Police reminds: rampant fraud of false information must be alert to 5 common types

The Fuzhou Public Security Bureau recently released news that the fraud of fraudulent information has been rampant in the Fuzhou area recently. It is mainly manifested in the fraud of fictional consumption and winning of information. The public must be vigilant.

According to Liu Ming, deputy director of the Political Department of the Public Security Bureau of Fuzhou City, from October 26 to November 4 this year, the Fuzhou police received a total of 582 SMS fraud reports, including 339 consumer frauds, 149 remittance frauds, and winning prizes. There were 28 frauds, 3 tax refund frauds, 63 other frauds, 10 frauds were successful, and the amount involved was more than 100,000 yuan.

According to Liu Ming, judging from the case, the fraudulent tactics of the criminals are mainly manifested as follows:

Consumer fraud. Fraudsters use mobile phones to send text messages, claiming that the fraudsters use a UnionPay card to spend some money in a shopping mall. If you have any questions, please contact the UnionPay Center. Once the victim answers the call, the other party will inform that the UnionPay card may have been stolen, and then actively provide a report phone from the Public Security Bureau. If the victim replies to the phone, the other party fraudulently claims that it is from the Criminal Police Force or the economic crime investigation department, and then asks the victim to perform the relevant operation on the ATM machine on the grounds of protecting the victim ’s account. On other accounts, to achieve the purpose of fraud.

Winning fraud. Fraudsters use mobile phones to send text messages to inform fraudsters that they have won a certain amount of money, and ask the victim to reply to the call; if the victim answers the call, the other party will make up various reasons to convince the victim that the prize has indeed been won. The criminals, in the name of paying income tax and handling fees, require the principal to remit the money to their designated bank account in order to achieve the purpose of fraud.

Remittance fraud. Fraudsters use group mobile phones to send text messages, impersonate family members or friends of scammers, make up "relatives in a car accident", "relatives are detained by public security organs for something and need to use money to 'settle'", etc., and demand victims to send money.

Tax refund fraud. Pretend to be a staff member of the state organ and call or send a text message to the scammer to inform them that the car or other product they purchased can be tax refunded. If the victim believes it, the victim is required to pay a certain handling fee to achieve the purpose of fraud.

Other types of fraud. Lies that they can provide the "Liuhecai" special code jackpot or can provide low-interest loans, etc., in order to defraud handling fees.