According to the WeChat news of the Chinese Consulate General in Christchurch, two Chinese citizens in the consular district of the Chinese Consulate General in Christchurch were deceived by private exchange and suffered heavy losses recently. A criminals posted the so-called "high exchange rate" exchange information in a local WeChat group, and Chinese citizen A immediately contacted the criminals on WeChat and agreed to meet offline for transactions. The criminals said that they could not go due to work reasons, and specially entrusted Chinese citizen B to meet and trade at the designated time and place. After receiving B's New Zealand dollar cash, A will transfer the corresponding RMB to the pre-agreed domestic bank account through online banking. After the transfer was successful, B claimed that he had not received the money and asked A to return the New Zealand dollars. It was found that B was also deceived by the criminals, hoping to exchange the New Zealand currency for the ** RMB currency at a "high exchange rate", and both of them were deceived by the criminals. When the two contacted the criminals on WeChat, they found that they had been blocked.
The Consulate General hereby reminds Chinese citizens, especially international students, to beware of "two-way currency exchange fraud". The case is extremely deceptive, please remind each other of the citizens of New China and take strict precautions. If you really need to exchange foreign currency, you should choose a formal bank for transactions, and do not covet "high exchange rates" to avoid being deceived.
In case of emergency, please call the police and contact the Chinese embassy or consulate in Singapore for assistance.
New Zealand Emergency**: 111 (Police, Ambulance, Fire).
Global Consular Protection & Services Emergency Call Center (24 hours): +86-10-12308 or +86-10-65612308;or the "12308" app on your mobile phone, use the client to dial 12308**, and you do not need to pay for international calls.
Consular Protection and Assistance at the Consulate General of the People's Republic of China in Christchurch**: 03-3411016 (+64-3-3411016 from outside New Zealand).