80 thousand yuan in cash to buy a pile of waste paper
"This lesson is so profound that it is completely beyond my imagination." Aunt Lin, who is over 50 years old, regrets holding eight old bills of the Republic of China and 1,000 yuan. This is the collection she bought from online channels for 80,000 yuan. At that time, it was reported on the internet that these old banknotes were old and the number of them in circulation was getting smaller and smaller. The market value has risen rapidly, doubling almost every year. "It's all bragging. I bought it and asked someone to inquire. Nobody wants it. Some regular websites offer ten yuan each. "
Aunt Lin is a typical layman who rushes into the market. The stock market was not ideal in the first two years. As a retired employee of a state-owned enterprise, she is currently taking care of her grandchildren at home. Aunt Lin loves investing and managing money, but the funds and stocks she bought have suffered serious losses. The gold she bought at a high point a few years ago has also fallen into a long-term downturn and has not improved. Aunt Lin, who is almost desperate, has been confused for some time.
Recently, Aunt Lin noticed on the Internet that the market of artworks and collectibles has become hot in recent years. In particular, some WeChat marketing agencies often send promotional information such as stamps, old banknotes and ancient coins. After a while, Aunt Lin was tempted. As a primitive financial officer, she has a natural affinity and familiarity with coins. Therefore, when an organization promoted coin sets, she was tempted.
"A complete set, with the serial number of RMB, Olympic commemorative coins and an old banknote of the Republic of China in the middle." Judging from Aunt Lin's description, the marketing organization is very familiar with the concepts of packaging and stealing. The total face value of the fifth set of RMB from one yuan to one hundred yuan 166 yuan, the face value of Olympic commemorative banknotes 100 yuan, the face value of old banknotes 1000 yuan, and the total quotation 10266 yuan.
Merchants said that the number of old banknotes in the Republic of China version is rare and particularly precious, so it is worth 10,000 yuan, and others are sold at actual face value. It is under such packaging and instructions that Aunt Lin ordered eight sets of cash on delivery, with a total value of more than 80,000 yuan. This is equivalent to buying 10 old banknotes with a face value of 1000 yuan with 80,000 yuan. A few days later, she received these collections as she wished. Aunt Lin, based on her work experience, made sure that at least those RMB with serial numbers were genuine.
However, the problem came out. After receiving the collection, Aunt Lin asked some people with the same hobbies to inquire about the price of the old banknotes of the Republic of China, only to find that it was too far from what she imagined. "1000 yuan old banknotes are of little value in the market, because this version was issued too much that year, and many people have a lot."
Unwilling aunt Lin continued to inquire about the price, and the result was more and more disappointing. In addition to the folk collection market is not optimistic about this kind of collection, some professional institutions are also rejected. For example, a machine that specializes in trading ancient coins is clearly marked, and this version of the old banknotes in Aunt Lin's hand is worth ten yuan. This means that the market value of the collection she spent 80 thousand yuan on is only a fraction.
What makes Aunt Lin feel even more depressed is that this mode of trading artworks and collectibles has made her suffer greatly. "I called the sales company in Beijing and they said that the quotation was so much. People who are optimistic about the future value of these collections will naturally buy them. This is a matter of opinion, and there is no deception or fraud. " Aunt Lin consulted a police friend and said that this situation could not be identified as fraud or fraud.
The collectible market is chaotic.
Through investigation and interview, the reporter found that the collectible market does not belong to the conventional commodity market, and neither the price department nor the industrial and commercial department has rigid standards, nor can it formulate the standards and price management system of the commodity market, so the prices of many collectibles have become an illogical system.
In the stamp market, many people think that some commemorative books and stamps have great potential value through the publicity of publishing houses, so they spend high prices to collect them. However, after many years, the price of their collections has not risen, or even there is no market at all.
Boss Zhao, who currently manages agricultural and sideline products, is one of the stamp collectors. More than ten years ago, he bought a number of commemorative stamp albums in a scenic spot. At that time, he heard from merchants that the stamp albums in tourist attractions will have market value, because with the gradual expansion of the popularity of scenic spots, the commemorative significance of stamps will become higher and higher, and there will be fewer stamp albums after the listing of scenic spot management agencies. This kind of propaganda language, which now seems quite outrageous, was believed by Boss Zhao. I spent nearly ten thousand yuan on dozens of sets of fruits. Of course, after more than ten years, these beautifully packaged postal books have become waste paper, and no one cares about the market at all.
In addition to old banknotes, postal books and some ancient coins, there are a large number of so-called collectibles and artworks that were originally worthless, but were sold by merchants through packaging and publicity. Such as jade carving, wood carving, stone carving, calligraphy and painting. These objects can't stand the touting and propaganda of merchants because there are too many to survive. There are always some folks who don't know how to collect knowledge, but they buy it with the utilitarian mentality of changing hands for profit. As a result, the economy suffered heavy losses and the mood was seriously traumatized.
Cheng Nan philatelist Zhao Nan (pseudonym) has decades of experience in collecting stamps. He said that the philatelic market alone is very chaotic, and all kinds of stamps are blown up by online merchants, and some even have no bottom line. For example, some stamps without commemorative significance are postal books made by some enterprises to promote their image. Someone actually quoted 10,000 yuan or more for this stamp online. For collectors who are experienced or have a little research, of course, they will not be fooled, but there are always some inexperienced novices in the collectible market. These people are the targets that unscrupulous businesses are looking for.
Internet has become the hardest hit area of fraud.
The reason why Aunt Lin mentioned above spent a very high price to buy old banknotes with almost no value is because of online channels. Aunt Lin told reporters that when she was a child, she saw some banknotes of the Republic of China at home. When her father was young, she also liked to collect some antique objects, so as long as she saw these similar things, she would be interested, and listening to the touting of some WeChat official account merchants was the main reason for buying.
Recently, an incredible thing happened to people in the industry. A middle-aged woman in Chengdu bought a set of commonly used stamp albums through an online mall, but her personal information was leaked because she left her contact information and home address. The lady then fell into a nightmare scam. Fraud gangs cooperate with each other. First, they contacted the victim in the name of the auction company to ensure that someone was willing to pay 600 thousand for the stamp album bought by this lady. Having mastered all the personal information of this lady, she was very passive from the beginning. The fraud gang then disguised as a series of social roles such as the staff of the notary office, the boss and the public security bureau, and pressed hard like ants moving. First, I cheated more than 3,000 yuan in the name of collecting notarization fees, then cheated several thousand yuan in the name of paying taxes first, and then cheated several thousand yuan in the name of testing fees ... The deceived lady has spent a lot of money and was completely led by the fraud gang.
After the public security organ solved the case, it was identified that the stamp album finally purchased by the victim was illegal printed matter and completely waste paper, and the estimated cost was no more than one in 35 yuan. The victim was cheated by the other party 1.8 million yuan. What is even more bizarre is that the victim and the fraud gang have not met once in the whole process, and the whole process is completed by telephone and chat software.