Two women and a man had earlier discovered advertisements for hiring "Internet thugs" to help "boost" merchants on the shopping platform to earn commissions.
The two applied for the position, but the other said that they had to deposit money to open an account on the shopping platform. The three men and women were not afraid of fraud, and they were defrauded of more than 700,000 yuan.
It is understood that a woman was deceived when she joined a "job search group", while a man received random WhatsApp scam text messages.
The police said that yesterday (May 26) received a report from a 25-year-old local woman surnamed Chen. She said that she had received a job advertisement in a job search group on a social platform earlier. The shopping platform can earn a commission by boosting the reputation of the merchant with click shopping.
The victim then followed the instructions and deposited a total of about 420,000 yuan into 9 bank accounts designated by the other party several times for platform shopping.
The scammers lost contact with the victim after returning a commission of about $2,000 to the victim.
The victim suspected of being deceived and filed a police report.
After a preliminary investigation, officers classified the case as "obtaining property by deception" and handed it over to the Mong Kok District Criminal Investigation Team for follow-up. No arrests have been made so far.
In the case, the victims lost a total of about 418,000 yuan.
In addition, the police also pointed out that yesterday (26th) received a report from a 30-year-old local man surnamed Lin. He said that he had received a job advertisement on a social platform earlier. You can earn commissions when you shop to boost your reputation.
The victim then followed the instructions and deposited a total of about 140,000 yuan into the four bank accounts designated by the other party several times for shopping on the platform.
The scammers lost contact with the victim after returning about 10,000 yuan in commission to the victim.
Suspected of being deceived, the victim reported to the police.
According to the preliminary investigation, the case was classified as "obtaining property by deception", and the case was handed over to the Sham Shui Po District Criminal Investigation Team for follow-up. No arrests have been made so far.
In the case, the victims lost a total of about 130,000 yuan.
On the same day (26th), a 39-year-old local woman surnamed Zhong reported the case, and also received a job advertisement on social platforms as an "online swiper".
In order to gain the trust of the victim, the swindlers initially gave Zhong Nu some funds for the task of "swiping orders", and the victim successfully received a commission.
When Zhong Nv was convinced that she could earn commissions by "swiping orders", the swindlers tricked the victim into performing more "swiping orders" tasks.
According to the instructions, the victim deposited 210,000 yuan into the 5 accounts designated by the other party for shopping on the platform. Afterwards, he lost contact with the swindler and reported the case after suspecting that he had been deceived.
The case was classified as "obtaining property by deception" and was handed over to Sham Shui Po District Criminal Investigation Team 3 for follow-up. No arrests have been made so far.
In the case, the victim lost a total of 210,000 yuan.
The Police take this opportunity to remind the public that fraudsters’ job advertisements generally claim “quick money,” “high labor,” “sunrise pay,” or “work from home”; the applicant’s age and education requirements are low, or work experience and resume are not required; No reference is made to the actual position or job content, and only instant messaging software or mobile phone number contact methods are provided.
Some scammers will even give out commissions after the victim's initial deposit to gain the victim's trust.
The police appeal to the public to call the "Anti-Scam Hotline 18222" if in doubt.
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 for completing the task, and then the bonus can be distributed after successfully recruiting downlines. It is so absurd that people still get recruited every day.” He also gave an example of a bunch of platforms that deceive themselves and claim to conduct sales promotion.
(CyberDefender gatekeeper post)
▼ Recently, many citizens have received recruitment information, and some netizens have posted recruitment information suspected to be fraudsters in the discussion area.
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