This scam swept the public security organs across the country to remind them urgently: your family may be doing it, too!

In fact, everyone will unconsciously open red envelopes now, but often at this time, many scammers will put their hands into your pockets and use your heart to cheat you, especially when helping friends open bargains, it is easy to fall into the trap of scammers!

Do you often see various WeChat links that grab red envelopes?

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Don't click on the bargaining link sent by friends circle!

It may be a new type of fraud!

Recently, Mr. Guo, a Beijing citizen, helped a friend click on the "Bargaining" link in his circle of friends, but his 600 yuan funds in his card were stolen.

From snacks of several yuan to mobile phones of several thousand yuan and cameras of ten thousand yuan, there is a saying that you can get this product for free by inviting friends to help you' bargain' in 0 yuan on the link page. However, many netizens reported that they could not successfully purchase after bargaining.

In this regard, the police reminded that many cases show that this is a new type of fraud.

Encounter 1: Help bargain but get a deposit.

Mr. Guo, a Beijing citizen, told reporters that a few days ago, he saw a link in the circle of friends to help "bargain" shopping, which read "Find a friend to help bargain, and the lowest 0 yuan can buy an Apple X mobile phone."

Mr. Guo immediately clicked in and helped his friend to click the "bargain" button. After leaving his name and phone number, the page immediately showed "You have helped your friend cut 68 yuan! The activity time is limited. As long as you fill in the information to participate in activities and find friends to participate in bargaining, you can buy a mobile phone for zero yuan. " Mr. Guo forwarded the link to a circle of friends without thinking, and sent a message to a friend asking for help in "bargaining".

Just as he was busy as a bee, Mr. Guo received a message showing that his bank card had been removed from 600 yuan. "I don't know how the password was leaked, and the balance was once turned clean. Fortunately, WeChat didn't bind my saved card, otherwise the loss would definitely be greater. I suspect that the personal information filled in has been leaked. "

Encounter 2: friends around me receive fraudulent text messages.

Mr. Li is also a victim of bargaining in friends circle. He saw a link from a friend to help bargain. Out of help for his friend, he clicked in without much thought and entered his mobile phone number. The page also shows "You have cut XX yuan for your friend".

After that, many friends around Mr. Li received fraudulent text messages in the name of Mr. Li. Mr. Li suspects that the information of himself and his friends was leaked in this "bargaining" activity.

Encounter 3: the bargain was successful and the goods were not bought.

Ms. Wang participated in "bargaining" activities in her circle of friends, but did not benefit from "bargaining".

In order to get more people to help bargain, Ms. Wang not only forwarded the link to the circle of friends, but also asked relatives and friends to forward it to more than 30 WeChat circles to find friends to help. After more than a week of "hard work", she finally reduced the price from about 4000 yuan to "0" yuan. However, when she clicked the buy button, she found that the goods were sold out and could not be purchased. "I worked so hard that I didn't expect this to happen in the end."

The police reminded:

Wechat's "bargaining" activity has evolved from merchant marketing to a new type of fraud.

For everyone's experiences, the police said that WeChat's "helping bargain" activity was originally for marketing. Many businesses attract people to forward in the circle of friends through this activity, thus attracting a large circle of fans, gaining a lot of attention in a short time and achieving good marketing results.

However, this low-cost, simple and deceptive activity has been targeted by criminals. They collect personal information or cheat money by "bargaining" in the circle of friends, which has evolved into a new type of scam, and users who have participated will receive a large number of advertising messages and fraudulent messages.

The police suggested

Bargaining a prize is similar to marketing. Stay on high alert!

Don't fill in personal information easily, especially sensitive information.

For those who request transfer and remittance, be sure to verify the specific identity of the other party before remittance.

Be sure to keep a good chat record after encountering fraud and call 1 10 to call the police in time.

In this regard, Xiao would like to appeal to everyone not to panic when encountering swindlers, to keep evidence and report in time, and to protect their personal interests.