APP trap What are the traps of dating apps?

Nowadays, many people hope to find true love through dating websites or dating apps. But if you are not careful, you may encounter a scam. Recently, Zhang Hao (a pseudonym), a young man working in Chongqing, was cheated by a dating APP.

When the APP meets a "beauty" and wants to chat, it must pay first.

Zhang Hao, a young man from Jiangxi, has worked in a stone market in Jiulongpo District for three years. He doesn't have a girlfriend at the age of 25 because of his single working environment and unsociable communication, which makes him very upset.

On April 3rd, Zhang Hao learned from colleagues that she would get a chance to "get in touch" with beautiful women in the same city through the mobile phone APP for making friends in the same city. Zhang Hao was very excited and decided to give it a try.

He entered the word "about" in the mobile phone "application mall" and chose a dating software with 700,000 downloads. "So many people use it, and the effect should be good." Zhang Hao downloads the installation and completes the registration by entering his own details.

After entering the application, Zhang Hao began to choose his favorite object. However, when he is still choosing, the system will prompt that someone has taken the initiative to talk to him. Zhang Hao clicks on the shaking head, and a beautiful woman named "No Night" appears.

"Can we meet? I was born in 1989, and my height is 163. I hope to know more about you. " According to the system data, "Yeye" is dressed in red, with bright eyes and white teeth, just like the girl next door. Zhang Hao answered "Yes" immediately, but when he wanted to talk more, he was prompted that he needed to pay 50 yuan to buy "communication service".

Unwilling to give up, Zhang Hao decided to take a chance and transferred to 50 yuan through Alipay. However, Zhang Hao soon discovered that he had been enthusiastic and active before, but suddenly he stopped talking. He sent a dozen messages, but the other party didn't respond. At this time, I realized that I might be Zhang's "routine." He immediately turned to the Kowloon Park Police Station for help.

The police revealed that the scam "beauty" hidden by APP is mostly virtual users.

"It may not be a real person talking to Zhang Hao." The police said that most of the users of the same city dating APP are virtual users, and their avatars and materials are all grabbed and stolen by the system. In other words, the enthusiastic praise received by users is automatically issued by computer programs.

"The purpose is to induce users to pay." The police pointed out that in the process of online dating, if one of the two parties is a virtual program and the software guides others to pay through virtual users, it is suspected of fraud. The "communication service fee" paid by users ranges from tens of yuan to hundreds of yuan, and the amount is relatively small. Because of the face, most users will generally choose to avoid the heavy weight and eat dumb losses.

The police suggested: "three noes" to avoid falling into the peach trap

Bi Xingbo, a policeman of the Criminal Investigation Detachment of Jiulongpo District Public Security Bureau, said that citizens can completely avoid falling into the "trap" of APP dating by achieving "three noes".

The first is "not blindly following". At present, the mobile APP market is mixed. In addition to inducing users to pay, fraud also has various routines such as implanting Trojans, secretly sucking fees, and stealing information. It's hard to prevent, so click download carefully.

The second is "not trusting." The "high-quality" dating resources in the same city dating software make users want to stop. But there is no such thing as a free lunch. Netizens should have a full understanding of themselves. When they meet the APP "beauty" and "handsome guy" to take the initiative to strike up a conversation, they should be highly vigilant and nervous, and should not be impulsive and blindly optimistic.

Again, it is "non-transferable". This is the last barrier to prevent APP dating fraud. The majority of netizens have set up a "safety valve" in their brains, and once they touch keywords such as "payment", "payment" and "membership", they will immediately warn themselves. In addition, once found cheated, I hope the victim can call the police in time.