A man was defrauded of 290,000 yuan in one hour of “dating”!Fraud gang caught
According to CCTV News,Recently, the Inner Mongolia Baotou Railway Police successfully detected a telecommunications network fraud case using “dating” as bait.
A total of 40 suspects of various crimes were arrested, and the gang’s account turnover reached 140 million yuan within half a year.
According to reports, in early 2023, on the K (express) 898 train from Chifeng, Inner Mongolia, to Baotou, Xiao Chen, who had nothing to do, casually opened a “dating” website, followed the steps to download the designated application software, and soon Found the girl I like.
After the conversation, Xiao Chen looked forward to meeting and dating the “goddess”. Unexpectedly, this move made Xiao Chen regret it.
In order to meet and date, under the guidance of the so-called customer service staff in the software, he continuously recharged and upgraded the membership rights of the software, and also carried out operations such as swiping orders and unblocking the software under the temptation of high profits.
In less than an hour, I spent more than 290,000 yuan. It was not until I got off the car and was on the way to the hotel that I was blocked by the so-called goddess, and I realized that I had been cheated.
After analysis and judgment by the police, they found that they were very similar to two other recent cases. They set up a special case to conduct a combined investigation and found that the design styles, operating procedures, and guidance routines of the multiple applications involved in the case were extremely similar. Even the naming rules of the App packages were different. Identical or highly similar.
They were all induced to download the same type of application software, and then under the guidance of customer service staff, they performed operations such as recharging memberships and swiping orders, allowing the victims to transfer money to their designated bank cards.
The gang has a clear division of labor and a tight organization. In the fraud section alone, it has a “speculation group”, a “reception group”, a “operation group” and a “backstage group”. There are hundreds of members, and there are more than 8,100 registered “members”. In just six months, Internal transaction turnover exceeded RMB 140 million.
The “speculation group” in the fraud gang is responsible for finding fraud targets through some domestic website forums, QQ groups and other online platforms, and then handing over to the “reception group”, which uses pictures, videos, etc. of beautiful women to lure the victims to recharge their membership.When the victim’s recharge reaches a certain threshold and becomes the highest level “member”, he will be handed over to the “operation team”.
The “operation team” continues to “brainwash” the victims and continue to lure the victims to perform the task of fraudulent orders. When the victims have doubts and want to refund the money, they will “pay the deposit”, “unfreeze the funds”, “repair the account”, etc. as a reason to induce the victim to continuously transfer money.
After the victim’s funds are transferred to the “Canon” collection account, the money laundering gang takes them out and buys gold products, then sells them for cash, and then manages to transfer them abroad, finally completing the laundering of the stolen money.
