Xinli Media Group*** issued a statement on the official Weibo, saying that the Spring Festival movie "Hot and Hot" did not authorize any individual, company, or institution to carry out any investment and financing cooperation in the name of the film, and there have been recent cases of illegal financing by criminals pretending to be the producers and investors of this film, and carrying out illegal financing in the name of film investment, copyright subscription, and income transfer.
Investors are hereby reminded to be vigilant and beware of being deceived. Investors must carefully verify the relevant information and make prudent decisions to avoid property losses.
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Yesterday (22nd) afternoon, a hot search titled "A number of stars participated in the film and television investment fraud case" attracted widespread attention.
Recently, the Lanzhou Municipal People's Procuratorate and the Lanzhou Municipal Public Security Bureau jointly solicited relevant clues about the case.
Orange Persimmon Interactive reported in April 2022 that many readers reported that they were defrauded of funds by Beijing Zhongrui Taifeng Culture Communication Company, Beijing Eight Millimeter Culture Media Company and other companies on the grounds of investing in making movies.
The contracts provided by these readers show that the films they have invested in include "Monkey King: The Demon Monkey", "The Van Gogh Project", "The Poet", "Fist Mom" and others.
And these movies are among the 12 films mentioned in today's Lanzhou Public Procuratorate solicitation clues. The 12 films are: "The Van Gogh Project", "The Monkey King: The Demon Monkey", "The Wheat Passerby", "Rescue in the Angry Sea", "The Poet", "Rescue with Death", "Oba, You're So Handsome", "Ruffian Lover", "Money in the Way", "Love You with All My Heart" (renamed "Fist Mom" or "Punch Mom"), Shanghai Shanghai, "Luban Underground Palace".
The victims came from all over the country, most of them were retirees, and the amount defrauded was more than 500,000 yuan. Ms. Duan invested a total of 550,000 yuan in three movies including "Monkey King: Devouring the Sky Demon Monkey", so how was she deceived?
Ms. Duan usually will**, in April 2020, someone recommended to her through WeChat** investment methods. They started out just lecturing and then got everyone involved in film funding.
Ms. Duan then bought 180,000 yuan for the upcoming film "Monkey King: The Demon Monkey" to be filmed by Beijing Zhongrui Taifeng Culture Communication Company, as well as two films from Beijing Eight Millimeter Culture Media Company, one "Poet" for 130,000 yuan and one for "Fist Mother" for 240,000 yuan.
A company called Zhongrui Taifeng (Beijing) Cultural Communication used fake film investment as bait to induce readers to buy film shares in the ** investment group.
A number of readers said that they were defrauded of a large amount of money, one of them, Ms. Duan, was deceived of 880,000, another reader, "Dahai", was deceived of 720,000+160,000, and another reader, Mr. Guo, was deceived of 520,000.
These readers were induced by the "teachers" to invest in the film in the ** investment group, and they were promised that the film would transfer the magnified cost premium to them and let them buy shares.
However, in 2021, the company's *** can no longer be contacted, and the "** teachers" who signed the contract have also lost contact. The experience of these readers being deceived reminds us not to easily believe in fake investment projects, especially those that are marketed through ** investment groups.
At the same time, we should also be vigilant, keep a clear head about over-exaggerated investment projects, and not be easily confused by "high returns".
After completing the payment and transfer, we received a receipt from the other company, as well as a certificate of usufruct holding. When signing the contract, we also sign a "Risk Warning Letter" to ensure that we have a comprehensive understanding of the possible risks.
The contract is more than a dozen pages long, which contains various terms and conditions, such as when winning a prize, the investor (Party B) also has the right to share the honor. After deducting the cost of participation, the prize money will be distributed according to the actual transfer ratio.
These seemingly tempting terms and promises eventually lead to their being deceived.
In November 2021, Zhongrui Taifeng Cultural Communication was listed as abnormal business because "it was impossible to contact through the registered residence or business premises".
