"Mom, something happened to my girlfriend. I urgently need 200,000 yuan for surgery. Please hurry up and transfer it to me!" On the evening of December 13, Ms. Lu, Xigu District, Lanzhou City, received a message from her son in Myanmar.
After learning the news, the old couple stayed up all night, looking for money from relatives and friends, and finally collected 200,000 yuan in cash the next morning.
On December 14, when the old couple went to the nearby Construction Bank to transfer money to the account number sent by their son on WeChat, the sad-looking old couple attracted the attention of the branch staff. After preliminary screening of their transaction background and fund sources, they found obvious abnormal.
They immediately contacted the Fourth Criminal Investigation Brigade of the Xigu Branch of the Lanzhou Municipal Public Security Bureau and the police from the Xigu City Police Station by phone. The police on duty rushed to the outlet as soon as possible, stopped the two people who were trying to transfer money again at the counter of the outlet, and persuaded them to do so. Go to the police station to further verify and screen the information of the transfer party to avoid being deceived.
After the Fourth Criminal Investigation Brigade and the police station jointly worked together, it was discovered that the girlfriend’s identity information provided by his “son” did not exist, and his son only sent text messages through WeChat to ask for money, and the couple did not make any voice or video calls to confirm whether they were His son himself.
After listening to the police analysis, the old couple also felt that their son's tone was abnormal. After the police station verified the situation through a WeChat video on the spot, the son said that he did not ask his parents to transfer money.
"You, this is a telecommunications fraud. Fortunately, we stopped it in time. 200,000 is not a small amount." The policeman patiently explained to the couple.
Only then did the couple realize that they had encountered a telecommunications network fraud. "This 200,000 yuan is our half-life savings, and we also have borrowed money here and there. If we are defrauded, it will be over. Thank you for stopping it in time." We must be more vigilant in the future."
Scammers will pretend to be the victim's children and make up a series of reasons such as the child being in a car accident, being sick and being hospitalized, or making up for extra classes. They will take advantage of the parents' love for their children and allow the victim to transfer money without having time to think. The general public must keep in mind when transferring money: there are four things you must ask before transferring money, and four things you must do after being cheated.
Four must-ask questions: The first is "Why should I transfer money?"; the second is "Do I know the other party, do I need to verify and confirm?"; the third is "Will I fall into the trap of fraud?"; the fourth is "Should I Consult the police?"
Four must-dos: First, contact the bank customer service to seek remedial measures and understand the whereabouts of the funds; second, call 110 to call the police in time; third, pay attention to saving the transfer and remittance voucher; fourth, treat it calmly, maintain physical and mental health, and maintain family harmony.
[Source: Gansu Public Security]
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