Police fishing drill 32 1 college students "take the bait", how to prevent online fraud?

Recently, a "fishing drill" was quietly conducted in a university in Hubei. Hubei Anti-Fraud Center, Huazhong Normal University and Changjiang Cloud News Client sent 34,000 customized "fishing" messages to Huazhong Normal University students. According to the data of September 17, nearly 10% students clicked on the "fishing link", and 32 1 college students finally "hooked" and filled in and submitted detailed personal information. This means that if the internet is not the police, then they will become an ultra-high-risk group who have been cheated. Internet fraud is a very terrible criminal act, which swindles through the Internet to seize people's property or personal information. In recent years, the number of online fraud cases has been increasing, which has brought great trouble and harm to people's lives. So how to prevent online fraud? Next, let's take a look today.

First, let's learn the details of the incident.

1, event reason

In this anti-fraud operation, the police and universities jointly designed a "trap" for online fraud. They sent a "Gourmet Overlord Card" to 34,000 college students free of charge by sending short messages in groups. According to the content of the message, as long as you click on the link and fill in your personal information, you will have a chance to win the lucky draw. However, behind the link is a well-designed online fraud trap.

2. The course of the incident

Shortly after the short message was sent, more and more students clicked on the link and filled in their personal information. In just a few days, 32 1 students were cheated and became the "prey" of this "fishing" operation. Among these students, girls account for a relatively high proportion, reaching 65.73%, while boys account for 32.27%. In addition, the proportion of graduate students is the highest, close to 29%, and the proportion of graduate students and freshmen is 24.6% and 12.7% respectively.

3. Reflection on the event

Although this "fishing" operation was an anti-fraud drill, it sounded the alarm for people. In this digital age, online fraud is becoming more and more rampant and the means are becoming more and more sophisticated. For college students, they have become a high-risk group of online fraud. This is not only because they lack sufficient awareness of prevention, but also because they rely on the internet and master new technologies, making them the main targets of criminals.

Second, how to prevent online fraud?

1. Understand the types of online fraud.

Understanding the types of online fraud is the first step to prevent online fraud.

Internet fraud mainly refers to a series of deceptive behaviors on the Internet, such as false statements, malicious software, phishing, account theft and so on. Among them, false statement is one of the most common forms of fraud, which deceives the victim by fabricating facts, concealing the truth or distorting the facts.

However, malicious software is an act that causes damage by installing malicious programs on terminal devices such as computers or mobile phones, which usually leads to the disclosure of confidential information and the theft of funds.

Phishing refers to fraudsters pretending to be legal institutions or individuals on the Internet to defraud victims of personal information or money.

Account theft is the act of fraudsters stealing funds or information by obtaining other people's accounts and passwords. Only by understanding these types of fraud can we prevent online fraud in our daily life.

2, improve safety awareness

Improving safety awareness is an important way to prevent network fraud.

First of all, be vigilant. Improve vigilance against unknown information, strangers and instant messages, and avoid over-trust and credulity of strangers.

Secondly, we should establish a correct concept of consumption. Internet has been affecting our consumption behavior, so we must make a consumption plan to avoid buying goods that are too cheap or too expensive.

Always update security software and upgrade the operating system. Security software is a specially designed program, which can help defend against malicious software attacks and protect your equipment and personal information. The purpose of upgrading the operating system is to fix loopholes and defects and enhance the security of equipment.

Step 3 protect personal information

Protecting personal information is also an important measure to prevent online fraud. First, protect your account and password.

Use strong passwords. Don't use the same password on different websites.

Second, pay attention to the disclosure of personal information. Do not disclose information and confidentiality, and do not disclose unnecessary personal information such as your ID number, telephone number, bank account number and password.

In particular, don't trust unknown cell phone messages, emails or phone calls from strangers. Improve the security of social media. This means clearing unnecessary social account information to avoid the disclosure of sensitive information. Also, be honest on social media, don't trust strangers and avoid receiving news from strange sources.

4. Protect your rights and interests through legal means.

If you are cheated by the internet, you can take legal measures to safeguard your rights and interests.

Victims of online fraud can protect their rights by complaining to the police and applying for a refund from banks and payment platforms. In addition, it is suggested to sign legal electronic contracts in accordance with the People's Republic of China (PRC) Contract Law and other relevant laws and regulations to ensure their own rights and interests.

Personal opinion: In today's Internet society, online fraud is almost everywhere, even college students with higher education can't prevent it. Therefore, we should strengthen the awareness of network security prevention, improve our self-protection ability and resist illegal and criminal activities such as online fraud. Only when the whole society forms a joint effort can we effectively curb the spread of online fraud and protect the property safety and legitimate rights and interests of the people.