According to the Chinese Embassy in Côte d'Ivoire**, at present, all kinds of overseas telecommunications fraud and criminal activities are rampant, causing considerable economic losses to Chinese compatriots
1. The Chinese Embassy in Côte d'Ivoire will never notify me that my passport has been fraudulently used, or that I have important documents or packages to be collected, or that there are domestic cases that need to be handled, and will not ask for personal information, bank account information or transfers.
2. Strangers add friends through WeChat groups, provide high exchange rates to exchange non-francs, induce victims to transfer "handling fees" or "security deposits", or use other methods such as making friends, finding jobs, education and training, and paying with fake checks to commit fraud. Please be highly vigilant and put an end to the mentality of "taking advantage of small advantages". Do not disclose your identity documents, bank accounts and other personal information to strangers in ** and WeChat, so as to avoid criminals pretending to deceive with information, and do not transfer money to strangers in any case.
3. Criminals call the parties and pretend to be personnel of the public security, procuratorate, court and other ** organs to deceive the parties into trusting. Criminals falsely claim that the identity of the party is fraudulently used and is suspected of violating the law and committing a crime, requiring the party to cooperate with the investigation, tricking the party to provide personal privacy information on the grounds of handling the case, and tricking the party to transfer money in the name of paying fines, bail bonds, and accepting "fund review", please be vigilant. The national public procuratorate and other organs have strict case-handling procedures, and law enforcement personnel will not report the case through **, let alone handle the case through social software, will not require the parties to pay a deposit or bail, and there is no so-called "safe account". If you have any doubts, you can verify them directly or through relatives and friends with the relevant domestic public security and law enforcement agencies.
4. Once deceived, you should report the case to the local police station in time and call the Consular Protection ** of the Chinese Embassy in Kuwait for help. If the defrauded money is transferred through a bank transfer in Chinese mainland, you should immediately call the police at 110 in the place of domestic household registration or ask ** for help through relatives and friends in China.
The Embassy of the People's Republic of China in Côte d'Ivoire would like to remind Chinese citizens in Côte d'Ivoire to attach great importance to the above developments, and to remain highly vigilant against the situation of someone spreading suspected fraudulent information in WeChat groups, openly raise questions, and remind each other in a timely manner, so as to prevent the property of individuals and compatriots from being infringed by lawbreakers.
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