As the saying goes, there will be no pie falling from the sky, but some criminals outline a big pie with "color, fragrance and flavor" to lure some investors who want to make quick money to be deceived.

The Secret of WeChat Stock God

Nowadays, many people use their mobile phones to trade stocks, and they still need to be vigilant about various "stock recommendations" on WeChat.

As the saying goes, there will be no pie falling from the sky, but some criminals outline a big pie with "color, fragrance and flavor" to lure some investors who want to make quick money to be deceived. In recent years, in some self-media, WeChat registration, free training, free recommendation of bull stocks, and "masters" to guide the buying and selling of stocks have emerged one after another. Many citizens believe in the so-called masters, resulting in the loss of money invested in them or even being cheated. Behind this is the continuous renovation of the routine of "recommending stocks and cutting leeks". Such "stock recommendation" fraud often takes advantage of users' desire to make a profit and makes money. Recommendations are entirely based on luck. If the stock rises, dividends or fees will be distributed, and if the stock falls, they will not be held responsible.

Recently, the WeChat Security Center issued an announcement that for those who issued investment advice and "stock recommendations" for WeChat personal accounts, more than 8,000 WeChat groups have been dealt with restricting group functions, and more than 4,000 WeChat accounts have been punished with step-by-step penalties such as restricting the use of functions or restricting login. In addition, Taobao also attacks the platform's "Stock God" sellers.

The police remind that investors should be wary of investments with super high returns, and do not be confused by temporary high interest rates. Do not believe in "buying and selling" that only makes money and not lose money, and avoid falling into the trap of online investment and financial management fraud.

■Reporter Fu Heng Wu Jiaxiao Text/Picture

Recommended individual stocks to pay a membership fee of 5,000 yuan first!

Don’t believe it when recommending stocks on WeChat. If you are not careful, you will be cheated.

Investors should stay away from illegal stock recommendations on the Internet to avoid property losses.

"Hello, we have a stock with great potential here. Do you think you need to recommend it to you?" I wonder if you have received such a call as well? There are very few stock gods in reality, but there are many "stock gods" active on the Internet. I don't know whether they can really trade stocks, but I'm very good at recommending stocks.

In order to reduce the risk of stock trading and strive to make money in the stock market, some investors will listen to the suggestions of so-called "famous teachers" or "acquaintances". Such habits and mentality have given some criminals an opportunity to take advantage of the fact that they set up condoms to cheat money under the name of "opening classes" or "stock recommendation", and "illegal stock recommendation" are emerging one after another. So what methods do illegal stock recommendation platforms use to attract people to participate? How can investors avoid being deceived?

case

recharge 5,000 yuan as a member and gets "stock recommendation" and loses money without rising

Citizen Mr. Xu started trading stocks last year and is a new stockholder. Some time ago, a stranger named "Fangcao" added him on his WeChat. After adding WeChat, "Fangcao" began to discuss stocks with him. Since he is a new stockholder, Mr. Xu asked "Fangcao" for some information on stock trading. Subsequently, the other party recommended three stocks to Mr. Xu and expressed his optimism that these three stocks would rise. The next day, when Mr. Xu was paying attention to the stock market, he found that the stocks did rise a little.

"You have been trading stocks for a long time, it's a bit amazing." Mr. Xu asked. "Fangcao" said that he bought the stocks with a "master" and made a little profit. Afterwards, Mr. Xu was pulled into a stock trading group by "Fangcao". "There are sixty or seventy people in the group, and they discuss stocks every day. The group members publish screenshots of themselves making money with their teachers for stock trading." Mr. Xu told reporters that this made him a little moved and wanted to trade stocks with his teacher. In addition, the teachers in this group also give free lectures online from time to time. "In the conversation between group members, the teacher is like a 'stock god'," said Mr. Xu.

