be careful! don’t buy “crab gift cards” of unknown origin
2024-09-18
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original title: be careful of "crab gift cards" of unknown origin and don't scan them randomly
beijing evening news (reporter zhang lei) during the mid-autumn festival, a citizen, mr. wu, received a "crab gift card" and thought it was a gift from a friend, so he scanned the code and added the "customer service" wechat account. unexpectedly, he was defrauded of 15,000 yuan. the chaoyang anti-fraud center reminds citizens to be wary of "crab gift cards" of unknown origin.
after receiving the "crab gift card", mr. wu scanned the qr code on the card without thinking much and added the "customer service" wechat account. the "customer service" then sent mr. wu a link, and mr. wu clicked on the link to download a shopping mall app. after browsing the page, he found that he had received a 10 yuan rebate, and the cash was withdrawn successfully immediately.
the "customer service" told mr. wu that as long as he recharged in the mall, he could receive a large gift. the more he recharged, the larger the gift amount. mr. wu immediately recharged 5,000 yuan, which showed that he could get 10,000 yuan. however, when he withdrew the money, it showed "failed to receive". mr. wu quickly asked the "customer service", who told him that due to his incorrect operation, a "card order" was caused, and he needed to recharge another 10,000 yuan to activate the gift. mr. wu then recharged another 10,000 yuan, but found that he still could not withdraw the money successfully. he contacted the "customer service" again, and the other party said that he needed to recharge 3 orders in a row before he could receive the gift, and pausing in the middle would cause the gift to fail to be received. at this time, mr. wu realized that he might have been cheated, and he quickly called the police.
it is reported that in such cases, the scammers actually use fake "crab gift cards" as bait. once someone is fooled, the so-called "customer service" will guide them to download the app to "swipe orders and get rebates", thereby committing fraud.
source: beijing evening news
