Recently, Wuhan police detected a fraud case, which caused concern.
The suspect invented a futures trading platform, pretending to be "Bai Fumei" to attract investors into the group. In the group chat, the profit news sent by "analysts", "forecasters" and "actuaries" was used to lure investors into real money. Police investigation found that the vast majority of participants in this chat group of more than 300 people were "childcare", and they "talked to themselves" in the form of one person controlling multiple micro-signals and staged a scam. After seeing through the routine, the police successfully recovered the victim’s 84 thousand yuan.
A survey by Beijing Youth Daily reporter found that behind the scam, there is an "underground" trading market of "buying and selling micro-signals". Some merchants use social media to peddle micro-signals, and divide the micro-signals they sell into different types, such as new number, old number, semi-real name and real-name binding payment software, with individual bids ranging from 58 yuan to 500 yuan. Behind the sale of micro-signals, it leads to "gray" interest chains such as fraud, illegal stock gambling and pornography.
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"Affair" blessing cheated men out of their savings
Recently, Mr. He from Wuhan, Hubei Province, fell into a strange "affair". In mid-December 2018, a "beauty" netizen named "Love in Water" added his WeChat. During the chat, the "beauty" claimed to be a returnee, worked in a famous company with a good salary, and sent her own photos. Not long after we met, "Beauty" claimed to have a group that made money, and she was the beneficiary of the group, and offered to help Mr. He join the group and make money for him.
I can’t help but persuade Mr. He to go in and "observe and observe", but the news of investment profits in the group for several days has made Mr. He somewhat unable to hold back. Mr. He noticed that after one of the group friends "injected money" of 5,000 yuan, according to the "investment strategy" provided by the "analysts" and "forecasters" in the group, the income was more than 1,000 yuan in less than one minute.
After a few days of observation, Mr. He decided to give it a try. According to the account designated by the "analyst" in the group, he "injected money" of 10,000 yuan, and immediately received a profit of 1,840 yuan. Seeing the actual "income", Mr. He began to take the initiative to bet, but he lost his money several times. After five transfers, Mr. He spent his savings of 84,000 yuan. After discovering that he had no money to bet, the group owner kicked Mr. He out of the group chat. At the same time, the "beauty" who had close ties before also blacked out Mr. He. Only then did Mr. He realize that he had been cheated?
Mr. He then reported the case to the police. He said that on the one hand, he wanted to recover his losses, on the other hand, there were more than 300 people in the group, and he was worried that more people would be cheated.
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Deception routine: "One person is divided into many corners"
The police investigation found that Mr. He did encounter a scam. On the surface, the so-called "a social wealth group" that Mr. He joined seems to be composed of a group owner and members such as "analysts", "forecasters" and "actuaries". In fact, more than 99% of the members in the group are "childcare". They invented a trading platform, and these "child care" manipulated the backstage, and then lured the victims into the group with "Bai Fumei", so that they could see the illusion of "getting more money every day" and induce them to invest. The police investigation also found that only Mr. He was deceived in the group at present.
On January 2 this year, the police handling the case successfully recovered 84,000 yuan from the swindlers and forcibly dissolved the fraud group of 300 people. At present, the case is being further explored.
A few days ago, the reporter of Beiqing Daily further learned from the police that behind Mr. He’s scam, there is a hidden interest chain of buying and selling micro-signals and using social media to cheat. Some suspects create a high-yield illusion and commit fraud by mastering multiple micro-signals by one person, building a group, participating in group chats, and "talking to themselves".
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The micro-signal bid price is 58-500 yuan.
The reporter of Beiqing Daily searched for relevant keywords and found that there were many posts on social media that bought and sold micro-signals at high prices, and left contact information. The reporter randomly contacted several merchants. Some merchants bid 65 yuan to sell the "11-month-old (WeChat) number", and some merchants claimed that they had hundreds of micro-signals in their hands, which were divided into new numbers, old numbers, semi-real names and real-name binding bank cards, payment software and other different types, and the unit price ranged from 58 yuan to 500 yuan.
According to the merchant, the micro-signal it sells is not a computer robot, "but a micro-signal left after being registered with a mobile phone and then unbound". You can log in and use it directly by entering your account number and password. The reporter of Beiqing Daily said, "Need to build a group and be convenient ‘ One person adorns many corners ’ Consult the merchant on the grounds of mastering multiple micro-signals, and the merchant suggests that multiple micro-signals can be purchased and used at the same time. He also reminded that in order to prevent being blocked, attention should be paid to "Don’t use mobile phones ‘ More open ’ " , ensure that a mobile phone only logs in to one account. But he added, "Computers can ‘ More open ’ There is no problem in opening dozens to 100, and one by one when you close it. "
"If it involves collection and transfer, you can also buy a semi-real name or a real name card number from me." According to the merchant, the semi-real name number has a limit on the transfer amount, but the real name number does not, so the price difference between the two is large, and the more expensive the micro-signal transfer function is, the more complete it is. "The unit price of the semi-real name number is 168 yuan, and the unit price of the real name is 268 yuan." The merchant also revealed that most of the buyers who bought micro-signals from him were "playing stocks" and "gambling", but he did not respond to what he used to do after the purchase and whether it involved fraud.
