What are the key points about 315 anti-telecommunications fraud?

We now announce several common telecommunications fraud methods to the public to enhance their understanding and prevent them from being deceived.

1. The phone is in arrears. Criminals pretended to be staff members of the telecommunications department or police officers and called the victim, informing him that his identity information had been fraudulently used to tie up his unpaid phone number and bank account. He was suspected of money laundering and the victim may be sentenced. Some victims were eager to clarify themselves, so they informed the criminals of their phone numbers and deposit status. This type of fraud often uses Internet phone numbers starting with 019, 00019 or phones bundled with "One Number Connect".

2. Spend by credit card. The criminals sent text messages to remind mobile phone users that their bank cards had just been used to make purchases at a certain place and provided an inquiry phone number. If the user calls back, he or she will be informed that the bank card may have been copied and stolen, and that the user should go to an ATM machine to perform encryption operations and be gradually led into a "transfer trap."

3. Notify of refund. Criminals pretend to be staff from tax bureaus, post offices, banks and other departments, falsely claiming to want tax refunds, excessive refunds, etc., and asking victims to transfer money to their designated bank cards. Most of the numbers used are 00019* (international IP phone), and the phone numbers provided are generally 4006* payphones or Railcom's "One Number Connect" phones.

4. False winnings. The criminals use company celebrations or new product promotion draws as an excuse to inform the victim that they have won a grand prize, and guide the victim to remit the money to the account provided by them on the grounds that income tax, handling fees, notary fees and other fees must be paid to redeem the prize.

5. Shopping at low prices. Criminals send false information such as selling second-hand cars to victims, and require payment of deposits, consignment fees and other fees before further processing, and require remittances to the account numbers provided, thereby achieving the purpose of fraud.

6. Send money for emergencies. Criminals obtain information about the victim's family members through online chatting, making friends on the phone, and getting close to each other, and then trick the victim into turning off his mobile phone. During the shutdown period, the other party called the victim's family in the name of a doctor or police officer, falsely claiming that the victim was ill or in a car accident and was being rescued, or that the victim had been kidnapped and asked to transfer money to a designated account for emergency relief, thus committing fraud.

7. Inducing remittances. Criminals send a large number of text messages such as "Please deposit money to **bank, account number***" through mass text messages. When some victims received such fraudulent information, they thought they were collecting money and hurriedly transferred the money to the other party's account without confirming their real names.

8. Lottery special codes. Criminals make "ring" calls or send group text messages, falsely claiming that they can provide lottery players and stock investors with winning numbers or inside information by simply remitting money to a designated account, thereby defrauding money. At present, this type of fraud is more deceptive in the urban-rural junction or rural areas.

9.Guess who I am. The criminals call the victim and ask her to "guess who I am", pretend to be that person based on the name given by the victim, and claim to come to the victim. When the victim believes it, they then fabricate "prostitution to be dealt with." , "I need money urgently for hospitalization" and other reasons to borrow money from the victim.

10. Fraudulent phone bills. Criminals make "one-ring" calls or send text messages to ask victims to call to listen to on-demand songs. If the victim dials a designated number, he will incur high phone bills.

11. Pretend to be a leader. Criminals pretend to be leaders, secretaries or department staff and call the heads of grass-roots units to sell books, commemorative coins, allocate funds, allocate cars, help solve financial difficulties, etc., and ask the deceived units to pay the subscription fee, supporting fees, etc. The handling fee will be paid to the designated bank account to commit fraud.

12. High-paying recruitment. Under the guise of recruiting "public relations gentlemen" and "special escorts" with high salaries, criminals require victims to remit training, clothing and other expenses to a designated account before they can go to work, thereby defrauding them of money.

13. Pretend to be an acquaintance. Call and text you in the tone and tone of an acquaintance or imitate an acquaintance. Most of them will pretend to be old neighbors or old classmates, first let you guess who they are, and then trick you little by little. After gaining trust, commit fraud.

Several other methods:

1. "Public Security Bureau" package fraud

The victim first received a voice call starting with 10000 or 0000 1968. It prompts you to check for a package. Then a "postal staff" will tell you that a certain public security bureau has sent you a parcel. If you don't believe it, the other party will help you transfer it to the "public security bureau". The "policeman" will tell you that your bank The card is suspected of money laundering, so you must transfer all your savings to their designated security custody account, and they will return it to you after they verify that your money is innocent.

