Many people now like live streaming shopping, but they should also be careful of traps during live streaming shopping. Mr. Cheng from Yongkang, Zhejiang Province, suffered a fraud and lost 750,000 yuan because of "betting on stones" in an online live broadcast room.
At the beginning of last year, Mr. Cheng accidentally entered a live broadcast room for selling jade while surfing the Internet. The anchor was showing the raw jade raw materials. There were also so-called "jade buyers" on the scene. If the rough stone sold was of good quality, the "purchasers" They will pay high prices for acquisitions, often in the millions. Mr. Cheng is a jade enthusiast himself. When he saw other netizens leaving messages saying that they had gained a lot, he immediately transferred 30,000 yuan to the anchor and "contracted" a few rough stones with netizens to try his luck.
Victim Mr. Cheng: Many people are very motivated, and the anchors next to us are also urging us not to "drop the chain", that is, not to interrupt. He also said that those who lose money often lose money by "losing their chain". If you don't "lose your chain", you can always buy a good piece of rough stone, and you can make up for the loss with one piece and still make a profit.
Under the instigation of the anchor and the "water army", Mr. Cheng fell into the trap step by step. A total of 750,000 yuan was spent on cutting 30 so-called "rough stones" in four days, but all ended in losses. Mr. Cheng’s family discovered that he was involved in a scam and immediately asked him to call the police. After receiving the call, the Fangyan Police Station of the Yongkang Municipal Public Security Bureau quickly joined forces with the Criminal Investigation Brigade to launch an investigation.
Chen Peng, Deputy Director of Fangyan Police Station of Yongkang Municipal Public Security Bureau: After our preliminary investigation, we locked the suspect’s hideout in Ruili, Yunnan. After arresting and entering the suspect's den, we found that the suspect had opened multiple live broadcast rooms. At the same time, we found computers, mobile phones and other items used by the suspect for live broadcasts. We also found "raw stones" sprayed with black paint in the room. ", according to on-site statistics, the weight of this type of "raw stone" is 1.1 tons.
Live broadcast lured netizens to "gamble on stones" and the gang defrauded victims of more than one million yuan
After investigation, the live broadcast room set up by this gang defrauded victims of more than one million yuan in total. Recently, the People's Court of Yongkang City, Zhejiang Province held a hearing on this case. Eleven defendants in the gang were sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment by the court for fraud.
According to the defendant Lu Moubi, since September 2022, their gang has rented a shop in a jewelry mall in Ruili, Yunnan, and conducted live broadcasts online. Gang members play multiple roles in the live broadcast room, such as anchors, cargo owners, buyers, and customers, creating an illusion of hot sales and unmissable opportunities, inducing victims to buy "raw jadeite raw materials" that they disguise through coloring and lighting, and The anchor controls the "cutting, blasting, and crushing" to defraud the victim of the cost of purchasing stones. And these "wool materials" are actually some scraps they bought, not raw jade stones. They only cost 35 yuan per kilogram. However, after they package them, they are often priced at tens of thousands of yuan in the live broadcast room.
After investigation, it was found that the live broadcast rooms set up by this gang defrauded victims of more than one million yuan. Recently, 11 defendants in the gang were sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment and corresponding fines by the court for fraud. All the stolen money has been recovered and returned victim.
The police remind you to beware of stone gambling scams in online live broadcast rooms, and do not easily transfer funds into strangers' accounts during online transactions and transfers.
