In order to cheat the elderly, men pretend to be grandchildren before hitting the police. How to curb telecom fraud against the elderly?

First, prevent criminals from using family ties to infringe.

Criminals often take advantage of the emotional characteristics of the elderly to attach importance to family ties and care for the younger generation, and contact the elderly victims by telephone, SMS, WeChat and other means. And make up for the part of their relatives who are in urgent need of help in case of accidents, kidnapping ransom, litigation compensation, etc. Trick the victim into paying.

Among the elderly, when consumers encounter the above situation, they should contact their relatives directly as soon as possible to verify the situation and not rush to transfer money.

Two, to prevent criminals from posing as state organs to carry out infringement.

Criminals often take advantage of the weakness of the relatively closed information and weak identification ability of the elderly, pretending to be the staff of public security, justice, financial supervision and other state organs to contact the elderly, and sending forged state organs' notices, circulars, letters and other official documents to intimidate the victims into paying money.

Consumers should bear in mind that state organs will not handle cases or send official documents by telephone or WeChat, and will not ask for "paying a deposit", "setting up a safe account" or "transferring money to verify identity". Don't believe in scams.

Third, impersonating public security fraud.

Fraudsters usually forge relevant documents and pretend to be staff members of public security, procuratorates, courts and other units, falsely claiming that the elderly or their children have violated the law and have to pay fines, security funds and so on. In order to defraud the old man of his money.

Anti-fraud tip: don't believe it easily when you receive a phone call from a stranger. Once a stranger asks for remittance, transfer, advance payment, etc. On the phone, be vigilant and don't remit money easily. If you can't tell the difference, you can consult the nearby public security organs to ensure that you don't trust, disclose or transfer money.

Fourth, low-cost travel fraud.

Fraudsters organize tourism activities at low prices to trick the elderly into traveling, and then trick the elderly into buying goods at high prices through coercion, inducement, deception and bundling. Or increase travel expenses in disguise on the way.

Anti-fraud tip: The elderly should take the initiative to reject "unreasonable low-cost tours", not blindly pursue low-cost tours, sign formal travel contracts, and carefully buy items that cannot be distinguished from the real ones. When traveling, you must ask for invoices, receipts and other documents to protect your rights afterwards.

Don't touch money easily. Whenever you want to move money, don't believe the liar's words "don't tell anyone" When you are uncertain, you must find your wife, children or your trusted neighbors and friends, ask them for advice, discuss countermeasures, and call the police when necessary.