During the epidemic, scammers defrauded identity information

During the epidemic, scammers defrauded identity information. Due to community control during the epidemic, everyone spent more time at home and acted more frequently online. Be careful when making friends online. , shopping, investment and financial management, let’s take a look at how scammers defrauded identity information during the epidemic. Scammers defrauded identity information during the epidemic 1

At present, the following new scams involving the epidemic have appeared:

1. Pretending to be an "epidemic prevention and control personnel" to conduct online inspections, asking you to provide Relevant personal information, itinerary, nucleic acid records and "verification code" are used to defraud your bank funds.

Reminder, epidemic prevention staff will not collect your bank account number, password, verification code and other information. If you encounter such a situation, you must be careful.

2. Calls pretending to be "epidemic prevention and control personnel", asking you to take nucleic acid tests at a fixed time and location, and then the call will be transferred to "Public Security Bureau personnel" to defraud you on suspicion of "money laundering" and other crimes Personal information, passwords, and verification codes are used to defraud the money in your bank card, which is old wine in new bottles.

3. Fake "epidemic prevention and control personnel" to call or send messages, claiming that you are a "close contact", and send you a "self-check (phishing) software" , use this software to steal your private information and make money.

4. Pretend to be "epidemic prevention and control personnel" to form a "nucleic acid result inquiry group", publish fraud, gambling, and phishing advertisements to defraud money.

5. Fake “epidemic prevention and control personnel” claimed that they could expedite and issue “nucleic acid reports” quickly for a fee, causing some passengers who were eager to take high-speed trains and airplanes to be deceived.

6. Pretend to be "epidemic prevention and control personnel, financial personnel" and send false information about "receiving home quarantine subsidies", leading victims to "phishing websites", and defrauding money by stealing important personal information. Scammers defrauded identity information during the epidemic 2

Be careful of these pitfalls during the epidemic

In early March this year, in a group of owners of a closed community in Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, a stranger entered by scanning a code He joined the WeChat group, and his WeChat nickname and avatar showed that he was a purchaser from a nearby store. He enthusiastically sent the material sales information and payment QR code to the group. Residents in the community thought he was a buyer and transferred the money for purchasing materials to him.

However, this "enthusiastic person" quickly left the group after receiving the payment. The residents could not be contacted at all, and nearly a hundred people were deceived. Half a month later, the police from the Criminal Investigation Brigade of the Economic and Technological Development Zone Branch of the Hohhot Municipal Public Security Bureau went to Hunan Province to arrest the criminal suspect Li and uncovered the suspected fraud case.

During the epidemic, some new fraud schemes surfaced. Some people pretended to be epidemic prevention workers to obtain information for fraud, and some people published false epidemic prevention information and associated phishing links... The endless deceptions are making it difficult to guard against.

"We are epidemic prevention and control personnel. We found that you may be a close contact and need to do a separate nucleic acid test. Before doing this, we need to confirm the information." Mr. Li, a Tianjin citizen sitting at home, suddenly received a call from " He received a call from the Epidemic Prevention and Control Center and asked him to fill in his personal information, home address, workplace and other information, otherwise he would be quarantined first. The tone of the "epidemic prevention and control personnel" was unquestionable. Mr. Li clicked on the link sent by the other party before he could think about it. It was not until the other party asked him for a verification code that he suddenly woke up and called the police to verify the authenticity.

Some criminals pretend to be epidemic prevention personnel to obtain personal information. Usually trustworthy "Dabai", medical personnel, disease control personnel, and even public security police may become the targets of criminals' disguises. While students are taking online classes at home, there are also criminals who put on the guise of teachers and infiltrate the parent group to defraud materials fees, tutoring fees, training fees, etc.

During the epidemic, all kinds of false epidemic-related information flooded the Internet, such as promoting "new coronavirus pneumonia special drugs", paying a fee to obtain a negative nucleic acid report, having internal channels to apply for government subsidies for small and micro enterprises, and high salaries Recruiting epidemic prevention and control monitors, etc. Some scams guide victims to fill in personal information, causing information leakage, others obtain the victim's bank card number and password, and some lure victims to click on false links to steal personal property.

