Disclose multiple cases of primary school students being deceived while chasing stars! Why do little fans become "fresh and tender chives"?, The most severe loss reached 350000 yuan
During the summer vacation, the online activities of underage groups have increased, providing opportunities for online fraudsters to take advantage of. Recently, police in multiple regions have revealed cases of elementary school students being deceived in their pursuit of stars. A minor called for "Love Bean" and encountered "celebrity fraud". They privately used their parents' mobile phones to make payments, spent all the money in their account, and suffered the most serious losses, being scammed as much as 350000 yuan.
It can be found by combing the cases published in many places that suspect often use minors' desire to contact with idols to induce minors to add "idol" accounts or fan groups, and then pretend to be police, star lawyers, etc., to deceive and threaten minors to use their parents' mobile phones to pay large sums of money or shop for reasons such as disclosure of privacy, arrest and detention. Minors lack social experience and legal awareness, and when faced with such intimidation and threats, it is easy for them to be manipulated and obedient.
Impersonating public security, procuratorial, and legal personnel, requesting the victim to cooperate with the investigation, and sending false legal documents such as "wanted orders" and "arrest warrants", causing the victim to fall into fear, and then allowing the victim to conduct "fund checks" or transfer money to designated "safe accounts" under the public security, procuratorial, and legal systems, is a common tactic of telecommunications fraud. Many adults are deeply trapped and unable to escape. The above-mentioned scams targeting minors are actually a variant of "impersonating the public security organs, procuratorates, and law enforcement", and their commonality is to exploit the victim's fear psychology.
Against the backdrop of the continuous improvement of anti fraud awareness in the whole society, extending the hand of evil to minors is extremely poisonous! The reason why the relevant fraud tricks have been tried repeatedly is related to the weak anti fraud and anti fraud awareness of minors. This also reminds families, schools, and communities to work together to fill the gaps in anti fraud and anti fraud education for minors.
From the perspective of fraudsters often using star chasing to commit fraud, what needs to be supplemented is not only anti fraud and anti fraud courses, but also star chasing courses. At present, the internet has become an important channel for minors to pursue their idols. Under the influence of the "fan circle" culture, many minors crazily participate in activities such as support, ranking, and even online verbal abuse. Not only do they invest a lot of time and energy in calling for idols, but they also spend a lot of money on fundraising support, purchasing peripheral products, etc., just to fight for a reputation for their idols. Under strict commercial operation, enthusiastic young fans have become "fresh and tender leeks".
Love makes wisdom faint. Why is a child's money so easy to cheat, and why can the scam of chasing stars be repeatedly successful? It is precisely the blind mentality of minors in online celebrity chasing that has been exploited. Therefore, education should guide minors to establish a correct idol view, improve their internet literacy, avoid blind obedience, maintain calmness and rationality in online celebrity chasing, and also become an important content of anti fraud and anti fraud education.
The phenomenon of minors encountering celebrity scams and transferring money to "celebrity lawyers" under threat and fear also indirectly reflects the quality of parent-child relationships, at least indicating that children lack sufficient trust in their parents. In some cases, minors have repeatedly used their parents' phones to transfer money to fraudsters after falling into a trap, resulting in scams worth hundreds of thousands of yuan, which also illustrates many problems. On the one hand, some parents are too careless and lack confidentiality awareness of important information such as bank card accounts, passwords, and payment verification codes, which provides opportunities for their children. On the other hand, it also indicates that parents lack sufficient attention to their children's daily conditions. Therefore, improving the quality of parent-child relationships, providing children with more quality companionship and care, allowing them to enjoy fun and warmth in a fulfilling real life, is not only an important part of guiding children away from irrational star chasing, but also helps them better resist various types of fraud.
