At the scene of the case identification, one person's behavior was suspicious. When their backpack was opened, stacks of 100-yuan bills suddenly appeared.

Source: Xinhua News Agency

“What is this 300k for?”

Faced with the police asking questions

Dong’s expression was panicked, and her speech was stammering

“I’m just delivering money

I don’t know anything else

…”

Recently

police officers were leading suspects involved in telecom fraud to identify the scene

Suddenly, Dong, carrying a backpack, rushed into view

Her behavior was suspicious

She kept pacing around the area

After seeing the police, she also kept dodging and hiding

This abnormal scene immediately raised the police’s suspicions

So they stepped forward to stop her and check

When the backpack was opened

what came into view was clearly

a stack after stack of 100-yuan bills!

Seeing this, Dong looked panicked

She immediately explained that she was only helping someone deliver money

but didn’t know where the money came from

To find out the truth of the matter

the police immediately reported the situation to

the Anti-Fraud Center of the Municipal Public Security Bureau

Through the “Public Security + Bank”

police-bank linkage working mechanism

it was quickly verified that the funds belonged to Ms. Wang

It turned out that

Ms. Wang was scammed by fraudsters

who lured her with “investing in gold”

She withdrew 300k yuan to use it to “buy gold”

Fortunately, the money had not been delivered yet

“runner” Dong was arrested by the police

Currently, all the money that was defrauded has been fully returned

The case is still under further investigation

“Online scams + offline cash withdrawal”

is a fraudster’s common tactic

But as long as you understand this playbook

you can avoid the risk of being scammed

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Step 1: Set up a trap online to gain trust.

Impersonate identity: Fraudsters, on social media platforms, short-video platforms, dating/marriage websites, and so on, disguise themselves as “investment mentors,” “order-processing customer service,” “wealth advisors,” “soldiers,” “friends/family,” etc., and use bait like “low entry, high returns,” “zero risk, instant credit,” “internal information,” “sure profit with no loss” to lure victims.

Small rebates: First, get the victim to make a small investment or place small orders, then quickly return the principal and a small amount of profit, making the victim feel trusted and lowering their guard.

Step 2: Induce increased investment.

After trust is established, fraudsters use reasons such as “upgrading membership,” “getting higher rebates,” “making up for operational mistakes,” “unlocking the account,” and so on to push the victim to invest more, requiring the victim to transfer more funds to an account or platform under their control.

Step 3: Cash out offline to complete the scam.

Fabricated reasons: When the victim attempts to withdraw funds, fraudsters will refuse online transfers by citing reasons such as “system maintenance,” “transfer restricted,” “account frozen,” “need to pay an unfreezing fee or deposit,” “the transfer fee for large transfers is too high,” etc., and require the victim to withdraw cash offline.

Designated delivery method: The fraudsters require the victim to send the withdrawn cash or valuable items such as the purchased gold or shopping cards to a designated location via courier, ride-hailing, errands services, or by directly handing them to the “staff” who comes to the door.

Cut off contact and disappear: Once the victim delivers the cash or valuable items, the fraudsters immediately cut off contact, making it difficult for the victim to recover the losses.

Fraud tactics vary endlessly

But the ultimate goal is always to get the money

Remember: don’t listen, don’t believe, don’t transfer

and keep your money bag safe

Source: Qujing Police, Kaijing Police

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