Source: China Overseas Chinese Network
China Overseas Chinese Network, August 7 According to the website of the Chinese Consulate General in Istanbul, Turkey, , recently, many Chinese citizens have reported to the consulate that they have encountered online marriage and dating fraud. The scammers demanded a lot of money from the victims on the grounds of encountering difficulties or accidents in Istanbul. According to the preliminary understanding of the consulate, the relevant cases involve multinational fraud groups and are difficult to solve. Please be vigilant.
screenshot from the website of the Chinese Consulate General in Istanbul
According to the information provided by Chinese citizens who have encountered a scam, the relevant cases have the following characteristics to help everyone identify the scam:
1. Scammers often claim to have a certain economic foundation, and their identities may be foreign businessmen, United Nations personnel, Doctors Without Borders , humanitarian volunteers, seafarers, etc., and have no reliable relatives and friends who can seek help from abroad all year round.
2. The targets of scammers are usually middle-aged women who express love and have strong feelings after short-term contact. They maintain close contact with the victim for a long time and make money requests for several months.
3. The scammer claims to be European and American, but his English proficiency is limited, his vocabulary is simple, and his sentences are grammatical and grammatical. In some cases, multiple members of the gang take turns to contact each other, and the language style changes significantly.
4. The scammer claimed to have encountered difficulties in Turkey, such as paying customs fines, paying surgical fees, owing payments to goods, bribing local government officials, etc. If the solution is not immediately resolved, the consequences are very serious, but these difficulties can be solved through money.
5. The documents provided by the scammers are all in English or short Turkish . They cannot provide complete Turkish documents (Turkish official documents are generally longer), and they cannot provide the Turkish contact number.
6. The scammer can provide multiple photos of different scenes, but refuse to meet with the video for various reasons, and cannot provide a photo with the local newspaper on the same day. When asked, I often make excuses for my phone to break down, there is no internet, I am arrested or sick, and I need to entrust someone else to contact me on my behalf.
7. The remittance method provided by the scammer is a bank account in mainland China or Hong Kong and Macao under the name of others. If one or more items are satisfied, you can be judged to be suspected of online fraud. It is recommended to suspend contact immediately and report the case to the domestic public security organs as soon as possible, inform the scammer's name (online nickname), ID number, contact information (phone, WeChat, email, social platform account, etc.), remittance information (bank account number, account opening bank, account owner name, transfer time, transfer amount, etc.), and the process of being deceived. If there is any relevant situation, you are welcome to report it to the consulate.
The consulate once again reminds that online marriage and dating are romantic, but real love cannot be measured by money. Please be vigilant and remember not to send money to any bank account whose account name is a stranger.
