Online scams are emerging one after another, among which online job-seeking scams have risen sharply. In the first half of this year, 1,625 cases were recorded, an increase of 3.64 times over the same period of the previous year, and the loss amounted to 211 million, a surge of 9.42 times, that is, the average loss per job seeker 130,000 yuan.
The police said that the biggest loss was a 48-year-old job-seeking woman. She received a text message from a scammer through the mobile phone messaging app Telegram in April, saying that she was now hiring a part-time film and television assistant to help the movie box office as an online thug. According to the data, she can earn a 1.3% commission after the event is completed. She remitted 3.5 million to the fraudster's account in batches several times, but she has not received the commission for a long time.
The police will launch a fraud trap search tool called "Vivid Device" in September. Citizens only need to enter their phone number, payee account, email address, and the name of the social platform's page, etc., to find out whether they are related to a fraud case. related.
Extended reading: Over 10,000 cases of technology crime were recorded in the first half of the year, and online shopping fraud cases rose by 40%
The police will launch a fraud trap search tool called "Vivid Device" in September. Citizens only need to enter their phone number, payee account, email address, and the name of the social platform's page, etc., to find out whether they are related to a fraud case. related.
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According to the Cyber Security and Technology Crime Investigation Bureau of the Police, 10,613 technology crime cases were recorded in the first half of this year, an increase of 46% over the same period last year, and the loss amounted to 1.579 billion yuan, an increase of 12.6%.
Among them, the number of online job-seeking fraud cases has increased significantly. In the first half of this year, 1,625 cases were recorded, an increase of 3.64 times compared with the 350 cases in the same period of the previous year, and the loss amounted to 211 million, an increase of 9.42 times compared with the loss amount of 20 million yuan in the same period of the previous year. .
"No education required", "high return", "cash payment" to attract
During the epidemic, different people, including housewives and young people, are looking for part-time jobs on social platforms to "make quick money". Among them, "billing scams" are the most common.
Fraudsters use "no education required", "high returns", "cash payment" and other reasons to attract citizens to do part-time jobs, which has led to a substantial increase in recruitment fraud.
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Fake ticketing platforms need to pay to withdraw profits to complete the task
The biggest victim among them was a 48-year-old woman who reported that she received a job posting through the mobile messaging app Telegram in April. The other party said that due to the current box office slump, she hoped to hire a part-time film and television assistant to help the film company “swipe data” to increase the box office of the movie. .
The main content of the work is to go to the website to buy movie tickets and leave a movie review, you can earn a 1.3% commission rebate.
The woman believed it to be true, and left her personal information. After contacting and verifying through WhatsApp, the fraudster provided the woman with a website claiming to be a platform for buying movie tickets, saying that she could buy movie tickets as long as she added value on the platform.
During the process, the platform showed that the woman had already received a commission, and the woman was not afraid of fraud. In order to complete the so-called "task", she deposited 3.5 million yuan into the fraudster's multiple accounts in batches, but she did not receive the commission for a long time. The apprentice claimed that the target was not met, and the victim noticed something was wrong, so he called the police for help.
As the epidemic continues, citizens tend to shop online. In the first half of this year, more than 10,000 technology crime cases were recorded in Hong Kong, an increase of 46% over the same period last year, and the loss amounted to nearly 1.6 billion yuan.
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Police push 'vision device' search engine to provide fraud information
In order to help the public identify fraud traps and cyber risks, Acting Senior Superintendent Fan Chunye of the Cyber Security Crime and Technology Crime Investigation Branch (Cyber Security, Forensic Forensics and Training) of the Police Force pointed out that the police will launch a new program called "Vision Ambush" in September. The Scam Trap Finder, which replaces the original phishing scam finder, provides the public with some intelligence on scams and online traps.
The database of the search engine comes from daily citizen reports to the police on technology crime, as well as intelligence from various stakeholders.
Citizens only need to enter their phone numbers, payee accounts, email addresses, social media page names, etc., and then they can know whether the digital footprint of the information is related to online fraud cases.
If the entered FPS number has been related to a fraud report, the result will turn red.
If the entered social page or username has been reported before, the result will be displayed in orange.
If the entered phone number has ever been related to a phone data report, the "Viewer" will display yellow.
The police hope to distinguish between scams and online traps through the "vision device".
Whether before online shopping, before payment, before accepting invitations from new friends, or before receiving links from unknown sources, the public can check whether the information is related to past fraud cases through the "visual device".
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