**: Brother Qiang said the police.
Ms. Li, a citizen, works in a company in Luojiaqiao Industrial Park, and on February 18, the first day of work, she was defrauded of more than 18,000 yuan for applying for a refund online.
It turned out that in 2023, Ms. Li signed up for a course for applying for a social worker certificate at an online institution and paid a tuition fee of 2,700 yuan. On February 17, she received a strange **, who said that for some reason, an institution could not apply for a social worker certificate for students, and was now entrusted by an agency to handle refunds to students. Then I sent Ms. Li a link to the "Dongxing General Office" app. After Ms. Li entered the APP platform, a refund specialist added Ms. Li and taught her how to operate the refund process.
The next afternoon, when Ms. Li was at work, the refund specialist contacted Ms. Li and asked Ms. Li to purchase a certain amount of **, so that she could not only complete the refund, but also benefit from it. Afraid of Ms. Li's suspicion, the other party specially sent Ms. Li the business license of "Dongxing General Office". Ms. Li thought that if it was as the other party said, there would be no loss. So I first transferred 1,000 yuan to the other party to buy **.
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When Ms. Li sent the screenshot of the transfer to the other party, the other party said that due to Ms. Li's operation error, she could not withdraw the money, and asked Ms. Li to transfer another 4,960 yuan. After Ms. Li transferred 4,960 yuan again, the other party asked Ms. Li to transfer 4,000 yuan, 4,500 yuan and 4,500 yuan on the grounds that Ms. Li's operation was wrong. After Ms. Li transferred these three transactions, the other party asked Ms. Li to withdraw 500 yuan, and then asked Ms. Li to transfer 10,000 yuan.
After receiving the police, the Luojiaqiao Police Station immediately opened a case for investigation. Ms. Li transferred a total of 18,960 yuan to the other party in five transactions, and was defrauded of 18,460 yuan in addition to withdrawing 500 yuan. At present, the case is under investigation.
Brother Qiang reminded
1. When receiving a voluntary refund from a person claiming to be a staff member of a training institution or a "customer service staff" of an online course platform, you must be vigilant and verify with the training institution or relevant departments first.
2.Don't click on unfamiliar links or scan unfamiliar ***, don't transfer money to strangers, find that you have been deceived, keep evidence such as transfer and chat records, and immediately call the police 110 for help.