After paying 58 yuan, the reporter of Beiqing Daily bought a micro-signal for testing. After entering the account number and password, a verification page pops up, which needs to be verified by SMS or QR code scanning. According to the guidance of the merchant, after sending the screenshot of the QR code to the merchant, the new number quickly passed the verification through the operation of the other party. The reporter observed that the new number is the same as the micro-signal applied by users themselves. You can add friends, build a group, and compile a circle of friends, but you can’t receive red envelopes and transfer money.
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There is a "gray" interest chain behind buying and selling
According to a survey conducted by the reporter of Beiqing Daily, a "gray" interest chain is often hidden behind the transaction of buying and selling micro-signals. A person in the gaming industry who did not want to be named explained that he bought the micro-signal because "it is necessary to transfer money frequently on WeChat every day, and in order to attract guests, he often makes some illegal and illegal contents in a circle of friends or in groups." The source said, "Micro-signals are often seized, so there must be multiple spare micro-signals in case of emergency."
There are also buyers who claim to buy the most micro-signals for more than one year. "Once they are sealed, they will be unsealed soon. The method of unsealing is to invite friends to make complaints, and unseal them as soon as possible, and wait for one month at the latest." Similar to the results of the visit of the reporter of Beiqing Daily, the buyers described that the price of the micro-signals they purchased was different according to the length of registration.
In recent years, it is not uncommon to resell micro-signals and fraud cases behind them. In June last year, the police in Huizhou City, Guangdong Province destroyed a "fabricated tragic life story to ‘ Tea girl ’ Identity fraud "gang. The criminal suspect used more than 330 computer mainframes, more than 2,300 mobile phones, more than 3,000 calling cards, 15 cat pond transmitters, inferior tea and bank cards and other crime tools to gain sympathy by fictional family background by committing crimes on WeChat account, and deceived the victim into buying inferior tea at a high price. After receiving the money, the "tea girl" blacked out the other party. In the end, the local police smashed six major activity dens, arrested 296 suspects and detained 239 suspects. According to police statistics, the case involved hundreds of millions of yuan, with more than 3,000 victims.
During the visit, the reporter of Beiqing Daily also found that the "selling micro-signals" on social media itself also had a scam. Many buyers exposed chat screenshots and merchant accounts afterwards, saying that they bought micro-signals online and were blacked out by the other party after adding merchant accounts for transfer. The amount of fraud of these victims ranges from 10 yuan to hundreds of yuan.
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Found illegal accounts will be closed in time.
Regarding the sale of WeChat accounts, lawyer Han Xiao of Beijing Kangda Law Firm pointed out that users have no right to sell their WeChat accounts, and other netizens are not allowed to buy other people’s WeChat accounts. Netizens who buy and sell WeChat accounts privately must bear the responsibility for breach of contract on the platform. He pointed out that if netizens who buy and sell WeChat accounts use these WeChat accounts for fraud, illegal stock gambling and other illegal activities, they also need to bear corresponding legal responsibilities.
At the same time, lawyer Han Xiao said that if WeChat, QQ and other platforms find that network users use network services to commit infringement, they should take necessary measures such as deleting, blocking and disconnecting links.
Regarding the phenomenon of hidden "gray" interest chains such as fraud and gambling behind "buying and selling micro-signals", the WeChat team replied last week that the scam encountered by Mr. He was similar to "stock recommendation fraud". In view of this situation, the WeChat team said that it will carry out special clean-up and continuous crackdown on illegal stock recommendation in accordance with relevant laws and regulations, Tencent WeChat Software License and Service Agreement and WeChat Personal Account Usage Specification, and restrict the group function of WeChat group, and impose stepped penalties on personal WeChat accounts such as restricting the use of functions or restricting login.
At the same time, for the "plug-in" behaviors such as logging in on one device at the same time, using multiple WeChat accounts, using WeChat plug-in tools to organize gambling platforms, maliciously guiding users to participate in gambling and collecting platform usage fees from them, the WeChat team said that it would deal with them according to the violation.
In addition, regarding illegal businesses using QQ search channels to "buy and sell micro-signals", the QQ security team said that QQ resolutely cracked down on any illegal activities such as "selling users’ personal information", and after receiving the report, it would quickly block relevant search keywords and block illegal QQ groups and accounts.
As of the evening of January 10th, the QQ group, personal QQ account and micro-signal, as well as gambling and WeChat group suspected of soliciting, which were discovered by reporters of Beiqing Daily, have been seized.
Text/reporter Zhang Ya Intern Zhang Yulin
Editor-in-Chief/Chi Haibo
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