Multiple incidents have occurred, be vigilant! The fraud gang has taken action on children's phone watches. Phone | Parents | Watches
Attention!
The fraud gang has taken action on children's phones and watches
Multiple such cases have occurred
On July 3rd, the No.1 Bridge Police Station of the Wenquan Public Security Bureau in Xianning City, Hubei Province received a report from a parent of a student, reporting that their daughter, who was in elementary school, had her phone card replaced by a stranger at the end of June using a phone watch to make calls.
On July 4th, police officers from the No.1 Bridge Police Station arrested two individuals involved in fraud in a hotel in Hot Springs.
After interrogation, the two confessed that they had been scamming four phone cards from multiple students at the entrance of a primary school in Wenquan since June 26th, and using the scammed phone cards to impersonate logistics customer service to make fraudulent phone calls. Currently, they have illegally profited more than 4000 yuan.
Recently, two individuals involved in fraud have been sent to the detention center in Xian'an District for legal processing.
On the morning of August 2nd, at a venue in Yangxin County, Huangshi City, Liu and Shi borrowed their phone watches from a primary school student who was exercising there, using the excuse of borrowing a phone watch to make a phone call. They took advantage of the student's carelessness and stole the phone card inside their watch.
Subsequently, Liu and Shi sold the stolen phone cards to others in exchange for 200 yuan in cash.
At around 8 o'clock that evening, Liu and Shi, two thieves, were arrested.
Fraud prevention reminder
1. Children should not lend their phones or watches without the company of their parents or teachers. Adults really need it and won't ask children for help.
2. If a phone card is stolen or robbed, you should immediately contact the mobile phone operator to report the lost account, cancel the stolen phone card, and report to the police in a timely manner to prevent criminals from taking advantage of it.
Parents, please tell your children not to lend their phones, watches, etc. to strangers easily! Some criminals may take advantage of the helpful character of children, borrow phones, watches, and then take the opportunity to exchange their phone cards. The stolen phone card will be used by criminals to form GOIP devices and connect with overseas fraud gangs to make a large number of fraudulent phone calls, committing illegal and criminal activities.
The cards in a child's phone watch are usually the secondary cards of the parent's phone card. If the operator identifies any abnormalities in the secondary card, the main card will be shut down and added to the defect library.
In addition,
On August 17th, Foshan Anti Fraud Center
Issue an emergency warning
Emergency warning
Dear parents and classmates
During the summer vacation, many fraudsters pretended to be lawyers, policemen, stars and other identities, contacted students through QQ, Kwai, Tiktok, Xiaohongshu and other online platforms, and demanded to transfer money or provide their parents' payment code, bank account number, password, payment verification code, etc. through intimidation, threats and other means to commit fraud.
Police remind parents to strengthen their children's anti fraud education, not to add strangers as friends, not to make video calls with unfamiliar netizens, and to communicate with parents in a timely manner when receiving information from strangers on online platforms; Parents should also protect important information such as bank accounts, passwords, and payment verification codes.
Foshan Anti Fraud Center
August 17, 2023
The following scams target the student population
Attention, parents
High incidence fraud methods during summer vacation
Impersonating celebrities to commit fraud
When 12-year-old Xiaotong was browsing a sharing platform, she saw a video sharing the QQ account of a female celebrity. Out of curiosity, Xiaotong added it.
The other party claimed that sending the payment QR code can receive a red envelope, but after Xiaotong sent it, the other party said, "You made a mistake and need to cooperate with us to unfreeze the funds.".
Under the threat of the other party, Xiao Tong took his father's mobile phone and listened to the other party's request to transfer 25000 yuan to the designated account with Alipay. Later, Xiao Tong's father found that he had been cheated.
Fake online game transaction fraud
15-year-old Xiaowen saw a video of free game skins while browsing a short video platform, so he scanned the video QR code and added the other person's QQ.
After adding, the other party opened a video call and asked Xiaowen to use his parents' phone to operate, claiming that it was just a process and would not incur any fees.
Xiaowen got his father's mobile phone and opened the Alipay payment code according to the request of the other party, and then the other party scanned the payment code three times, resulting in a total loss of 6488 yuan.
Impersonating a lawyer to commit fraud
12-year-old Xiaofan received a message from a stranger on QQ, claiming to be a lawyer for a certain internet celebrity and attaching a picture of the lawyer's certificate. The stranger told Xiaofan that "the QQ account of a certain internet celebrity has been stolen, and you have criminal suspicion.".
Xiaofan panicked when she saw it, and the other party said, "In order to clear your suspicion, you need to use your parents' phones to operate it. If you don't cooperate, you will be reported to the police and arrested.".
After saying that, the other party and Xiaofan started a video call. Xiaofan opened his father's WeChat and Alipay payment codes to show the other party, and then the bank card was swiped 9800 yuan.
Fraud prevention reminder
Do not trust information from strangers on online platforms, such as "adding a celebrity QQ account", "you are suspected of committing a crime", "free red envelopes", "free skin collection", etc;
• Do not video call or screen share with strangers;
When faced with threats or intimidation, one should immediately provide feedback to parents or teachers and seek help;
Parents should keep important information such as mobile payment codes, payment verification codes, bank account numbers, passwords, etc. safe.