In addition to being moved, Mr. Xu asked "Fangcao" how to get the teacher's recommendation. "Fangcao" means that members need to be recharged. Mr. Xu then charged more than 5,000 yuan. However, after a period of time, Xu Xian found that not only did these stocks not rise, but also lost a lot. He questioned in the group and was kicked out of the group for no reason. He contacted "Fangcao" again and found that he had been blocked. Only then did Mr. Xu realize that he was deceived.

In the stock recommendation group, creates the illusion of making a lot of money with the "stock trading teacher"

believe that "famous teachers" will make money without losing money. A man was cheated of 3,000 yuan for consultation fees

On the morning of July 19, Mr. Zhang, who lives in Shanxia, ​​Hui'an, called the police at the police station, saying that he was cheated of 3,000 yuan on WeChat on his mobile phone.

After learning about the situation from him, the police learned that Mr. Zhang usually has a hobby of stock trading. On the morning of July 16, he accidentally received an application from a friend named "Teacher Zhou's stock trading starts" on WeChat on his mobile phone. After Mr. Zhang added the other party’s WeChat, the other party claimed to be a "famous teacher" who has been engaged in stock analysis for many years and could recommend three months of internal stock information to him to ensure that he can make money without losing money.

Mr. Zhang saw that there was a "famous teacher" willing to provide internal information, so he was overjoyed and believed the other party without thinking too much. Afterwards, "Teacher Zhou" asked Mr. Zhang to pay his three-month consultation fee of 3,000 yuan. Mr. Zhang transferred 3,000 yuan to the other party through WeChat. "Teacher Zhou" promised to send Mr. Zhang stock information the next day.

The next day, when Mr. Zhang wanted to contact "Teacher Zhou" again, he found that the other party had blocked his WeChat. Mr. Zhang could not contact "Teacher Zhou" for a few days later, and he realized that he had encountered a fraud.

Incentive for gold speculation in the stock trading group. A Ms. Quanzhou lost nearly 500,000

On May 28 this year, Ms. Zhang, a citizen, reported to the Quanzhou police that in October last year, she was pulled into a WeChat stock speculation group called "Fortune Exchange 85 Group". A group of "training teachers" led by "Zhang Zhongzheng" encouraged the people in the group to speculate on gold on the "founding Feng Gold Platform".

Ms. Zhang was very moved when she saw that people in the group often sent messages about making money. On November 27 of that year, she transferred 500,000 yuan to the platform account and purchased gold according to "Zhang Zhongzheng" step by step instructions. On December 29, she was forced to close her position, leaving only US$1,000 left in her account, and her loss reached 492,000 yuan. Ms. Zhang, who felt fooled, quickly called the police.

Secretly visit

"Beauty" said that the stock was trapped and pulled people to join the stock trading group

A few days ago, a stranger who was suspected of a stock recommendation expert added the reporter's WeChat, and the reporter took the opportunity to investigate.

"Beauty" calls herself Yina, from Chongqing, and comes to Quanzhou to visit relatives. Once the reporter added the WeChat account, Ina asked the reporter if she had any stock trading and which stock to buy. Ina said that she has lost a lot of money recently, and there are three or four stocks trapped. The reporter told Ina: "The market has not been good recently, and the stocks have also lost a lot." During the chat with

, Ina kept talking to the reporter about stocks and said that she could come out together to discuss the trend of the stocks when she has time. In Ina's circle of friends, the reporter saw that her avatar and the photos she posted were all a beautiful woman. In my circle of friends, Ina said that the stock market was too sluggish and she would never trade stocks again.

During the chat for several days, Ina asked reporters about her well-being from time to time and said that she had recently joined a stock trading group. The teacher in the group said that the stocks were sluggish, so she followed the teacher to trade the Hang Seng Index and made a little money back. The reporter pretended to be curious about this group, and then, Ina pulled the reporter into a stock trading group called "Chaoyang Yi Hongtian".

stock trading group shows the "results" and says that "there is meat to eat" with teachers

The reporter saw in the group that there were more than 120 group members in the group. The group owner is a person named "Teacher Chaoyang" and there is also an assistant in the group called "Nana". The reporter found that the discussions in the group were very lively every day. Many people were saying that the stock market was in a downturn. Some people often showed their "results" and showed off their money: "Follow Teacher Chaoyang to have meat to eat", "I made $7,000 today", "Thank you for your advice from Teacher Chaoyang", "If there is no teacher's guidance, I guess I am on the way to the rooftop now"... The temptation of chatting in the group is obvious: give new members of the group a message and want to speculate on the Hang Seng Index with the teacher.

