China-Singapore Jingwei Client, March 10 (Chang Tao intern Lang Jingning) At present, the prevention and control of the new crown pneumonia epidemic is still in a critical period. The demand for masks is still large, and the supply is still insufficient. The phenomenon of "a cover is hard to find" Still exists. At the same time, some lawbreakers are eyeing the scarce masks and seizing the opportunity to "get a vote."
To remind consumers to keep their eyes open, the Sino-Singapore Jingwei Client summarized five routines in the process of buying and selling masks. In addition, a reporter from China-Singapore Jingwei found that some criminals had purchased production and sales qualifications and product inspection reports through online channels in order to gain consumers' trust in the quality of their masks.
Data Map Masks China-Singapore Jingwei Photographed by Chang Tao
Five routines for buying and selling masks, have you been recruited?
Routine 1: Use shoddy as a shoddy
There is a joke on the Internet: What is the saddest thing in life? Did not buy a mask; what is the sadder thing in life? I bought the masks, but they are fake.
This epidemic has popularized people with various types of masks, such as what is N95 mask and what is medical surgical mask. Take a general medical surgical mask as an example. Some people call it "SMS structure". S refers to the single-layer spunbond layer on both sides, and M refers to the single or multi-layer meltblown layer in the middle. The key to the mask's ability to isolate viruses lies in the middle meltblown layer.
However, according to China-Singapore Jingwei reporters, in reality, many consumers have bought shoddy “fake masks”. Netizen Xiao A ordered some masks from Taobao some time ago. "At that time, the owner promised to be medical masks, which can play a protective role. I was a little drummer at the time, and finally I placed the order."
made Xiao A unexpected and waited for it. At the time of delivery, the medical mask promised by the seller was only a thin layer. "It's thin and translucent, and the packaging is just a plastic bag, without any trademarks or certifications. I applied for a return immediately after receiving the goods." At this time, Xiao A found that Taobao had determined that this shop had sold fake masks. , And close it, and inform consumers that the full payment will be refunded. According to Ali's introduction, during the epidemic, Ali has intercepted and deleted 570,000 masks with suspicious problems, 15 stores were permanently cleared for serious violations, and 5 of them were transferred to law enforcement agencies and held for legal responsibility.
and Xiao A had similar experiences with Ms. Zhang from Nanjing, Jiangsu. She introduced to a reporter from China-Singapore Jingwei that on January 30, she bought two boxes of medical masks from someone through the WeChat group, but when she received the goods, she found that the masks were "very poor quality, thin and very transparent."
Mask bought by Ms. Zhang Photo courtesy of the respondent
When Ms. Zhang asked for a refund, the other party stated that "refunds can only be made after receiving the return." Ms. Zhang was worried that the returned masks would be sold again, causing more people to be deceived, and “suffering dumb losses”. In addition to low-quality masks, there are consumers who have bought “expired masks”. For example, in Beijing, many consumers reported that they bought “antique masks” on Wumart’s multi-point app that expired almost 8 years ago.
According to media reports, Mr. Wang spent 500 yuan on the Wumart Multipoint App on February 18 to buy a box of SASN958617 Mask, containing 20 masks. Mr. Wang discovered that a label with "LotNo: 09180" was affixed to the bottom of the mask packaging box. Through the label, you can vaguely see a digital sign similar to the time under the note. Mr. Wang uncovered the label and found that the production date was June 2009 and the expiration date was June 2012. This means that the box of masks that Mr. Wang bought on Wumart’s multi-point app for 500 yuan has expired for nearly 8 years.
Routine 2: Stealing and changing posts
ordered N95 masks, but received ordinary protective masks; when they bought them, they were masks, but when they received the goods, they were mobile phone cases and bath towels. China-Singapore Jingwei reporters combed and found that in the process of buying and selling masks, "stealing the beams and changing posts" also occurred from time to time. According to CCTV reports, the Panjin police in Liaoning recently cracked a mask fraud case involving millions of yuan. The victim, Ms. Hao, originally planned to buy a batch of masks to support the frontline. After paying the seller a payment of 2.18 million, what she received was not a mask but a mobile phone case and some books. According to police investigations, the suspect Li not only had no supply of masks at all, but also squandered the money obtained by fraud, mostly using online gambling.
