Recently, fraudsters have been recruiting online billing agents through advertisements or short message promotions, using "quick money", "high labor", "sunrise pay" or "work from home" as a solicitation, claiming that they can shop online. Earn commission by boosting merchant fame with click-shopping.
A 26-year-old woman received the relevant information earlier and worked as instructed to successfully earn commissions. After the female victim tasted the sweetness, she responded to the scammer's request to transfer the security deposit, and the scammer lost contact. The woman felt deceived and lost 28 Wan, call the police for help.
Police have classified the case as "obtaining property by deception" and are looking for the fraudsters.
The police said that the woman involved received a job offer last month (April 23), and the scammer explained the job content to the victim, claiming that she could act as an online swipe and click on shopping on the shopping platform to boost the reputation of the business. Earn commissions.
The complainant then made purchases on the platform as instructed, and transferred the money for each purchase to the account designated by the other party to earn commissions.
In the early days of work, in order to gain the trust of the informant, every time the transaction is completed, the swindler will follow the agreement and distribute the principal and commission to the informant.
Later, the scammers asked the victim to provide a security deposit in order to withdraw the full principal and commission.
The informant transferred the relevant funds without fear of fraud, and then lost contact with the swindler. The woman suspected that she had been deceived and reported the incident to the police.
After preliminary investigation, the informant lost a total of about 280,000 yuan.
The police classified the case as "obtaining property by deception" and handed it over to the third unit of the Yau Tsim Police District Criminal Investigation Team for follow-up. No arrests have been made so far.
The police pointed out that the scammers' job advertisements are advertised as "quick money", "high-level labor", "sunrise pay" or "work from home", and there are no special requirements for the applicant's age, education and resume.
At the same time, fraudsters will not mention the actual position or job content when posting job advertisements or SMS promotions, and only provide instant messaging software or mobile phone number contact methods.
The police remind the public to call the "Anti-Scam Hotline" 18222 if they have any doubts about text messages of unknown origin.
The social platform "CyberDefender" of the Police Cybersecurity and Technology Crime Investigation Bureau also reminded the public to beware of scams, posting a post stating "Online recruitment and speculation, placing orders at home, swiping orders, processing orders, and promoting e-commerce platforms , 10% of the commission is paid for completing the task, and then the dividends can be distributed after successfully recruiting downlines. It’s so ridiculous that people are still recruited every day.” He also cites a bunch of platforms that deceive themselves claiming to be selling and promoting.
(CyberDefender gatekeeper post)