"Collect likes" to receive free gifts? Everyone should be careful about this scam

"Collect likes" to receive free gifts? Everyone should be careful about this scam

Do you often see activities in your circle of friends that repost and collect likes to receive free prizes? From juicers to iPhones, many people cannot resist the temptation to participate. Many people who thought they would not be deceived have fallen into the trap set by scammers step by step.

Xiaohe, a girl from Yunnan, unfortunately encountered this kind of scam.

When Xiaohe was shopping, he came across a merchant doing an event. He only had to forward the relevant activity introduction to the circle of friends according to the merchant's requirements and collected 18 likes, and he could receive a juicer for free, and a gift card was included. A phone card worth 200 yuan.

There were many people queuing up at that time, and Xiaohe also joined them. During the queuing process, the staff of the merchant collected information from the users participating in the event on the grounds that their phone cards required personal information, mainly including users. ID number and portrait information were also collected.

That is, the user needs to face a camera and follow the camera's voice prompts to operate, such as opening his mouth, shaking his head, etc. Then the user receives a verification code on his mobile phone, and the merchant's staff also sends this verification code Collect them.

In order to obtain the prizes, all the users present at the event did not have any concerns and followed the merchant's requirements, and Xiaohe was no exception.

The event was over, and Xiaohe went home happily with the prizes. But, the next day, misfortune happened. Users who participated in the event, including Xiaohe, received almost the same loan text message. The content of the text message was roughly:

XXX, you have successfully borrowed 60,000 yuan...

Xiaohe Recalling that the merchant collected my ID number, mobile phone verification code, and video of my face, I shuddered and immediately called the police.

Faced with the temptation of prizes, how should we distinguish whether a like collection activity is a "pie" or a trap?

Usually, scammers’ routines are divided into the following steps:

First, various attractive activities are released through offline activities, friend circles, etc. Usually these activities are easy to obtain without any effort. You can get better gifts, such as common mobile phones for collecting likes and so on.

In order to attract more users to participate, these scammers often ask users to forward the sentence "The event is real and effective, and I have received the prize."

Next, the scammers will use Users’ personal information is collected for various reasons, such as WeChat name, WeChat ID, ID number, mobile phone verification code, etc.

After collecting user information, scammers will use the personal information for various illegal activities, such as the fake loans encountered by Xiaohe, etc. They may also directly steal the user's bank card or WeChat account The property in the account.

Nowadays, the tricks of scammers are constantly escalating, so how should we judge the authenticity of activities and protect our personal information and property?

First of all, when using the Internet, do not click on unfamiliar links easily, do not allow your mobile phone to connect to unfamiliar wifi, and try not to use public wifi and public mobile phone charging in public places. pile.

Secondly, when participating in activities such as collecting likes, carefully check the organizer of the activity. If the other party asks for personal information such as ID number, bank card number, mobile phone verification code, or records facial video, you should be even more vigilant.

Finally, if the event requires payment of shipping fees, etc., it is best not to participate in the event again to avoid falling into the trap set by scammers. Don't be greedy for small profits and suffer big losses in the end.