Dahe Daily·Yu Video Reporter Shao Keqiang Correspondent Niu Lingyun Li Mengjia
As the saying goes, "The human heart is separated from the belly", which means that the human heart is unpredictable. In the current Internet era, it is normal for netizens to not differentiate between men and women across the air. On June 24, Dahe Daily·Yu Video reporter learned of such a case from the Henan prosecutor: a gang that commits fraud through online dating. Most of its salesmen are young men. For the sake of safety, the gang stipulates "small profits but quick turnover", and the fraud Large amounts of funds cannot be defrauded at the time, and the amount of fraud is capped at 2,900 yuan; in order to improve the fraud experience of salesmen, "excellent" salesmen and old salesmen are selected to tour the internal fraud group to "teach" to teach new salesmen the fraud experience wait.
Relying on this fraud idea, the gang has repeatedly committed crimes and "collected" more than 20 million yuan from more than 7,000 amorous men in about five years.
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[The "lovebirds" flew away after issuing the "520" red envelope]
In February 2021, Qu, a young man from Tanghe County, Nanyang City, met a man named " Lovebirds" woman and added WeChat.
"Love Bird" claims to work in a company in Zhengzhou City and can fall in love or get married with him. "Have you eaten?" "The weather is getting colder, wear more clothes and be careful not to catch a cold" "Go to bed early at night, staying up late is not good for your health"... With these sweet WeChat greetings, Qu and the "love bird" A love relationship was established.
In the meantime, the "lovebirds" were going to Tanghe to meet Qu, but there was no travel expenses, so Qu transferred 800 yuan to her on WeChat; later, the "lovebirds" claimed to be sick, and Qu transferred 120 yuan to her; 2022 On Valentine's Day, February 14, 2019, Qu sent her another red envelope worth 520 yuan. But when Qu asked to meet, the "lovebird" found various reasons to refuse, and Qu never met.
It wasn’t until one day in April this year, when Qu contacted the “lovebird” many times and insisted on meeting, that he discovered that the other party’s phone had been shut down, and his WeChat, “Momo” and other contact information had been blocked. The once sweet “lovebird” "flew away.
html On April 21, Qu, who discovered that he had been cheated, went to the Tanghe County Public Security Bureau to call the police.[More than 7,000 "love-struck men" were deceived]
Tanghe County Public Security Bureau analyzed and combined the cases and found that this case and the marriage fraud case investigated by the Wenzhou Public Security Bureau in Zhejiang were committed by the same gang.
Due to the large number of people involved in the case and the huge amount of money involved, with the approval of the Ministry of Public Security and Henan Provincial Public Security Department, the case was opened for investigation by the Tanghe County Public Security Bureau of Nanyang City on April 22, with the cooperation of the Wancheng District Public Security Bureau of Nanyang City and the Dengzhou City Public Security Bureau. Investigate and establish a "4.21" task force.
After the public security police fought day and night, on April 28, the police jointly dispatched more than 500 police officers to conduct a centralized roundup of suspects in the dating fraud case. A total of 35 fraud dens were destroyed, 307 mobile phones were seized, and banks were confiscated and frozen. 267 cards. Six principal criminals, including Cai Mouxin, were captured in a community in Zhengzhou High-tech Zone.
As a result, a huge marriage and dating online fraud case involving more than 200 suspects, a fraud amount of more than 20 million yuan, affecting more than 10 provinces across the country and more than 7,000 victims has been unveiled.
After investigation by the public security organs, it was found that the "Lovebird" belonged to a fraud group headed by Cai Mouxin, Wang Mouqian and others.
Cai Mouxin, 33 years old, from Anlong County, Guizhou Province. In 2013, he went to Beijing to join a fraud criminal group. In the autumn of 2017, together with Wang and other six people, he successively moved the criminal group to Xingyang city around Zhengzhou City. Since 2017, in order to obtain illegal profits, this fraud group has been entrenched in Xingyang and other districts and counties and urban-rural fringe areas for a long time, renting houses and recruiting hundreds of salesmen from Yunnan, Guizhou and other provinces to build a criminal activity specializing in marriage and dating fraud. fraud group.
