How to prevent online fraud during the Xiangyang epidemic (How to prevent online fraud during the Xiangyang epidemic)

I have been isolated at home recently and are using mobile phones. How should I prevent online fraud?

Since the launch of epidemic prevention and control work, the city’s social security has remained good and stable, and no major incidents have occurred. However, a small number of citizens neglected to take precautions during online shopping, investment, financial management, and online course learning, and were taken advantage of by criminals to commit telecommunications network fraud, resulting in property losses. In this regard, our city's public security department, while fully investigating, conducted a special analysis and judgment, summarized five fraud methods that have occurred recently, and formulated preventive measures one by one. We hope that the general public will be more vigilant and guard against being deceived.

Fraud technique 1: Publish false online shopping information, sell protective and disinfectant supplies urgently needed for epidemic prevention and control, induce the victim to conduct online transactions, and defraud money.

Preventive measures: Be sure to conduct transactions on regular online shopping platforms, and do not blindly trust purchasing and sales information; be sure to go to regular professional stores to purchase relevant protective and disinfection supplies, and be careful not to be deceived.

Fraud method 2: Criminals take advantage of the school's offline classes and online teaching opportunities to get into WeChat and QQ parent groups, change their names and avatars, and pretend to be teachers to defraud tuition or training fees.

Preventive measures: Schools need to urge teachers to strengthen the management of teaching groups and strictly review group admissions to prevent criminals from mixing in; if fees are required to be paid online, parents must contact the teacher by phone to verify.

Fraud method 3: Use online teaching methods to induce people to enter various online platforms, and commit fraud in the name of recommending investment, stock trading, financial management, etc.

Precautionary measures: Do not trust so-called online investment lectures, do not log in to online platforms from unknown sources at will, stock trading needs to be done by yourself, and do not believe that there is insider information about stock trading. If you have any doubts, please call the financial management department or the public security agency in a timely manner.

Fraud method 4: Using the name of "giving love" for epidemic prevention and control, organize online donations, donations of goods, etc., and commit fraud.

Precautionary measures: Do not trust online donations initiated by individuals or non-governmental organizations. If you have the intention to donate, you can donate through official official channels.

Fraud technique 5: In the name of epidemic prevention and control, citizens are notified via text message that “flights and trains are cancelled, compensation will be refunded and tickets are changed,” and are induced to call the phone number left in the text message or log in online, asking for bank card numbers, passwords and Mobile phone verification code, etc., and take the opportunity to transfer cash in the bank card to commit fraud.

Precautionary measures: Consult with airports, stations and other departments to verify the content of text messages. Do not make unknown phone calls or click on unknown links. Always go through formal channels for refund and rebooking procedures.

In addition, the public security department has summarized the "six don'ts" and "eight don'ts" on how to prevent various types of online fraud and crimes, reminding the general public to remember and beware of being deceived.

The "six rules" are:

1. As long as the phone calls about bank cards, hang up;

2. As long as the phone calls about winning the prize , hang up;

3. As long as the call is transferred to the Public Security Bureau, hang up;

4. All text messages asking people to click on links will be deleted;

5. Do not click on links sent by strangers on WeChat;

6. Anyone who mentions "safe account" is a scam.

The "eight things" are:

1. Anyone who claims that the public security organ requires remittance is a fraud;

2. Anyone who requires remittance to a "safe account"

3. Anyone who notifies you of winning a prize or requires payment of money in advance is a fraud;

4. Anyone who notifies "family members of something is wrong" and requires remittance is a fraud. ;

5. Anyone who calls to ask for bank card information and verification code is a fraud;

6. Anyone who asks to open online banking and undergo inspection is a fraud;

7. Anyone who claims to be a leader and asks for remittance is a fraud;

8. Anyone who asks for bank card information on an unfamiliar website is a fraud.

"There is no pie in the sky, and there are no benefits for no reason." If citizens find that they have been victimized by fraud, please call the police in time. The public security department will resolutely crack down on it in accordance with the law and recover losses for the defrauded citizens to the greatest extent possible.