At present, Zhou, the legal representative of Beijing Eight Millimeter Culture Media Company, has been listed as a judgment defaulter, and has been restricted from high consumption and exit. On Aiqicha, there are also self-questioning and self-answering information on the webpage of Zhongrui Taifeng Cultural Communication, which may deceive others.
Despite this, the company is still in business, and consumers need to be cautious when making purchases.
According to the information reported by readers, they began to come into contact with film investment projects in March and April 2020, and they were deceived for more than a year, until they were listed as abnormal operations.
One of the characteristics of investment and financial fraud is that it has a long cycle and is not easy to be detected in time. The film investment circle usually includes the following steps: First, pull people into the **investment group, and the so-called instructor explains **investment and analysis**.
The instructor then recommends a film project to the students in the group or claims to have a new investment channel, and for added credibility, they may provide materials such as shooting trailers.
Then, induce people to sign a contract and transfer money or transfer money on the app, some income may be issued in the early stage and can be withdrawn, but when people fully believe and make additional investments, the platform will go bankrupt, the company will close, and the instructor will not be contacted.
Some "instructors" will also broadcast live on social ** to attract people to take the bait. However, ordinary people who do not know much about investing in films, without sufficient professional knowledge and anti-risk ability, it is extremely unwise to sign an investment agreement just by relying on the content of the film and television company's project publicity PPT, movie posters and other content.
For investment and financial fraud, the elderly who have spare money and know that "money makes money" are particularly easy to be deceived. They often don't talk to their children or others, and they don't say anything even after being deceived.
Among the readers who have been deceived by investing in movies, they are afraid to tell their children after being deceived. At present, most children live separately from the elderly, so the elderly are in a "supervision" vacuum before, during, and after the event.
Why do older people invest in unfamiliar projects? Readers said that it was because they were profitable to listen to the instructor, and the ** analysis recommended by the instructor before was also accurate, which gave them a sense of trust.
However, in fact, the so-called instructors may be the best novices, and their analysis is just reading the news on the Internet. According to statistics, the victims of telecom network fraud are mainly under the age of 40, but there are also 8% of people over the age of 50, and this part of the population is mainly retirees.
Therefore, we need to be vigilant against investment and financial scams, especially for the elderly.
How to Prevent Parents from Being Scammed? In my opinion, there is only one way: communicate with them more, ask them more about their thoughts, and tell them more about the latest scams. When we speak, we should pay attention to the way we speak.
A reader told us that her mother had encountered an investment fraud, and she couldn't be persuaded no matter how much she was persuaded to do so, and finally called the police to persuade her, and finally listened. Take a look at the news, the Lanzhou Municipal Public Security Bureau detected a film and television investment fraud case headed by Li Moumou.
The criminal gang carefully designed scams, using social software and stock recommendations to attract investors to invest**, exaggerating the cost of film production and expected box office returns, and guiding investors to buy the film's "revenue share" to commit fraud.
The case involved 4 companies and 12 films, including "Monkey King: The Demon Monkey", "Mai Luren" and so on. In order to recover the losses of the people to the greatest extent, the Lanzhou Municipal Public Security Bureau issued the "Notice of the Lanzhou Municipal Public Security Bureau on Soliciting Clues on the "8.17" Film and Television Investment Fraud Case on January 16, 2024.
If you are deceived, please prepare the following materials to contact the Criminal Police Detachment of the Lanzhou Public Security Bureau: 1. A copy of your ID card (both front and back). 2. Copies of the Agreement on the Transfer of the Right to Proceeds, the Certificate of Holding the Right to Proceeds, receipts and other documents.
3. Transfer voucher. 4. Screenshots of chat records and other relevant evidentiary materials. Victims who fail to report to the public security organs within the time limit are deemed to have given up the report, and the relevant consequences are to be borne by the individual, and it is hoped that they will inform each other.