him get his tuition back, and it was in full. Screenshot of SMS | Photo courtesy of the author Here I want to popularize it again. Many people often complain about the inaction of government agencies. In fact, you are not fully prepared. When calling to complain, it is best to write down your appeal on paper in advance, and don't leave the key words behind because you are nervous. So we don't have no recourse, but we haven't found the right way. As long as the evidence is sufficient, we can understand it with emotion and reason, and many problems can be solved. Then, I instructed several friends to refund their tuition fees through various channels for free, some in full, and some in part. I am an ordinary person, not so noble. I just feel that everyone has the same experience as me, and I am a little appreciate each other when facing my fellow sufferers. It is also because most of them are full-time babysitters, unemployed and college students. For those who have no guarantee of income and even need to borrow money to pay their tuition fees, the double blow of being cheated of money and the broken dream of starting a business will be unbearable. There are more people who help me, and I have seen many wonderful things: some people are heavily in debt and dream of getting rich overnight in Tik Tok; some people beat their wives for 3,98 yuan; some people found that they had a heart attack after signing up for the course, but the liar smiled and encouraged him to study hard. I thought I was the only one who was kicked in the brain by a donkey, but now I find out that it's not that we are too stupid, but that liars have deep routines. After receiving the refund, they often give me some remuneration voluntarily. I was embarrassed to accept it at first, but later more people gave it to me, and more people came to me, which took up a lot of time and energy. I think the charge is also appropriate. I will clearly mark the price: 1% to 2% service fee will be charged after receiving the refund, and there will be no charge if the rights are not successfully defended. After all, it is not easy to deal with scammers or scammer companies. I am not a living Lei Feng, I want to live. For this reason, I also spent a lot of time studying law, studying contract law, consumer protection law, and learning to write complaints. Of course, many people are afraid of trouble and won't go to court for three or five thousand yuan. They just write complaints to scare swindlers. The deceived students and the deceived routines are basically the same, but the liar companies are different. Among the people who came to me, besides being deceived in short video courses, many of them were deceived in financial management classes in yuan. Their routine is roughly like this: after everyone pays a dollar or yuan, they will be dragged into a small white group, and the teacher inside will explain it to you in great detail. Basically, new knowledge will be added to you every day in the group, and you will also punch in every day. The students suddenly felt that the teachers in the group were too responsible. But after a few days of experience class, the teacher will lure everyone into the advanced class. When the students pay thousands of yuan or nearly ten thousand yuan for advanced courses, the teacher will drag them to another group, and then the teacher's attitude will begin to change. Teachers will still regularly send some courses and professional knowledge to students every day, but they will not explain them as carefully as Xiao Bai's group, and their attitude is also indifferent. Some courses are incomprehensible, and some courses are old-fashioned or even wrong. The huge contrast before and after makes many students want to refund their money. The liar fox's tail is exposed at this time, and he can continue to study, but the refund will not work. Only then did the students find themselves cheated. In this case, it is the most difficult to refund the fee because of others' cooperation