Source: CCTV report screenshot
According to Shenyang release, on January 30, the Chengdonghu Police Station of Yuhong Sub-bureau of Shenyang City received an alarm from the masses, saying it paid in WeChat group500 yuan was used to purchase N95 masks, but the items received by express mail turned out to be bath towels. At the same time, the reporter also reported that many people in the WeChat group were deceived.
The suspect Zhao Moumou has been arrested by the police, and the case is worth more than 10,000 yuan. On March 5, the People's Court of Yuhong District of Shenyang City publicly sentenced this case of crime involving the epidemic, the crime of fraud, and the defendant Zhao Moumou was sentenced to one year and two months in prison.
Routine 3: Fake delivery
consumer Meow (a pseudonym) recently told a reporter from Zhongxin Jingwei that he bought a few masks at a high price on an e-commerce platform in early February. After a long wait, the order showed that it had been shipped, but Logistics information has not been updated. "Later, the platform sent me a text message saying that the goods I purchased were suspected of being falsely shipped." Miao Miao said. According to industry insiders, in this case, merchants want to use the consumer’s characteristic of “forgetting the order after a long time” to cheat money. "Logistics information is not updated for a long time. Consumers will forget it after a long time. The money will be automatically sent to the seller. When you remember, you can only apply for a refund through the platform."
In addition to false shipments, there are also some membership-based phones. Merchant platforms claim to have masks in stock to attract consumers to buy members. Subsequently, the mask order was refunded on the grounds of being out of stock. As a result, not only was the product cost not fully refunded, the membership fee was also not refundable.
China-Singapore Jingwei reporter noted that many consumers complained about the Dolphin app on the Internet, demanding full refund of the purchase price and membership fee for masks, and questioned the use of the epidemic to attract traffic.
Dolphin's App responded that because the supplier's materials were requisitioned by the government, they could only refund first. However, consumers did not buy it. The supplier stated that the payment date was February 1, and the Dolphin App was still selling masks a few days later, enticing users to place orders.
is not only an e-commerce platform, some people also encountered "false shipments" when buying masks in Moments.
On March 4, the Shanghai Pudong New Area Procuratorate notified a case: the suspect, Zhou Mou, published information on the sale of masks in WeChat Moments without the supply of masks. The victim Han Mou contacted Zhou after seeing it, and the price was RMB 6.5. I bought 15,000 medical masks for RMB 10,000 and transferred RMB 30,000 to Zhou via Alipay and WeChat as a deposit. In order to continue to defraud the final payment, Zhou used a false delivery method to pretend that the mask has been shipped. After receiving the victim’s final payment of 35,000 yuan, the victim’s WeChat and mobile phone numbers were blacklisted.
Routine 4: Drive up the price
can't buy masks in China, so some people are looking at foreign purchasing agents. However, according to China-Singapore Jingwei reporters, the masks you purchase from the United States, South Korea and other countries may have gone through layers of price increases.
China-Singapore Jingwei Client reported in February that some Korean suppliers used information asymmetry to conceal inventory and raise prices. The purchase price of masks has risen from 3 yuan/only to 20-25 yuan/only. , The quotation of some merchants even reached 48 yuan/piece.
In Japan, some e-commerce companies resell masks at high prices, and some prices are even ten times higher than the market price. Merchants said that due to changes in supply and demand, the price of masks will automatically change. However, most of the masks purchased at high prices are mostly Chinese and will be ordered in large quantities. Merchants also claim that the profit is very large, earning 1 million yen a week ( (Approximately RMB 62969).
Routine 5: bundling
When masks become a hot product, in order to use it to drive the sales of other products, some merchants "tactfully" came up with a "bundled sale" strategy.
On January 22, a Nanning citizen reported to a media reporter that the common people’s pharmacy on Dongge Road in Nanning was selling “flu kits” and customers could not buy masks alone.
Law enforcement officers from the Qingxiu District Market Supervision Bureau immediately rushed to the scene to investigate, and investigated and inquired Wang Moumou, the manager of the Nanning Dongge Store of Common People’s Pharmacy Chain (Guangxi) Co., Ltd. according to law. Wang Moumou stated that the store bundled medical masks, Banlangen granules, and anti-viral oral liquid for sale on January 22. The bundling method was his own decision, and he did not report to the head office in advance. At 17: 20 The head office called Lv Moumou, the director of operations of the head office, to be stopped by the head office.
Regarding the suspected violation of relevant laws and regulations in the bundling sale of mask sets in Nanning Dongge Store of Common People's Pharmacy Chain (Guangxi) Co., Ltd., the Qingxiu District Market Supervision Bureau has initiated an investigation in accordance with the law on January 22, 2020.
