Think it's wool? Hidden mystery inside, received phone holder swiping orders from strangers one after another via express delivery | QR code | phone
Recently, on social media platforms, many netizens have shared their experiences of receiving unfamiliar packages, which include a phone stand, online store promotional flyers, or scratch cards. However, without exception, these items are all printed with a QR code. Many netizens claim that this is suspected to be a new type of online fraud.
The reporter learned from the public security department that this is a very confusing new type of fraud! Some people may think that this is a benefit sent by the customer service of the merchant platform. Without much thought, they scan the QR code provided by the other party, and as a result, you enter the chat group set up by the scammer and fall into the scam of the scammer.
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Recently, Ms. Sun, a resident of Jinshan, received a strange package containing a phone holder, an invitation letter with the signature "Moubao Alliance", and a lottery ticket with a QR code.
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After Ms. Sun scraped open the lottery ticket, she found herself winning a 10 yuan red envelope and seasonal fruits. After scanning the QR code on the lottery ticket, Ms. Sun was pulled into a chat group by the so-called "customer service". After receiving red envelopes and fruits, the group owner began distributing brushing tasks in the group.
Ms. Sun attempted the task of recharging 300 yuan for the first time and made a profit of 450 yuan. After completing the second and third brush order tasks and recharging over 7000 yuan, Ms. Sun realized that she had been deceived and went to the Jinshanwei Police Station to report the case. At present, the case is under investigation.
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Li Xin, a police officer at Jinshanwei Police Station of Jinshan Public Security, introduced that "this is a way of attracting traffic by scanning QR codes for winning prizes, which is essentially a part-time scam. Sometimes scammers not only give you a mobile phone holder or a cup, but also impersonate e-commerce platform customer service to give you a bag of rice, a box of fruits, or other supplies, making you go from being skeptical to having absolute trust in them. After you completely let go of your guard, scammers will lure you to download software for brushing tasks and complete them to receive red envelopes. After receiving Ms. Sun's alarm, our Jinshanwei Police Station immediately activated the emergency mechanism, deploying half of the police force to Ms. Sun's location." The community conducts anti fraud propaganda and uses a voluntary anti fraud propaganda team to promote anti fraud to company employees, raising citizens' awareness of anti fraud
Why is winning a small gift by express delivery easy to deceive people? "Sending practical daily necessities as' small gifts' makes the target audience reluctant to throw them away. Printing QR codes on items as a gift for daily necessities can easily make people lose their vigilance and arouse curiosity to scan the codes," Li Xin analyzed.
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