In the group, assistant Nana sent some information about the teacher's class from time to time, and the group members responded enthusiastically, saying that they had time to listen to the class.

Unwilling to buy information from the teacher. The reporter was kicked out of the group

A few days after entering the group, a group member added the reporter's WeChat in the group.

"Hello, have you followed Teacher Chaoyang to trade stocks?" The group member asked the reporter. The reporter said that there was no. The group members then said that they had lost a lot in the stock market before. Since following Teacher Chaoyang, they have made a little steadily every day, and they have almost filled in the gaps in the stock market. "The money is in front of you, you have to seize it." The member has always suggested that the reporter buy it with Teacher Chaoyang.

reporter added a member who joined the group later than the reporter. He said that he was also pulled into the group by a strange WeChat friend. Seeing that people making money in the group every day is a little itchy, but he felt that many of the members in the group were "supporting", so he was still waiting and watching.

Since the reporter has not given any information about buying stocks with Teacher Chaoyang, Ina comes from time to time to ask the reporter whether to buy them with her. When the reporter clearly stated that he refused, he was kicked out of the group, and Ina also blocked the reporter on WeChat.

Industry reveals

WeChat stock recommendation groups are mostly "supported"

According to people familiar with the matter, most of the so-called WeChat stock trading groups are "supported" in order to create the illusion of making big money with the "stock trading teacher", making people believe that masters recommend stocks, or guide others to open an account on the platform operated by their company to speculate in gold.

So, why can the so-called "master stock recommendation" be believed frequently? People familiar with the matter said that they generally recommend stocks with small plates and low stock prices. When pulling up, they mostly choose to call bids in the morning session or the market pressure is very small. Many times, a stock can reach the daily limit with a few million yuan. There may also be cases where the stock recommendation agency and the market maker jointly operate. The stock recommendation agency obtains information from the market maker and provides it to the customer to charge consulting fees or share. The dealer hopes to get more takeover chips through the "showing a net" of stock recommendation institutions. Among them, as long as the stock trend matches the stock recommendation forecast, some investors will be deceived and buy it. The market makers can take advantage of this to ship the stock.

But what is certain is that there is no "stable profit but no loss" in the stock market. After the victim becomes a member, the initiative is in the hands of the scammer. He can tell you how to buy a stock. Whether or not it makes money depends on your own luck.

8,000 WeChat groups for recommendations have been processed

Recently, the WeChat Security Center issued an announcement to issue investment advice and "stock recommendations" for WeChat personal accounts. More than 8,000 WeChat groups have been processed for restricting group functions, and more than 4,000 WeChat accounts have been punished with step-by-step penalties such as restricting the use of functions or restricting login.

WeChat Security Center issued the "Announcement on Standardizing the Publication of Investment Advice and "Stock Recommendation" Related Service Information for Personal WeChat Accounts" at the end of last year. It is clarified that the behavior of issuing investment advice or "stock recommendation" for personal WeChat accounts must be strictly regulated in accordance with relevant national laws and regulations.

In addition, in early June this year, Taobao announced that it would change the relevant terms of the interpretation of the "Taobao Prohibited Products Management Standards" and add new control situations for securities and futures investment consulting products. The changed rules will take effect on June 12, 2018. After the change of

takes effect, consulting products or related services such as medical, health, finance, securities, and futures investment will be included in Taobao's banned products.

