Online scams have emerged in an endless stream. After the Democratic Party announced that it had received multiple online scams last week, it announced today (23rd) that it has received several three-in-one online love, virtual currency, and online investment. Scam.
One of the victims, Miss A, recognized the scammer in the online dating app "Coffee Meets Bagel", and was persuaded by sweet words to buy the cryptocurrency "USDT TEDA Coin" from Binance, and then remitted it to the fraudulent website. Go to the investment platform and participate in suspected online gambling.
In the end, Miss A lost a total of 930,000 yuan, half of which was borrowed money, and it took nearly 5 years to pay off the loan.
She also pointed out that the police's investigation is not progressing actively, and she was even asked to ask fraudsters to come out on her own.
The Democratic Party’s financial policy spokesperson Yuan Haiwen said that the price of USDT TEDA is pegged to the U.S. dollar, which is more stable than other cryptocurrencies. Therefore, it is welcomed by criminals and calls on citizens to be more vigilant if they encounter the above situation.
The victim, Ms. A, is about 30 years old, has a university degree, and claims to be a professional.
She recognized the scammer in the online dating app "Coffee Meets Bagel" in mid-March.
The scammer claimed to have come to Hong Kong to work from Taiwan, and his personal file contained photos of "beautiful men" suspected of being stolen on the Internet, and reported that he was 181 centimeters tall. He was engaged in IT work and was portrayed as a professional. He claimed to have opened a software development company.
Uh, the woman bought cryptocurrency and transferred it to the scammer's website to gamble
After that, Miss A and the scammer switched to Whatsapp to talk to. The scammer took advantage of the cold to ask for warmth, causing Miss A to fall into a "beautiful male tactic" by mistake, believing that the other party intends to develop with her.
The scammer claimed to know how to write programs and was able to crack the loopholes in the program, persuading Miss A to use Binance to buy the virtual currency USDT TEDA coins, and then switch to the scammer's pseudo-online investment and gambling app "Cerberus Fortune Bolong Wealth" to conduct a suspected network Betting on gambling.
The scammer claimed to have come to Hong Kong to work from Taiwan, and his personal file contained photos of "beautiful men" suspected of being stolen on the Internet, and reported that he was 181 cm tall and was engaged in IT work.
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The sweet words of scammers made the victim feel guilty about buying coins
At first, Miss A also refused on the grounds of complexity and fear of being deceived.
But the scammers put on a "conscience as a dog's lung" attitude, such as replying "In order to prevent me from lying to you, we don't need to talk in the future, for your safety, ok?", "You know how much I feel Is it uncomfortable? Miss A feels guilty after waiting for the dialogue.
After being persuaded, Miss A downloaded the Bolong Wealth App with an unknown link provided by the scammer, followed the instructions to register an account, and remitted the USDT TEDA coins purchased by Binance to the payment address provided by Bolong's customer service.
After deducting the $20 handling fee, the amount can be used on the platform.
And Miss A used the lottery numbers "cracked" by scammers and successfully earned 28.97USDT TEDA coins for the first time, and also successfully remitted the money earned from the Boron platform to Binance.
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The scammer uses a gradual approach to persuade the victim to increase the bet amount
Miss A was not afraid of fraud after receiving the return. The scammers used a gradual approach to persuade her to increase the amount of betting, from the initial investment of 1,000 yuan, 2,000 yuan, to 67,000 yuan later.
Until March 25, Miss A planned to remit the amount earned from the Bolon platform to Binance, but was unsuccessful.
For different reasons, Bolong customer service made Ms. A purchase USDT for 4 times at 200,000 yuan for a total of 800,000 yuan for a total of 800,000 yuan, for different reasons. Go to the Bolong platform and hope that the customer service will unblock the account.
At that time, Miss A told the scammer that she was worried about being deceived by the Bolong platform.
The scammer replied with sweet words: "Baby, don't worry, I am here", "You are the woman I want to live for my whole life", etc., in order to continue to gain Miss A's trust.
In the end, Miss A felt cheated and called for help until April. In the incident, she lost a total of about 930,000 yuan, half of which was loan income, and the expected repayment period was close to 5 years.
Miss A also pointed out that the police's investigation is not progressing actively, and she is requested to continue to keep in touch with the scammers and ask the scammers to come out by herself.
Miss A eventually lost a total of 930,000 yuan, half of which came from the loan, and it took nearly 5 years to pay off the loan.
(Photo by Ouyang Dehao)
Democrats: Tether price stability is welcomed by criminals
Yuan Haiwen, spokesperson for the Democratic Party’s financial policy, believes that the incident is the tip of the iceberg. In the process, fraudulent tactics have been carefully deployed to strategically make the victims less alert and purchase a large amount of cryptocurrency to put on fake online investment platforms. It is also difficult to track the flow of cryptocurrency after fraud.
"The swindlers retreat for advancement, which makes the victim think that they will have no real losses, and then introduce traps step by step."
Yuan Xu pointed out that the price of USDT TEDA currency is pegged to the U.S. dollar. Compared with other cryptocurrencies, it has higher stability and is therefore popular with criminals.
He also pointed out that you should not download mobile apps through methods other than the official App Store, such as links. In addition to preventing cell phone poisoning, you should also avoid falling into scams. He urged the public to be more vigilant if they encounter the above-mentioned situations.
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