Falsely claiming to participate in online quizzes to help the Beijing Winter Olympics, can get “Bing Dun Dun” and an honorary certificate as an academic bonus, deceiving more than 3.5 million college students across the country to participate and illegally collect personal information – The Paper 2 On March 18, I learned from the Nantong Public Security Bureau,Nantong and Rudong public security organs cracked a huge case of fake Winter Olympics knowledge dissemination fraud, arrested 19 people involved in the case, and the value of the case exceeded 10 million yuan.
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On February 8, a netizen reported to the Nantong police: “‘Charming Winter Olympics’ Winter Olympics Knowledge Dissemination Helps Ambassador Activities” online answer questions were spread in WeChat groups and Moments, suspected of fraud and illegal collection of citizens’ personal information.
The police found that the above-mentioned activities designed points rules, posters, etc., participants were required to fill in the school, name, ID number, mobile phone number, and answer 10 questions within 10 minutes after registration. Participants also need to improve their “Winter Olympics value” by learning to sign in, invite registration, etc., and obtain different titles of “Winter Olympics Ambassador” according to their scores. Those who rank at the top can receive prizes such as customized figure “BingdunDun”.
The police found out that there were criminal gangs headed by Li Mouhui (male, 38 years old, from Inner Mongolia) and Tang Moufeng (male, 40 years old, from Jiangxi), and they designed various types of gangs specifically for college students. Online quiz-answering activities, illegally obtain citizens’ personal information, and defraud money. On February 16, Nantong police arrested all 19 persons involved in the case in Chongqing and Beijing, and seized 38 mobile phones, 57 computers, and 16 USB flash drives.
According to reports, the criminal suspect Li Mouhui, together with Tang Moufeng and others, developed a “competition platform” without the official authorization of the Winter Olympics Organizing Committee. “‘Charming Winter Olympics’ Winter Olympics Knowledge Dissemination Helps Ambassadors Activity”, using false “certificates of honor”, Winter Olympics commemorative gifts, etc. as prizes, falsely claiming that the certificates can be used as a basis for social practice bonus points, scholarship evaluation, etc., to deceive Dazhong For students from colleges and universities to participate, a certificate fee of 28 yuan to 36 yuan per copy is also charged. By the time of the incident, the personal information of more than 3.5 million college and technical secondary school students was illegally obtained, and the cost of production was defrauded of more than 10 million yuan.