Pay attention to seven traps in grabbing red envelopes during the Spring Festival.

In recent years, during the Spring Festival, it has almost become a new custom for friends and relatives to send each other WeChat red envelopes. However, network security experts remind people not only to grab the WeChat red envelope, but also to guard against security traps when participating in online red envelope grabbing activities, so let Lao Huangli take stock for you. Seven pitfalls to be careful in grabbing red envelopes during the Spring Festival.

Trap 1: Plug-in for grabbing red envelopes

All kinds of "red envelope grabbing artifacts" publicly sold online can help grab red envelopes if installed in mobile phones. However, this move is very risky. Abuse of red envelope plug-ins may be officially titled, downloading and installing software of unknown origin, and may also implant programs such as Trojans in mobile phones, resulting in various security risks such as account theft and disclosure of private information.

Reminder: "grab the red envelope artifact", don't install it on your mobile phone.

Trap 2: "AA red envelope" scam

Beware of an "AA red envelope". This kind of red envelope often slightly changes the WeChat AA collection interface, adding words such as "send money" and "cash gift package" to make users mistakenly think that they are collecting red envelopes.

Reminder: WeChat red envelope has its own orange-red interface, and does not need to enter the AA collection interface; In addition, the user does not need to enter a password to receive the red envelope, and can deposit it in the WeChat coin purse by clicking Receive.

Trap 3: help cash out the scam.

If you want to help your friend withdraw cash after receiving a friend's "help" red envelope, you need to pay attention to the "public account" on the red envelope page and then enter the new "authorization" page. It says that you need to provide the developer with "permission" to continue the operation, and the permission requires obtaining your information.

Reminder: If you are not careful, you will be recorded basic information and even privacy by bad merchants.

Trap 4: overrun

The maximum amount of a single WeChat red envelope set by WeChat is 200 yuan. If you receive large red envelopes such as "666" and "888", you can basically be sure that they are fake and are likely to be cheated. The Measures for the Administration of Online Payment Services of Non-bank Payment Institutions, which came into effect on July 1 last year, divided individual payment accounts into three categories, and each category had different transaction limits for using the balance of payment accounts. This time, the WeChat red envelope is classified as a class account, which means that the accumulated amount per day may be limited to 1000 yuan.

Reminder: It is best not to order oversized red envelopes.

Trap 5: Click or share a link.

Prompt to click on the URL link to get the red envelope password or SMS. In this case, opening the red envelope is actually clicking on the "phishing website". Therefore, criminals can steal the victim's mobile phone number, WeChat account number and bank card number, take the opportunity to implant Trojan virus, charge phone bills or steal bank card funds. In addition, when you see red envelopes shared by friends, such as sending phone bills, gifts, coupons, etc. You need to pay attention to them first by clicking on the link and how many friends you have to share with them. This kind of red envelope is suspected of inducing sharing and defrauding users. Click on the report in the upper right corner.

Reminder: It is best not to click to share with friends.

Trap 6: Open the red envelope and enter the password.

If a merchant or friend sends a WeChat red envelope, but you need to enter the password when disassembling it, you should be wary, because it may be a fake red envelope. The real WeChat red envelope does not need to enter a password at all.

Reminder: Don't easily click on red envelopes and coupons of unknown origin in the WeChat group, so as to avoid the disclosure of personal privacy information.

Trap 7: "blessing card" is tricky.

Last year, Alipay launched an activity to collect five blessing cards: Fu Qiangfu, Harmony Fu, Friendship Fu, Patriotism Fu and Dedication Fu, and divide the 200 million red envelopes of the Spring Festival Evening equally. However, a "dedication" and a "blessing" are hard to find, and they have become hot items and are sold online. Prices range from a few yuan to several thousand yuan. Most of the "offerings" sold by many QQ groups, WeChat groups and other channels are P pictures or stolen pictures.

Reminder: Users should not easily add strangers' WeChat collection Fuka, and exchange or buy Fuka with them.