At the same time as the popularization of blockchain, frauds against various virtual currencies are constantly "updated and iterated". Recently, the Xiamen city police released a fraud case of "pretending to be a virtual currency platform customer service", revealing the fraud methods and 5 obvious characteristics of the new scam.
Case: Mr. Huang, a citizen of Xiamen Citizen Mr. Huang usually invests in virtual currencies on platforms such as Huobi.com. Recently, he received an overseas call who claimed to be the customer service of Huobi platform. The other party not only obtained Mr. Huang’s trading account password and transferred Mr. Huang’s virtual currency worth 40,000 yuan, but also defrauded Mr. Huang’s 20,000 yuan on the grounds that “the account is abnormal and the funds need to be hedged.” According to Xiamen police analysis, the scam Mr. Huang encountered was a new scam pretending to be the customer service of a virtual currency platform. Similar to some scams pretending to be shopping websites, payment platforms, and bank customer service, victims frequently appear! This is an upgraded version of this type of scam in the field of virtual currency. Citizen Mr. Huang is not the only one who has been recruited. You must be vigilant! Relevant background: The exchange will clear domestic users at the end of the year In September this year, the People's Bank of China and other departments jointly issued relevant notices to implement supervision of virtual currencies. The major virtual currency trading platforms have successively stopped the registration of new users of the trading platform since September, and cleared and refunded the assets of users in mainland China. The deadline for clearing and refunding is the end of December. The new scam uses this information to deceive through the following steps. Fraud step analysis: 3 actions cost you 60,000 first step The scammer used overseas calls to impersonate the customer service or security department personnel of the virtual currency exchange, and accurately stated the victim's real name, transaction account number, etc., even specific to the transaction time and amount, in order to gain the trust of the victim. Second step The scammer asked the victim to download the designated software on the grounds of "transferring the virtual currency platform funds to the designated software for fund verification", and in the process turned on the "screen sharing" function of other software, so as to obtain the victim's newly downloaded designated software Registration information. third step After the victim transfers the funds to the designated software, the scammer uses the previously obtained account information to log in to the victim's software account and finally transfer the funds away. Please recognize the 5 characteristics of the new scam! According to Xiamen police analysis, this type of fraud generally has the following 5 characteristics: 1. Pretend to be the customer service of virtual currency trading platforms such as Huobi, Binance, Beitong, Ouyi, etc; 2. The fraudulent calls are irregular 00 overseas numbers and +852 Hong Kong numbers; 3. For existing users who are authenticated as Mainland China, the victims are mainly required to cooperate on the grounds that "the trading platform will be unavailable and the virtual currency needs to be cleared", "upgrade overseas accounts", "money laundering", and "illegal possession of black coins"; 4. The scammer guides the victim to download the designated App for video calls, screen sharing and other operations; 5. The scammer guides the victim to open a loan platform to make a transfer or defraud the victim's SMS verification code to transfer money. Xiamen City Police Remind The Xiamen police issued the following reminder, everyone must keep in mind: "Refund of users in Mainland China", it is fraud that guides the withdrawal of coins; It’s a scam to send you coins first, and then ask to withdraw coins to a "secure address"; Screen sharing, guide to eliminate account risks and withdraw coins is a scam; Sending an "airdrop link" to log in to your account on an unofficial website is a scam; Claiming to be a public security law, allowing you to withdraw coins to a "secure address" is also a scam.
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