Earlier, Multipoint App was also suspected of bundling mask sales. FebruaryOn the 4th, Duodian APP launched two "mask packages". In addition to 5 KF94 masks imported from South Korea, two packages A and B were also matched according to different ingredients. After this move caused many doubts, Duodian App no longer sold mask packages. The "three certificates" of
masks can be purchased online. If you buy a full set of
for 100 yuan and avoid the above five routines, will you be able to buy qualified and reliable masks? The answer is not necessarily, because the seller's "three certificates of my mask are complete and the quality is guaranteed" may be lying to you.
A reporter from China-Singapore Jingwei found that some counterfeit sellers and counterfeit criminals purchased mask production and sales qualifications and product inspection reports through online channels in order to gain consumers’ trust in the quality of their masks, and his goods may be " Three without masks".
It is understood that the so-called "three certificates" in the seller's mouth include medical device production licenses, product inspection and testing reports, and production company business licenses. Screenshot of the chat between
and the seller of "mask qualification"
A seller of "mask qualification" told China-Singapore Jingwei reporter: "The three certificate photos are 100 yuan for a complete set. There are many brand manufacturers located in Henan, Zhejiang, Guangdong and other places. Make sure Real, business information can be found.” The seller also promised that “general consumers will basically not suspect that the masks are fake when they see the three certificates, and they can use them with confidence.” According to relevant lawyers, the three no masks refer to no production date, Products without quality certificates (or production licenses) and without the name of the producer, or products without the name of the manufacturer, no production site, and no production sanitation license code. Counterfeit masks refer to well-known brand masks such as fake 3M produced and sold by certain companies. Fake masks, that is, masks that are of substandard quality and do not meet national, industry or corporate standards, cannot protect against viruses.
's production and sales of three non-masks, counterfeit masks, and fake masks all violate the corresponding laws and regulations, and may constitute the crime of producing and selling medical equipment that does not meet the standards and the crime of producing and selling fake and inferior products. If it is produced without a license, it may constitute the crime of illegal business operations.
Meng Bo, a lawyer from Beijing Jingshi Law Firm, said in an interview with the Sino-Singapore Jingwei Client that, according to relevant management measures, forgery, alteration, sale, lease, or lending of relevant medical device licenses will be confiscated by the original issuing department or Cancellation and confiscation of illegal gains; if the illegal gains are less than 10,000 yuan, a fine of 10,000 to 30,000 yuan shall be imposed; if the illegal gains are more than 10,000 yuan, a fine of 3 times to 5 times the illegal gains; constitutes a violation of public security management , The public security organs shall impose public security management penalties in accordance with law. According to the above-mentioned provisions, the food and drug supervision and administration department at or above the county level shall order corrections and impose a fine of less than 10,000 yuan for the forgery, alteration, sale, lease, or loan of medical device production record vouchers and business record vouchers. According to the staff of the Beijing Consumers Association, the authenticity of masks can be distinguished through several steps:
first step is to look at the packaging, whether the overall packaging of the goods is complete and tidy;
second step is to look at the printing, including the trademark, Whether the font printing of the instructions for use is clear and the layout is beautiful. Commonly used masks with the labor safety logo on the market are particularly important for the identification of "LA" printing;
, the third step is to look at the logo, whether it is marked with the production date, manufacturer, national standard number, etc.; whether it is within the warranty period.
The identification of medical surgical masks is to see if there are words such as "medical protective masks" and "medical surgical masks" on their packaging. If only "medical masks" are displayed, this is not a medical surgical mask. Its material and performance Both are lower than medical surgical masks.
It is understood that common medical surgical masks have three layers of filtering. You can confirm whether there is YY0469-2011 on the packaging before purchasing. The masks that meet the YY0469-2011 "Medical Surgical Masks" standard are the masks we need, and consumers can identify them through the official website of the State Drug Administration.
In addition, consumers can also check whether the mask is shiny on the side of the face, whether it is free of hairs, stains, and whether the mask has peculiar smell, etc., to distinguish between genuine and fake. The printing process of the mask can also be distinguished: the text printing of the genuine product is laser etched, and it is a 45-degree twill. The fake product is generally printed with ink due to cost and technical limitations. The twill cannot be displayed, and some are uneven dots. (Zhongxin Jingwei APP)