Beware of the mentality of epidemic prevention being exploited

During the epidemic, the public has strong needs such as purchasing supplies, finding jobs, and showing love. In a hurry, it is easy to reduce the mentality of prevention. At the same time, the public must abide by epidemic prevention regulations and support and cooperate with the work of relevant departments, and it is easy to lose the spirit of prevention. Criminals take advantage of the public's mentality to cause chaos. In addition, many activities have shifted from offline to online, making it difficult to distinguish the authenticity of many communications. Criminals have put on "vests" online, making it easier to commit fraud.

Ms. Kang, a citizen of Xiamen, Fujian, once received a call from someone claiming to be a "policeman", saying that a bank card in her name was suspected of illegally buying and selling anti-epidemic materials in Beijing. Due to the impact of the epidemic, Kang Women only need to add QQ to record and record. Ms. Kang, who was originally skeptical, panicked after seeing the police officer certificate and "arrest warrant" sent by the "police" and actively cooperated with the "police" in conducting a "fund inventory", ultimately losing nearly 50,000 yuan.

In the current epidemic, people are inevitably nervous and worried, and their eagerness to prevent the epidemic can easily be led by criminals. If a family member suddenly sends a message saying that they have been diagnosed with COVID-19, and the family member happens to live in a medium- to high-risk area, they may believe it in an emergency. Criminals will especially target families where parents and children have been separated for a long time. They take advantage of the elderly's love for their children and poor precautions to defraud the elderly into paying medical expenses.

There are also some criminals who add color and change the real epidemic prevention and control information, making it difficult to distinguish the authenticity. Ms. Tian from Kailu County, Tongliao City, Inner Mongolia, received a call saying that the goods she purchased online could not be mailed due to the epidemic, and she had to be refunded.

Considering that there were news reports at the time that some logistics parks were suspending shipments due to the epidemic, Ms. Tian believed it to be true. It was not until the other party asked her for her bank card number that she realized that this might be a telecommunications fraud. There are also criminals who use the excuse of "flights/trains are canceled due to the epidemic, and you can get compensation if you apply for a refund or change of booking", or use the excuses of cancellation of travel contracts or refund of hotel deposits affected by the epidemic to trick victims into providing bank card information and take advantage of the opportunity. Steal money. Scammers defraud identity information during the epidemic 3

Pay attention to these "epidemic" frauds

Scams by pretending to be epidemic prevention and control personnel

Scammers pretend to be "epidemic prevention and control centers" Or staff of the "Health Commission" lied about abnormal health codes/test reports/flow records. If you have never been to a medium- to high-risk area or come into contact with a risk group, the other party will send a "Trojan link" on the grounds of "system failure and identity information needs to be re-verified", or offer to transfer the call to a "Trojan horse link" pretended by an accomplice. "Public Security Bureau", defrauding money on the pretext of clearing the suspects by clearing the funds.

Nucleic acid testing fraud

Scammers pretend to be "epidemic prevention agency personnel" and falsely claim that nucleic acid can be quickly detected. They use excuses such as "quick nucleic acid test results", "can do nucleic acid tests at home" and "quickest half an hour" to attract you to buy so-called nucleic acid test reports.

Epidemic return visit welfare group fraud

Scammers pretend to be "vaccination census investigators" or "return visitors", add your WeChat friends in the name of community workers, and pull you in Join the welfare group, and use words such as "free vaccinations", "free red envelopes", "you can make money while isolated at home", etc. to post fraudulent information such as bill fraud and gambling to lure you into the bait.

Anti-epidemic material fraud

"Group purchase of grains, oils, fruits, and vegetables, delivered to your doorstep across the city?" "The price is moderate, guaranteed to be delivered to your door within 1 hour." I believe that the above words must have appeared in everyone’s WeChat group chat. During the epidemic, many people chose to buy daily necessities through WeChat group buying, but some fraudsters also targeted everyone's wallets at this time and maliciously made money! Fraudsters pretend to be store purchasers, falsely claiming that they can purchase various materials on their behalf, and send false sales information and payment codes through WeChat groups and other channels. After defrauding money for material purchases, they directly block or disappear.

Express Positive Scam

Scammers pretend to be the customer service of the express company, falsely claiming that your express has tested positive for the new coronavirus and cannot be delivered and needs to be destroyed, and then uses the excuse of providing a claim to guide Download fake apps to defraud money.

Home quarantine subsidy fraud

Fraudsters pretend to be the company’s human resources and financial departments and send mass emails to company employees through mailboxes, saying that home quarantine subsidies are issued in accordance with national policies and they need to scan the QR code to register and receive them in time. Guide you to click on the "phishing website" and then steal the victim's bank card.