Recently, new types of telecommunications fraud methods have emerged one after another. The scammer falsely claimed to have a guaranteed investment project and demanded that the victim purchase gold offline and send it to a designated location for platform investment recharge and rebate. Investors need to be vigilant!
Real Cases
Recently, Ms. Zhang, who lives on Jinsong 7th Road in Laoshan District, reported receiving a package and opened it to find a file bag containing a red headed document. The header of this red headed document is "A Rural Development Foundation" and is stamped with the "official seal".
After reading the document, Ms. Zhang scanned the QR code above and downloaded an app called "Wind and Rain Together". After registering the information and binding the bank card according to the other party's requirements, the other party claimed that by mailing them 50 grams of gold, they could give back 2.97 million yuan.
Ms. Zhang purchased 50 grams of gold from a certain bank and sent it by mail. The app showed a reward of 2.97 million yuan, but it was immediately frozen and she requested to purchase another 150 grams of gold to unfreeze it.
The next day, Ms. Zhang made another purchase of gold and sent it by mail, attempting to withdraw the money. However, the system prompted an error in the bank card information and requested to purchase another 210 grams of gold to unfreeze it. At this point, Ms. Zhang realized that she had been deceived and called the police.
Routine Analysis
This type of fraud often closely follows current events and key policies, takes advantage of the deviation of the public's understanding of policies, and then forges the seal of a certain agency to create fake documents to gain trust, and then carries out subsequent fraud.
Fraudsters use the name of a certain organization to commit fraud, with various methods that can be confusing and covert, but there are also some commonalities:
Firstly, fraudsters often send fake red headed documents to the outside world through channels such as SMS and express delivery, and the subsequent contact is often online, without offline contact with the victims to handle the so-called related business;
Secondly, lure victims into downloading unknown apps or clicking on unknown links to steal account and other information;
Thirdly, victims are often required to transfer funds to designated accounts under the pretext of "paying personal income tax", "repairing credit", "verifying identity", etc., and advance the funds before proceeding with subsequent "subsidy distribution" and "refund" operations.
Warm Reminder
All the methods of "teaching you investment and wealth management+purchasing physical gold+mailing to designated locations+recharging investment rebates" are scams. Investors are advised to remain vigilant when investing and wealth management, and to identify official investment and wealth management platforms. At the same time, gold sellers and courier companies should also pay attention to large-scale gold purchases and shipments. If any abnormal situations are found, please report them to the police in a timely manner and do not use electronic fraud tools.
Comprehensive content from Qingdao Public Security and Linqu Public Security
