Ofo car rental is only 10 yuan, and 99 yuan deposit is not required. What happened?

Since its appearance, bicycle sharing has been favored by citizens all over the world. For some specific groups, bike-sharing has also introduced preferential policies. For example, ofo bike-sharing stipulates that students and faculty can enjoy the first order of the day for free, in addition to the single-number car. Recently, some QQ groups have appeared the student authentication service that pays for ofo bike-sharing. Ordinary users only need to pay 10 yuan to complete the teacher-student certification and enjoy the same riding benefits for teachers and students. In this regard, ofo's customer service in bike-sharing said that this behavior was "definitely unreliable" and the company was not allowed to do so.

After entering the keyword "ofo password sharing" in the QQ group search box, a number of groups about ofo password sharing appear, both nationwide and in specific cities. The reporter of Beiqing Daily randomly entered a QQ group named "ofo bike-sharing Free Password", and the column of group members showed that there were more than 440 people in the group. The group owner attached a "notice of joining the group" to the group announcement, saying that he could help bike-sharing to certify teachers and students, and the certification fee was 15 yuan.

Contact Li Hao (a pseudonym), the group administrator, and ask about the payment for the certification of ofo cyclists. Li Hao first asked ofo whether the bicycle had been certified before. After receiving a negative reply, Li Hao said that the student certification business needs to pay 10 yuan, just provide the mobile phone number, and he will help with the rest. In addition, he also introduced the benefits of student certification. "You don't have to pay 99 yuan deposit. The first order is free every day. There are activities now, and 5 yuan has monthly subscription. This social user does not. "

As you can see in the ofo client, users need to fill in their names, schools and student numbers, and upload the front photos of student ID cards or faculty ID cards. After verification, you can use the car without paying 99 yuan deposit.

When asked if Li Hao has a student ID card, Li Hao didn't answer directly, but kept replying "It will help you to authenticate well". As to whether ofo will find out that he is not a real student, Li Hao bluntly said that "no one will check this" and repeatedly promised to use it.

After paying 10 yuan, Li Hao said that he would help with the authentication within half an hour, and let him pay attention to the SMS verification code and send it to him. About 10 minutes later, I received a verification code message, which finally signed ofo. After another 10 minute, I received a short message from ofo: "Your information identity does not meet the requirements, and the authentication failed. Please check the information and try again. " A few minutes later, ofo sent another verification code message.

Sure enough, 30 minutes after I paid the money, I received an authenticated text message. After logging in to the ofo client, I found that the mobile phone number has a corresponding user name, and it shows "Certified". The sex is male, and the school is Peking University.

"So you can use it." Soon, Li Hao sent a message saying.

In addition, I saw some members in the QQ group posting screenshots of student certification, claiming that they were senior three students, but they spent 10 yuan on student certification. The screenshot information shows that the certification school is Shahe Campus of Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications.

In addition to this group, many QQ groups have the business of "student authentication 10 yuan", and some group owners directly say that the authentication is a real student ID card.

On the afternoon of March 17, some media called ofo customer service. A customer service official said that paying 10 yuan for student certification was "definitely not reliable". "The company is not allowed to do this. Users should not believe this kind of news. "

The customer service said that users need to operate on their mobile phones, fill in relevant information and upload photos of student ID cards. The information can be used without any cost after it has been approved by a backstage person. "Students are certified, and students from cooperative universities can be certified successfully. Universities without cooperation cannot pass the certification."

In addition, the customer service said that each teacher-student identity can only authenticate one user, and after this identity authentication, others can no longer use this identity for authentication. The customer service reminds that if teachers and students encounter the situation of being impersonated, they can call the official customer service phone number of ofo, submit ID cards, student ID cards and other identification certificates, and then cancel the illegally registered user identity.

The customer service said that the situation of "Student Certification 10 yuan" has been recorded and handed over to relevant leaders for investigation and verification.