Forward reminder to parents! These 5 situations may be illegal fundraising! Name | Elderly | Situation
Recently, some elderly care service institutions and enterprises have implemented illegal fundraising activities under the guise of "elderly care services" and "healthy elderly care", using "high interest and high return" as bait to absorb funds from the elderly, causing serious property damage and mental harm to the elderly, and posing significant risks and hidden dangers. On June 15th, the Ministry of Civil Affairs issued a risk warning in response to these situations, reminding elderly people to consciously stay away from illegal fundraising.
According to the "Risk Warning on Illegal Fundraising in the Elderly Care Service Field" issued by the Ministry of Civil Affairs, the manifestations of illegal fundraising in the elderly care service field are mainly divided into the following five types:
Illegal fundraising under the guise of an elderly care service institution
Some enterprises do not have physical elderly care service institutions and do not actually take in elderly people and provide care and care services. However, they use temporary rental of elderly care service institution venues to carry out activities, claim to sign cooperation agreements with elderly care service institutions, and other methods to deceive elderly people into illegally absorbing funds through card rebates, welfare subsidies, and discounts.
Illegal fundraising under the pretext of providing "elderly care services"
Some institutions have clearly exceeded their commitment to providing services beyond the capacity of bed supply, or have committed to repayment of principal and interest beyond their sustainable profitability. They illegally absorb funds by collecting high membership fees, deposits, and other means from the elderly in the name of applying for "VIP cards," "membership cards," "prepaid cards," and prepaying "elderly care service fees.".
Illegal fundraising under the pretext of investing in "elderly care projects"
Under the guise of investing, joining, investing in health and elderly care bases, selling fictitious elderly care apartments, long-term rental of elderly care beds, and "time bank" mutual aid elderly care projects, illegally absorbing funds under the guise of promising high returns, cashback sales, after-sales leaseback, and agreed buybacks.
Illegal fundraising under the pretext of selling "elderly products"
Under the guise of "health and elderly care", there is actually no real content of selling goods, or promoting the sale of so-called "health" related products to the elderly under the guise of medical treatment, using methods such as product repurchase, consignment sales, consumption rebates, free physical examinations, gift giving, conference marketing, health lectures, expert free consultations, etc., to illegally absorb funds by promising consumption rebates or providing other investment returns as bait.
Illegal fundraising under the pretext of enjoying "living and elderly care"
Under the pretext of inviting elderly people to travel at low prices or even for free, or investigating so-called "living and elderly care" projects, illegal absorption of funds is carried out through methods such as stored value rebates, investment dividends, and point based elderly care.
How can elderly people keep their wallets safe?
In response, the Ministry of Civil Affairs issued a risk warning stating that in these types of illegal fundraising cases, the high interest promised by criminals mainly comes from the fees paid by the elderly, which is a form of robbing Peter to pay Paul. Once the funding chain breaks, high interest cannot be redeemed. Some institutions and enterprises do not have the ability to provide services at all, and instead deceive the trust of the elderly through false advertising, often failing to meet their elderly care service needs. Once elderly people participate, not only is it difficult to recover stolen goods and damages, but the principal is also difficult to recover.
The Ministry of Civil Affairs reminds the elderly that in accordance with relevant regulations such as the "Regulations on the Prevention and Disposal of Illegal Fundraising", illegal fundraisers and illegal fundraising assistants will be held legally responsible and will bear the risk of participating in illegal fundraising. For commitments with investment rebates, elderly people should remember that high returns come with high risks, recognize the huge risks hidden behind high incentives, consciously stay away from illegal fundraising, and prevent infringement of legitimate rights and interests. If any suspected illegal or criminal clues are found, they can be immediately reported to the relevant departments.