Since this year, the Economic Investigation Brigade of Yiwu Municipal Public Security Bureau has found in its work that some auction platforms on the Internet use high returns as bait and use auctions as the reason to defraud investors of their funds. Netizens must keep their eyes open and beware of being deceived.
CASE
1. Typical cases
In March this year, Li registered and logged into a bidding platform website under the strong recommendation of his colleague Zhou.
Zhou Mou introduced that participating in product auctions on this platform can obtain a profit of 2% of the principal, and the platform is legal and the capital transaction is also very safe. Because both parties are colleagues and fellow villagers, Li had no doubts about Zhou's introduction and immediately started to bid on the platform in small quantities.
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After Li bid for the product, he directly sold it on the platform for a price increase. Soon a buyer bought it. Li obtained part of the profits, which made him believe in the platform more.
html At the end of April, the auction platform suddenly launched thousands of products for auction. Based on the trust in the platform and the previous income, Li invested 85,000 yuan to participate in the auction of multiple products. After the auction was successful, Li put the products on the platform again and sold them, but no one cared about them. The website could not be opened after a few days. Only then did he realize that he was cheated.
Henan Radio and Television Station's " Big Reference " column has reported on such frauds. The audience asked for help and said that they were cheated when playing auctions on the "Molinyipai" platform. It is said that players can get a certain profit return after buying it after replacing the auction. This process has led to many people making money and profits. According to rough statistics, nearly 100 people on the platform were cheated, with an amount of tens of millions.
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Analysis of
Auction platform launches an auction item. After the participants grab the order and buy it, the platform appreciates the product by 3% and charges a 1.5% service fee, allowing the person who grabs the order to be auctioned again, and other participants can get the above products. By doing round after round of auctions, sellers of can earn about 1.5% of the profits, and at the same time, the auction platform can earn 1.5% of the service fee.
Many participants believe that the products they auctioned were bought from other participants, and the money was not transferred to the platform but to other participants. The platform only charged a handling fee. In fact, all those participating in the auction are the targets of being cheated, and the platform is the real layup and profiteer.
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3. The police revealed
1. The products provided by the platform are virtual or worthless. These products are marked in the name of antiques, calligraphy and paintings, and jade for auction. The people participating in the auction are not aimed at the product at all and do not care about the products provided by the platform. is just for high returns .
2. platform cheated the service fees delivered by participants by charging service fees. are participants participating in the auction, and the platform charges the service fee. In order to charge more transaction service fees, the platform will allow participants to participate in more than one auction event every day and charge more service fees.
3. platform has formed a level in order to develop more personnel participation, making offline performance a reward for online performance. The platform has large levels and can be divided into three layers. The top one is the company, with regional museums in the middle. Each museum can publish products, and the lower one is the investment member. For ordinary members, subordinates must purchase the shelves indicators from superiors, and superiors will receive rewards to attract participants to continuously develop personnel and provide more deceived people for the platform.
4. The police reminded
I don’t manage my finances, and I don’t leave me
1. Don’t be tempted by the so-called high returns. The investment projects created by criminals have high returns without exception, and they are sure to make a profit, but there will be no pie falling from the sky.
2. When investing and managing financially on the platform, be sure to choose a formal and legally qualified investment platform.
3. Do not transfer money easily: Whenever fundraising from the society, it must be regulated by relevant industry departments. Investors can learn about the information of the company and whether the product exists, project number and other details on the official website of the relevant department in advance, and verify whether it is legal and formal. Once you encounter fraud, save the vouchers for remittance or transfer and call the police immediately.
Source: Yiwu Public Security