China Securities Regulatory Commission: The three types of illegal stock recommendations do not trust

A few days ago, the China Securities Regulatory Commission website issued an announcement to be wary of a type of risk - the Internet "illegal stock recommendation". The announcement of

pointed out that recently, criminals have used Internet tools or platforms such as WeChat, Weibo, online live broadcast rooms, forums, stock bars, QQ to conduct "illegal stock recommendation" activities, which have risen. The China Securities Regulatory Commission reminds investors that no unit or individual may engage in securities and futures investment consulting business without the permission of the China Securities Regulatory Commission. Investors are asked to choose legal securities and futures operating institutions, obtain relevant investment consulting services, be highly vigilant about various "stock recommendation" activities, and stay away from "illegal stock recommendation" activities to avoid property losses.

CSRC pointed out that there are three characteristics of recent illegal activities:

1: Criminals use exaggerated publicity terms such as "big data stock diagnosis", "recommended dark horse", "expert one-on-one guidance", "no income, no charge", or advocate past stock trading "performance" to attract members or customers;

2: After investors join WeChat, QQ groups, and online live broadcast rooms, there are people who call themselves "teacher", "expert", "stock god", and "old wizard", In the name of imparting stock trading experience and training stock trading skills, it is actually illegally recommending stocks to investors, and making profits by obtaining "reward fees", "training fees" or collecting profit sharing;

Third, some criminals actually engage in other illegal and criminal activities in the name of "recommending stocks", such as using WeChat groups, QQ groups, online live broadcast rooms, etc. to call orders in real time, directing investors to buy and sell stocks at the same time, suspected of manipulating the market, or luring investors to participate in spot trading (precious metals, artworks, stamps, coins, etc.) or overseas futures trading to obtain illegal benefits.

Department reminds

Don’t believe in “buying and selling” that only makes money and not lose money

Keep a high alert to all kinds of “stock recommendations”

CSRC reminds investors that according to the Securities Law, the Interim Measures for the Management of Securities and Futures Investment Consulting and other laws and regulations, if you engage in securities and futures investment consulting business, you must obtain the business license of the China Securities Regulatory Commission in accordance with the law; no unit or individual may engage in securities and futures investment consulting business without the permission of the China Securities Regulatory Commission. Investors are asked to choose legal securities and futures operating institutions, obtain relevant investment consulting services, be highly vigilant about various "stock recommendation" activities, and stay away from "illegal stock recommendation" activities to avoid property losses.

The list of legal securities and futures operating institutions can be checked on the websites of the China Securities Regulatory Commission, China Securities Association, and China Futures Association.

The police remind that investors should be wary of investments with super high returns, and do not be confused by temporary high interest rates. Do not believe in "buying and selling" that only makes money and not lose money, and avoid falling into the trap of online investment and financial management fraud. In addition, don’t believe in the “profit chart” sent by strangers, don’t join the “investment group” that is full of strangers, don’t believe in the “business license”, and don’t do “international markets”. Do not transfer money to unfamiliar personal accounts. When injecting funds into the platform, you must verify whether it is legal and formal by multiple parties. Once you encounter fraud, save the remittance or transfer vouchers and call the police immediately.

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Chongqing cracked

The major "stock recommendation" fraud case arrested 331 suspects

Recently, Chongqing police cracked a major fraud case, and the criminal gang committed fraud in the name of "stock recommendation". The police arrested 331 criminal suspects and frozen more than 18 million yuan of funds involved.

In June this year, Chongqing police received multiple reports of citizens being deceived for online "stock recommendation". The Chongqing Anti-Fraud Center conducted a comprehensive analysis of the police collected and found that this was a new fraud method specifically targeting "stock investors". The criminal pretended to be a securities industry employee and contacted the victims on their own initiative, saying that there was insider information about securities that could allow the victims to make money quickly in the stock market, thereby luring the victims to purchase membership services. After obtaining the evidence of the crime, the task force traveled to many places across the country, destroyed 6 criminal gangs, arrested 331 suspects, seized more than 400 computers and more than 600 mobile phones for the crime, and frozen more than 18 million yuan of funds involved. According to preliminary statistics from the police, only one of the criminal gangs defrauded more than 5,000 people in one and a half years, with the amount of fraud exceeding 6 million yuan.