Has fraud become a business? , a large number of "examination agents" have emerged on online platforms, and companies are recruiting for autumn recruitment
It is the annual peak season for corporate autumn recruitment, and fresh graduates are busy: most people are busy improving themselves in order to find their favorite jobs, but some so-called "examination assistance agencies" are also busy. They claim to be able to apply for fraud through fraud. means to compete for jobs.
The so-called "examination assistance agency" is to bridge the gap between candidates and ghostwriters, and use some "means" to help candidates cheat and get high scores. Such posts are not uncommon on online shopping software such as Xianyu and Taobao, and the monthly sales are also very impressive.
It stands to reason that the written examination for the autumn recruitment of enterprises has a relatively strict assessment and selection mechanism. How can the exam assistance agency "take advantage of" and guide students to complete cheating? Reporters launched an investigation into this.
The reporter randomly clicked into an online store, and before asking for details, the other party sent a WeChat ID, asking the reporter to add this "examination assistance agent" to inquire about the specific situation. By clicking on the agent’s circle of friends, you can see screenshots of the specific exam types, “examination assistance” advertisements and other relevant screenshots. The reporter noticed that in addition to the company’s autumn recruitment, the other party also undertakes different “test agency” services such as IELTS and international student exams.
△Open the shopping software and search for keywords, and immediately find many "examination assistance" merchants.
The reporter took a certain bank as an example and asked it for the price of taking the exam. The other party quoted a price of 160 yuan and required full payment in advance. As for how to operate, it is said that detailed instructions will be given after payment. On the other hand, another businessman who offered "Enterprise Examination" with a price of 8.8 yuan directly offered a price of 800 yuan after asking the recruiting company, and said that it could be done remotely, and "high scores will be awarded."
How do these test agency agencies operate? Mr. Zhu, who is engaged in related business, revealed the inside story to reporters: "The agency is responsible for initial contact with candidates and ghostwriters. After the negotiation is completed, candidates who have paid in full in advance will be pulled into a group with several ghostwriters on standby." He Taking the autumn recruitment of a certain bank as an example, the bank has designed a total of 3 sets of test papers during the written examination stage, corresponding to 3 different positions. The test papers for the same position have the same questions, but the order of the questions is different. Therefore, the agency often finds 10 people to take the exam, take photos of 3 sets of exam papers, and send the photos of the exam papers to the ghostwriting group. Multiple ghostwriters off-site completed different parts of the test paper, then took photos of the answers and distributed them to various candidate groups for corresponding positions, allowing candidates to copy the questions in their own order.
However, the reporter learned from some job seekers that in order to maintain the order of the exam, some companies will require candidates to set up single-camera or dual-camera live broadcast monitoring at home. How can candidates avoid monitoring? The agency will also provide "intimate" instructions, listing the cheating experience summed up after dozens of exams, including how to adjust the height, angle, position, etc. of the computer. "Just put the phone in the blind spot. You can raise the computer a little higher so that the first-position camera is aimed at your head and your hands can move freely. The second-position camera is placed 45 degrees behind the right side of the body, and the cheating phone is placed Next to the left hand, wear a large coat, unzip it, and cover it with your body.” After listing these “examination room tips,” the agent will also recommend that candidates practice more.
△Instructions issued by the "Test Assistance Agency" to candidates.
What’s even more staggering is that in addition to the autumn recruitment, similar exam-taking services are also knocking on the door of university campuses. In the slogans issued by intermediaries, it is not uncommon to see "the final exam will take you flying". The reporter contacted several exam agency agencies, and they all said they could undertake university midterm and final exams, with prices ranging from 80 yuan to 800 yuan.
△"Test assistance" merchants provide different types of examination fraud services.