This fraud group uses social software such as WeChat, "Momo", "QQ", " Tantan" and other social software to add a large number of "opposite-sex" friends from different regions. After defrauding the trust of the other party under the guise of dating and dating, they then fabricate reasons to defraud the other party. Send red envelopes and transfer money. From time to time, the salesperson will round up the red envelopes and transfers received on WeChat into units of 2,900 yuan, and then withdraw the cash and hand it over step by step.
also organized salesmen to trick others into meeting on the pretext of meeting for love and looking for a job. They then deceived the other party by claiming that joining the criminal group would have a promising future and high income. The other party paid 2,900 yuan to join the group and jointly committed online dating fraud.
[The secret of fraud is "small profits but quick turnover + pyramid schemes"]
After sorting out, this fraud group has three distinctive characteristics:
First, most of the salesmen are young men, and most of the fraud group entered the group after being deceived. group. The salesperson pretended to be a female netizen, added the victim using App accounts such as " Yi Dui " and " Jiayuan ". After winning the favor of the victim through love, he then directed them to WeChat chat, constantly making up various excuses. Defraud the other party of their money.
Second, the fraud group operates in a company model and is managed in a "pyramid marketing" model, which requires centralized accommodation and centralized management. Each den is composed of more than 10 people. From time to time, it also organizes business training, work experience sharing meetings, job exchanges and other activities. Internal discipline is strict, no more than 2-3 people can go out at a time, and the interval between each outing cannot exceed 10 minutes. In order to avoid crackdowns by the public security organs, it is stipulated that internal superiors and subordinates cannot meet each other across levels, and all use pseudonyms.
Thirdly, the fraud group also studies and explores the psychology of people who are defrauded. People who are defrauded may not necessarily report the crime when the amount of money they defraud is small. They stipulate that large amounts of money cannot be defrauded during fraud. The amount of fraud for each person defrauded is 2900. Yuan is the upper limit.
In order to improve the fraud performance, the manager required the den salesmen to live together, have unified dining and rest times, listen to the chief director's report on the den's situation every day and provide business guidance, and occasionally engage in team building to stimulate the enthusiasm of the chief director. In order to improve the fraud experience of salesmen in each den, "excellent" salesmen and old salesmen are selected to tour the internal fraud group to "teach" and impart fraud experience to new salesmen.
In addition, the criminal group has a strict internal structure, clear division of labor and mutual cooperation. The criminal group has roles such as general managers, managers, chief directors, directors, and salesmen. The salesmen add victims through APP accounts such as "Yi Dui" and "Momo", and then direct them to WeChat chats to make up various reasons to defraud money. The funds obtained through fraud will then be withdrawn or transferred to the director, chief director, manager, and chief manager step by step.
When victims make voice, video, etc. requests, they also find ways to deal with them. They will find female salespeople to answer the phone and cooperate to deceive the victims.
reporters learned that due to the seriousness of the case, in order to handle the case well, the Tanghe County Procuratorate set up a task force under the leadership of Procurator General Wang Meng and held five joint meetings. Recently, 58 ringleaders and key members including Cai Mouxin have been approved for arrest, and the case will be prosecuted soon.
[Beware of the “routines” of online dating fraud]
According to police statistics, dating fraud is one of the top ten types of fraud and the most common type of online fraud. The crime routine is simple, there is no fixed group of perpetrators, and the fraud is created to create a love atmosphere.
The police remind you that when making friends, you must verify the identity of the other person promptly and carefully. Most victims are deceived by the scammers' rhetoric and superficial behavior, and do not carefully verify their true identity. Do not look for a partner based on vanity, greed, etc., otherwise it is easy to fall into the trap that the scammer has already "measured" for you. A "custom-made" "fairytale dreamy" trap.
When it comes to money issues, don't believe any excuses or rhetoric from your dating partner. When making friends online, you must carefully verify the true situation, communicate more with relatives and friends around you, and ask more questions to prevent falling into the trap of scammers.
If you encounter such fraud, please call 110 as soon as possible.
Source: Dahe Daily·Yu Video Editor: Li Yu
