Does your online dating partner teach you about investment and financial management? It's actually a scam. Recently, many citizens in Nanning fell in love online and accidentally entered the "love slaughterhouse" and were defrauded of hundreds of thousands to hundreds of thousands of yuan. Nanning police have cracked down on online dating scams and reminded citizens to take precautions.
● typical case
html On November 1, Nanning man Ali (pseudonym) met female netizen Awen (pseudonym) through an online game. After the two established a romantic relationship, Awen introduced a certain foreign exchange investment to Ali. She said she had inside information and asked Ali to invest and make money with her. Under Awen's constant inducement, Ali downloaded a certain foreign exchange app and successively recharged funds to the designated account through online banking. Later, Ali found that he could not log in to the App and his contact information was blocked by the other party. Only then did he realize that he had been defrauded of a total of 300,000 yuan.Scammers use scams online to get victims to invest using sweet words. South China Morning Post client reporter He Dingjian's painting
html On November 9, Nanning woman Axin (pseudonym) met a male netizen on a social software. After getting along for a period of time, the two parties developed into an online relationship. Afterwards, the male netizen introduced an investment platform to Axin, saying that he had made a lot of money by investing. He also sent a screenshot to Axin so that he could invest together. Under the constant persuasion of the other party, Ah Xin downloaded an investment platform App, bound personal information and transferred funds for investment. Ah Xin made money in the early stages of her investment and was able to successfully withdraw cash, so she began to increase her investment. After transferring a total of more than 180,000 yuan to the platform, she was unable to withdraw cash and was unable to contact her male netizen. Only then did she realize that He was deceived.● Deception Starting from the bottom
Scammers pretend to be successful people, identify fraud targets through dating websites and online social tools, chat and make friends with the victims, confirm the marriage relationship, and even gain trust by placing orders remotely and giving expensive gifts. Later, the scammer recommended an investment and financial management app, falsely claiming that the system had loopholes, contained inside information, etc., and that the investment was guaranteed to make profit without loss. When the victim invests a small amount, he can withdraw money quickly. However, when the victim continues to increase the amount of bets, the funds in his website and app account will become unable to be withdrawn. It is often not until then that the victim realizes that he has been cheated.
●Police tips
Nanning police entered the community to carry out anti-fraud publicity activities to remind citizens to stay away from telecommunications and network fraud. Photo provided by the police
If you encounter an online dating partner who recommends online investment and financial management, speculation in digital currencies (virtual currencies), online lottery purchases, gambling, etc. to make money, they are definitely scammers, so please be vigilant. Since scammers ask victims to log in to fake investment and financing websites, some browsers will have anti-fraud reminders when logging in. Scammers often require victims to download a designated browser first, and then log in to the investment platform recommended by them. When encountering this kind of Please keep an eye on the situation. At the same time, fake investment and financial management apps cannot be put on the application market and can only be downloaded by clicking on links or scanning QR codes. Investment and financial management apps with this characteristic are all scams.
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