However, intermediaries do not always refuse. The reporter contacted an intermediary, who asked about the subjects the reporter wanted to take the exam for, and then gave a price of 400 yuan per subject. But in the subsequent communication, I heard that it was an offline paper-based exam, and the other party kept saying "nothing can be done." Some agencies simply "let the ugly talk come first" and inform you before payment that "you need to bring your mobile phone into the examination room yourself." After receiving the money, they will also teach you some "means" to deal with it. For example, for exam rooms with proctors, intermediaries will provide candidates with methods to secretly photograph papers; for signal jammers in exam rooms, intermediaries will provide guidance on seat selection and network format techniques. "What if mobile phone checking at the entrance to the examination room is very strict?" Faced with reporters' questions, several intermediaries replied that they could not do anything. However, they emphasized that if the accuracy of the answers meets the requirements, if the candidates fail to bring the results due to their own reasons, No refunds will be given if placed on a mobile phone.
△The agency told reporters that in order to complete the fraud, the mobile phone must be successfully brought into the examination room.
△Instructions for taking questions sent to candidates by the "Test Assistance Agency".
"Many of the people who come to me are 'repeat customers.'" Mr. Zhu told reporters that according to the number of customer resources, intermediaries are also divided into large and small. Some large intermediaries use their rich network resources to form WeChat groups, and there are often hundreds of intermediaries in the group. . Large intermediaries adopt a small profit but quick turnover model, selling the answers to the autumn recruitment exams at prices ranging from 10 to 80 yuan to small intermediaries. Several small intermediaries often jointly purchase one answer, and then sell it at prices ranging from tens to thousands of yuan. Sold to different candidates. Mr. Zhu explained: “The reason why the pricing difference is so huge is that on the one hand it is due to the different difficulty of making answers, and on the other hand it is due to the opacity of the market.” In exams for some popular corporate positions, selling an answer can be a huge profit.
Mr. Zhu said that due to the large number of participants, even if candidates copy the same wrong answers from the same generation of writers and put them into the vast sea of test papers, it is not easy to be discovered, which also encourages cheaters. Moreover, in order to avoid legal supervision, many intermediaries often "shoot one shot for another", purchasing a new social account after receiving an order, and then deleting the account after the exam.
Our country's laws have clear provisions regarding cheating in exams. Article 284-1 of the "Criminal Law of the People's Republic of China" states that anyone who organizes cheating in national examinations prescribed by law shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years or criminal detention, and shall also or solely be fined; if the circumstances are serious, he shall be sentenced to A term of imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than seven years, and a fine.
Although enterprise recruitment examinations are usually not "national examinations stipulated by law", Article 10 of the "Interpretation of Several Issues Concerning the Application of Law in Handling Criminal Cases such as Organized Examination Cheating" by the Supreme People's Court and the Supreme People's Procuratorate points out that in countries stipulated by law, In exams other than exams, organizing cheating, providing cheating equipment or other assistance for others to organize cheating, or illegally selling and providing test questions and answers is consistent with the crime of illegally obtaining state secrets, illegally producing and selling special equipment for eavesdropping and photographing, and illegally Those who use special equipment for eavesdropping and photographing, illegally utilize information networks, disrupt the order of radio communication management and other crimes that constitute essential elements of the crime shall be investigated for criminal responsibility in accordance with the law.
In the face of candidates who try to "take shortcuts", some recruiters have repeatedly emphasized that any cheating behavior will be eliminated. If cheating is found in the examination room, the results of the examination will be cancelled, and the employment qualifications of the corresponding job seekers will be cancelled. All efforts in the job search process will be in vain. Even if someone is lucky enough to sneak into the interview stage, they still need to rely on their own strength to obtain job opportunities. Moreover, during this process, there may be risks such as leakage of personal information and financial accounts, which is not worth the loss. Therefore, in the job hunting arena, instead of taking the wrong approach and looking for illegal means of "facilitating the exam," it is better to spend time on improving your own abilities.
At the same time, the platform should also assume corresponding responsibilities in a timely manner, improve merchant access thresholds, strengthen business qualification reviews, and prevent further dissemination of such information on the platform. Once a merchant is found to have illegal behavior, it should also immediately punish and report it; related Enterprises and departments should also further strengthen supervision and crack down on cheating.
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