“Bingdundun” recently detonated a buying wave, beware!Liars are also rubbing up on the Winter Olympics hotspot
Beware, scammers are also rubbing off on the Winter Olympics
The mascot of the Beijing Winter Olympics, “Bing Dun Dun”, has recently set off a buying wave, resulting in “hard to find a pier”. If someone told you at this time that he had “stocks” of “Bingdundun” and a lot of “commemorative peripherals” in his hand, would you be moved?
Don’t worry, don’t be fooled by “liars”.
Recently, Mr. Liu from Jiangsu got acquainted with a netizen who claimed to be an employee of an art company. The other party recommended three sets of Winter Olympics souvenirs including Olympic commemorative badges, which he said was of great collection value.
Mr. Liu transferred 38,000 yuan to buy the souvenirs. After receiving the souvenirs, he found that the quality of the souvenirs was poor, and the invoices were irregular. Several requests for returns were unsuccessful, and he found that the company had been cancelled.
This type of fraud has attracted the popularity of the Winter Olympics, and there are two kinds of routines: one is “shoddy”, impersonating souvenirs with no collectible value, and defrauding high-value purchases; the other is “empty gloves and white wolves”, only Under the guise of “Winter Olympics souvenirs”, it was blocked and disappeared after receiving the transfer.
Beware of these scams
Fake Winter Olympics official website scam
The criminals set up a fake official website of the Winter Olympics, and conducted activities such as so-called “lucky draws”, “Winter Olympics souvenirs”, “Shopping for limited edition commemorative stamps for the Winter Olympics” and “Shopping for Winter Olympics commemorative coins” on the website to deceive them. Sign Up Online.
Fraudsters have already implanted number-stealing Trojans or virus programs on websites. Once citizens follow the path set by the website, they will fall into the trap of fraudsters, resulting in the leakage of personal information and even the transfer of money in bank cards.
Initiate false winning information in the name of the company
“Congratulations, you won the first prize in the company’s Winter Olympics feedback lottery. You will receive a bonus of 18,800 yuan and a laptop worth 10,000 yuan.” If you receive such a “winning” message , don’t take it lightly.
When a citizen who believes it is genuine contacts the redeemer, the other party will ask the citizen to remit the money first under various excuses such as the need for a security deposit and payment of postage costs.
After the first payment is remitted, the swindlers will continue to deceive citizens to remit money in the name of handling fees, taxes, etc. until they “eat all the money”.
Fake Olympics Fundraising Scam
The competition in the Winter Olympics gave athletes a stage to show their talents and realize their dreams. Some sports or athletes that people were not familiar with before came into people’s field of vision.
The criminals took advantage of the people’s special affection for the Winter Olympics, and defrauded the public for sympathy by fabricating false touching stories or a certain athlete’s family in need of financial assistance, and defrauding money in the form of “online fundraising”.
In fact, scammers have already planted Trojan horses or virus programs in these websites. Once you follow the path set by the website, you will fall into the trap of scammers.
Celebrating “red envelopes”
Every major event, there will always be a red envelope named Athlete Celebration, but after clicking it, it prompts you to share the link of the red envelope to 2 different WeChat groups to receive it. This link also contains a lot of advertising content. According to this prompt, the money in the red envelope still has not arrived.
The so-called “red envelopes that need to be shared to receive” are usually some means of malicious promotion and marketing forged as WeChat red envelopes. Publishers use the method of sending “red envelopes” to attract users to forward. You will not get any benefits, and it is very easy to leak personal information and even damage your property.
Anti-fraud tips
For all kinds of lottery activities related to the Winter Olympics, it is best to log on to the official website of the Winter Olympics or check with the authority.
If you need to pay in advance “advance payment”, “deposit”, “handling fee”, etc., the possibility of fraud is extremely high, so don’t believe it.
Do not easily click on links and web pages of unknown origin, and do not easily disclose your identity information, deposit information, bank card information, etc. online.
Once cheated, be sure to call 110 as soon as possible or go to the nearest police station to call the police.