Why has it become a gathering place for telecommunications fraud groups?, Myanmar

On the 23rd, six suspect of telecommunication fraud were transferred from Myanmar police to Chinese police working group at Yangon International Airport in Myanmar and escorted home.

One of the two suspect who were escorted back to China that morning was the backbone leader of the gambling and fraud gang, which was the key target of combating the crime of wire fraud; In the afternoon of the same day, four more people were escorted back to their home country. Their fraud gang in Miaowadi, Myanmar, used high salaries to lure Chinese nationals into engaging in online investment and financial fraud.

Recently, when it comes to Myanmar, people immediately associate it with telecommunications fraud. Why has Myanmar become a gathering place for telecommunications fraud groups?

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CCTV reporter Lin Xi introduced that since February 2021, the tense situation in Myanmar has intensified, providing more space for telecommunications fraud groups to settle in northern and eastern Myanmar and form a "community of interests" with local forces. According to reports, there are hundreds of fraud parks in Myawady, just along the Myanmar Thailand border, along with fraud groups located in some parts of northern Myanmar. In total, there are at least 1000 parks, with over 100000 people committing telecommunications fraud every day.

The gathering areas of electricity fraud groups in northern and eastern Myanmar are only a very small part of Myanmar's national territory, and are mostly controlled by ethnic minority armed groups. However, they have dealt a fatal blow to Myanmar's national image.

CCTV reporter Lin Xi mentioned that in the face of notorious telecommunications fraud, the people of Myanmar have also suffered greatly. Some young people among them have also been lured to telecommunications fraud parks by high salaries and subjected to inhumane torture. On local social media, it is common to see people in Myanmar sending out distress notices and distress messages.

Lin Xi: The Chinese government is continuously increasing its efforts to carry out joint law enforcement actions with multiple countries such as Myanmar and Thailand, and strictly crack down on illegal groups such as telecommunications fraud in accordance with the law. The Chinese Embassy in Myanmar has repeatedly rescued Chinese citizens trapped in border fraud parks and issued anti fraud propaganda, reminding Chinese citizens not to trust so-called high paying online recruitment information and illegally cross the border to engage in various illegal and criminal activities.

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Recently, the police of China, Thailand, Myanmar, and Laos launched a special joint operation to cooperate in cracking down on gambling fraud groups, aiming to severely crack down on telecommunications network fraud and online gambling crimes in the region, and resolutely reverse the high incidence of human trafficking, kidnapping, detention, and other crimes.

Wang Xiaowei, Assistant Dean and Associate Professor of the Investigation School of People's Public Security University of China, pointed out that compared with previous international cooperation, the theme of this four country cooperation is very clear: to carry out a full chain crackdown on gambling, fraud, and related crimes.

In response to the criminal characteristics faced by this operation, the four countries have specially formulated a coordination mechanism, not only establishing a comprehensive coordination center in Chiang Mai, Thailand, but also establishing joint action points in areas where crime is more rampant.

From the perspective of the depth of cooperation, the goal of this joint action is also to make the governments and citizens of relevant countries and regions aware of the essence of gambling fraud and related crimes, improve prevention awareness and capabilities, and promote regional security cooperation as a whole.

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In recent years, the Ministry of Public Security, together with the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and the People's Bank of China, has continued to deepen efforts to crack down on illegal and criminal activities related to telecommunications and network fraud. Various preventive measures have been taken to prevent cases to the greatest extent possible and reduce property losses to the public. Seven major anti fraud tools have been jointly launched.

The National Anti Fraud Center App was launched on March 15, 2021.

The 96110 warning and dissuasion hotline is a dedicated number for anti telecom network fraud, specifically used for warning and dissuasion, anti fraud consultation, and fraud reporting. When receiving a warning call from this number, be sure to answer it promptly.

Since the launch of the 12381 fraud warning and dissuasion SMS system, a total of 1.07 billion warning messages have been sent, with an accuracy rate of over 60%.

The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has launched a nationwide mobile phone card "One Card Check" service, where users can check the number of phone cards under their name and whether they have been impersonated.

In order to prevent the fraud risk caused by users' unwitting registration of Internet accounts, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology launched the "One Certificate Check" for national Internet accounts.

For bank accounts, the Cloud Flash Pay App has piloted the launch of the "one click card check" function, covering 196 commercial banks nationwide.

In addition, multiple departments have jointly launched the "Anti Fraud Business Card" to mark and remind the public of the anti fraud warning and dissuasion phone numbers of public security organs at all levels, helping them identify the source of the phone.

Police reveal secrets

Trap of "high paying recruitment" overseas

In recent years, some people have been constantly tempted by so-called overseas "high paying recruitment" information, and the victims have been punished by starvation, beatings, and electric shocks after being scammed to northern Myanmar.

Scammers will only tell you how tempting this job is - "action is better than heart"!

But what they will never tell you is that so-called high paying overseas jobs are actually engaged in a series of illegal and criminal activities such as telecommunications network fraud, online gambling, drug trafficking, and so on

What they won't tell you is that if you can't make an order or complete a task, you will be fined, beaten, restricted in personal freedom, and even suffer physical harm. In the end, the so-called "low threshold, high salary" is just a dream, and "steady income without compensation" has become "never to return"!

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