2. "Court Summons" Fraud

This method is similar to "Public Security Bureau Mail Package", except that the fraud method is replaced by a "Court" Summons.

3. Off-site consumption fraud

Scammers generally use number software overseas to impersonate authoritative departments such as political and legal agencies, telecommunications and finance, and use telephone arrears, car tax refunds and UnionPay cards for off-site purchases. In other names, they defraud money.

4. Lottery-winning fraud

Call directly to inform you of your winnings and ask for remittance fees, taxes, etc., or call the victim's mobile phone first, hang up quickly, and wait for the victim's reply At this time, the victim was first reminded by voice that he had won the prize, and then asked to remit handling fees, taxes, etc.

5. Telephone bill refund fraud

The scammers in this type of fraud claim to be telecom workers. The telecom bureau has deducted more money from your phone bill due to a computer system error. Please go to the automatic withdrawal system. In front of the checkout machine, follow the automatic prompts to refund the overdeducted phone bill; or you may be asked to provide your bank account number. If you follow the instructions obediently, all the money on your bank card will be transferred away.

6. Tax refund fraud

The other party claimed to be from the tax bureau, and used "Now we are going through the tax refund procedures for car purchases" as a bait to ask the victim to call a phone number in the Beijing area code and say Someone will help the victim handle the relevant matters. If the victim calls, the victim will be told that the tax refund has been credited to the National Taxation Bureau's account, and will give the victim an account number and password as well as a phone number with a Beijing area code. Calling this number will automatically prompt the victim to enter the card number and password. Once the voice prompts are followed, the money on the card will be transferred.

7. Use any number-displaying software to commit fraud

Criminals use any number-displaying software to pretend to be staff members of telecommunications bureaus, public security bureaus and other units to make random calls to mobile phones and fixed-line numbers to show the identity of state agencies. The victim's hotline number and switchboard number were suspected of committing a crime because the victim's phone was in arrears and his identity was stolen by others. He threatened to confiscate the victim's bank deposits and deceived the victim into transferring funds to a designated account.

8. Fraud with false notices at ATM machines

Criminals block the card exit of the ATM machine in advance and paste false service hotline notices on the ATM machine to lure bank card users into thinking that their cards have been swallowed. After the user leaves, he will contact him to obtain his password. After the user leaves, he will go to the ATM machine to take out his bank card and steal the cash in the user's card.

9. Free low-interest loan scam

“Our company provides loans to people who are short of funds in this city. The monthly interest is 3%. No guarantee is required. Please call Manager ***” . This type of fraudulent text message is a scammer taking advantage of the urgent need for working capital among some companies and individuals in the context of monetary tightening, luring them with low-interest loans, and then defrauding them of money in the name of prepaid interest.

10. "Phone bill defrauding" fraud

In this type of fraud, criminals lure you by making a "one-ring" call: a strange number that rings and hangs up quickly. Call back and "earn" high phone bills. If you receive a missed call from 0941 or 0951, you will be charged 500 yuan for a call back. Or send as a text message "Your friend 13××××××××× has requested a ×× song for you to express his thoughts and blessings. Please dial 9×××× to listen." Once Calling back to listen to music may incur high phone bills or customize a certain text message service, resulting in property losses for mobile phone users.

11. Inducing the phone to shut down to commit fraud

By defrauding the other party’s relatives and friends’ phone numbers and inducing the other party to shut down the phone through text messages, such as “Hello, the mobile company is now conducting line testing on your phone. Please temporarily turn off your mobile phone for 3 hours"; then when the other party turns off his phone, he defrauds the other party's relatives and friends by claiming that he was "in an accident outside", "sick and in urgent need of surgery", etc.

These criminals even prepared several sets of response "texts" for the callers to follow in response to the possible reactions of the victims.

For example:

A. The victim didn’t believe the call at all, so he hung up the phone;

B. The victim expressed doubts about the identity of the caller, so he said: “You can check through 114 Our call is real or fake..." (In fact, through the number-changing software, they have already changed the caller ID number to a public phone number of a certain unit.)

C. The victim showed hesitation on whether to remit money, so he Said: "We are from the Public Security Bureau (or Procuratorate). If you do not cooperate, you will bear legal consequences... (threat)"