Scammer gangs targeting children's phones and watches? Police reminder: Don't let children easily lend their phones and watches to stranger groups | phone | watch
▲ Scammers mainly provide communication channels for fraud groups by taking away the mobile phone card from the children's phone watch, as shown in CCTV news screenshots
The children's phone watch was originally designed as a communication tool for parents to easily contact their children. However, recently there have been scam gangs targeting children's phone watches and using them for fraudulent activities. According to the Sichuan Public Security Bureau, recently, fraudsters have borrowed children's phone watches to make phone calls, removed the mobile phone card from the children's phone watch, and provided a communication channel for the fraud gang.
According to media reports, 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, citing the use of 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 mobile phone cards from multiple students at the entrance of a primary school in Wenquan since June 26th, and using the scammed mobile phone cards to impersonate logistics customer service and make fraudulent phone calls, illegally profiting more than 4000 yuan. At present, two individuals involved in fraud have been dealt with in accordance with the law.
In addition, 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 participating in sports, using the excuse of borrowing a phone watch to make a phone call. They took advantage of the student's unpreparedness and stole the phone card from their phone watch. Subsequently, Liu and Shi sold the stolen mobile 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.
The police remind children not to lend out their phones or watches without the company of parents or teachers. If a mobile phone card is stolen or robbed, you should immediately contact the communication operator to report the lost account, cancel the stolen mobile phone card, and report to the police in a timely manner to prevent being used by criminals.
At the same time, parents must educate their children not to easily lend their phones, watches, etc. to strangers! 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 mobile 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, carrying out illegal and criminal activities.
Chengdu Daily Jinguan News reporter Yang Su
