The fraudsters disguised themselves as staff members of the "Epidemic Prevention and Control Center" or "Hospital Commission" and falsely claimed to conduct online investigations, requiring the victim to provide corresponding information such as contact information, ID number and

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Recently, there have been many scams involving the epidemic in various places,

6 major scenarios, scam types,

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Type 1: "epidemic investigation" type fraud

0 Scam elements disguised as "epidemic prevention and control center" or "health committee" staff, lied that they conducted online investigations, and asked the victims to provide corresponding information such as contact information, ID number and verification code, thereby stealing funds from the victim's bank card.

The fraudsters disguised themselves as staff members of the The fraudsters disguised themselves as staff members of the

Anti-fraud reminder

troubleshooting work group will not collect sensitive information such as your bank card number, online banking account password, etc. Please be careful of identification and beware of fraud.

Type 2: Epidemic investigation abnormal fraud

The scammer pretends to be an epidemic prevention staff and requires the parties to go to a certain place for nucleic acid test within a certain period of time, otherwise they will bear certain legal responsibilities. Then the scammer will take the initiative to transfer the phone to the "Public Security Bureau", requiring the parties to enter important information such as personal ID card, bank card number, password and other information as prompted, and defraud money on the grounds of checking funds and clearing suspicion.

The fraudsters disguised themselves as staff members of the

Anti-fraud reminder

Public security organs will not handle cases online, nor will they have financial transactions with the persons involved. Those who require the inventory of funds on the grounds of abducting, economic crimes, illegal withdrawal of social security, and hindering epidemic prevention and control are all frauds. Once such situations occur, you must be vigilant and do not believe it lightly.

Type 3: False "close contact information" type fraud

Scamists pretend to be staff of the epidemic prevention center and send a phishing link to the victim as a "self-examination program" on the grounds that the victim is " close contact ", and ask the victim to fill in sensitive information such as personal information and payment passwords, thereby stealing the victim's personal property.

The fraudsters disguised themselves as staff members of the

Anti-fraud reminder

Don’t click on the unknown link! If you receive relevant text messages, you can first screen yourself in the "Self-checking Personnel of Close Contacts" mini program launched by the National Health Commission.

Type 4: "Nucleic Acid Result Query Group" fraud

fraudsters purchase accounts in batches through account dealers, disguised as "vaccine census investigator" or "returner", add friends in the name of community staff , and then group the victims.

The fraudsters disguised themselves as staff members of the

Anti-fraud reminder

After the fraudsters gathered the victims, they posted illegal and irregular information such as order swiping and gambling in the group, and were eventually tempted to get rebates for tasks and fall into order swiping fraud.

Type 5: "Quick nucleic acid test result"

chat group shows information such as "Quick nucleic acid test results", "Easy to expedite as fast as half an hour", and "You can also do nucleic acid test at home" and can be done as long as you pay extra, which are all tricks to cheat money.

The fraudsters disguised themselves as staff members of the The fraudsters disguised themselves as staff members of the

Anti-fraud reminder

nucleic acid results must be tested in a qualified hospital, professional medical institution or third-party testing institution certified by the health and health department! Don’t trust false information on the Internet and so-called “private channels”. This may not only affect one's normal travel, but also may fall into a scam of illegally making money.

Type 6: "Receive Home Isolation Subsidy" scam

Scam posed as the company's personnel and financial departments or sent mass emails to company employees through email, saying that wage subsidies are now issued according to national policies, and they need to scan the code to register and collect them in time, and then divert the victim to the "phishing website" and then steal the victim's bank card.

The fraudsters disguised themselves as staff members of the

Anti-fraud reminder

Government and functional departments will not contact you through email, phone number or text message, and will not ask you to provide personal or bank details. You must be wary of those who actively contact you and call the official number to verify.

Please do not click on the links related to financial subsidies in emails or text messages (i.e. phishing websites), and do not provide your personal information! !

So what are the main tricks about epidemic-related fraud?

The editor will summarize it:

Fraud routine analysis

Step 1: Send self-inspection procedures, nucleic acid result query groups, rapid nucleic acid test results, and receiving home isolation subsidies as excuses, such as epidemic investigation, epidemic investigation, abnormal epidemic investigation, and "close contacts", which makes the parties involved panic.

Step 2: Inform the parties that information may be leaked or the system is incorrect, and it must be transferred to the relevant department for processing.

Step 3: Say the party involved is suspected of committing a crime and induce transfers to prove his innocence.

Police remind

01

If you receive an overseas call starting with "00" or "+",

Please be vigilant and pay attention to identification. If there is no fixed overseas relationship and you need to contact us regularly, you can contact the operator to block overseas numbers.

02

Anyone who calls himself "public security organs, government departments, social security bureaus" and requires the call to keep confidential, cooperate with investigations, accept fund review, need to transfer money or fill in payment passwords is a fraud.

03

received a call from himself "customer service" or "merchant",

said that he could refund or claim, nine out of ten frauds, and you must log in to the official shopping website to check for relevant information.

Source: Ping'an Pingdingshan

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