Recently, I saw Xinhua News Agency publish a news investigation with the title of ""Invest 1,000 to Earn 50,000", * How to Let More Than 10,000 People Be Fooled". I took a look, and this is a fraud case cracked by the public security in Zhangzhou City, Fujian Province in 2023. Since January 2018, Xing Mouzhong, a 55-year-old native of Jilin, has concocted under the guise of "cooperating with the country to win the economic defense war" and "supporting the central bank digital currency" under the guise of "cooperating with the country to win the economic defense war" and "supporting the central bank digital currency"."Invest 1,000 yuan, and you can earn back 50,000 yuan by the end of the year."The so-called "prosperous China" investment project was fraudulent. **It was found that more than 10,000 people were involved in the case, and most of the victims were middle-aged and elderly ...... over 50 years oldThe journalist asked in the article:This kind of ** looks very clumsy, why can it lure tens of thousands of victims?
The explanation given in the article is that under the guise of "patriotism", they use words such as "digital currency", "the Belt and Road", "Chinese Dream" and other words that are often in the news. It is required to use the bank card of the Agricultural Bank of China to transfer money, because "only the Agricultural Bank of China is the bank of farmers and is the safest". In the name of "poverty alleviation" and "charity", fraud gangs often go to the homes of members with difficult families in WeChat groups to offer condolences, send money and goods, and then shoot and broadcast live. These tactics have convinced many victims that they are participating in projects that are "supporting the national strategy". But I don't think that's the root of the problem.
If we can't learn anything from a **, it's only a matter of time before we fall for it; And it will never be the last.
First of all, I don't think the fraud case cracked by the Zhangzhou City Public Security can be regarded as "clumsy". Just as the police handling the case said, "This is a hybrid case integrating contact fraud, telecommunications network fraud, and pyramid schemes." In addition, the fraud gang has a strict organizational structure and a clear division of labor, with a total of five levels from high to low**, and the financial, publicity, development downline, statistics and other teams perform their duties. If even this is clumsy, what is wisdom? My point of view is that deception doesn't matter if it's clumsy or advanced, the difference is whether it can fool you or be seen through by you.
The "Prosperous China" fraud case of "investing 1,000 to earn 50,000 yuan" is actually a very old-fashioned trick, but it is better than it has been tried and tested. Why is this happening? Let's start with a true story:
At the junction of Fengtai District and Haidian District in Beijing, there used to be a place called "Shawo". The location is near the current Wanshou Road outside the West Third Ring Road. Later, with the development of the city, the original village has long disappeared and has been replaced by modern high-rise buildings. But the "sand nest" of that year was famous in the entire northern region. It was once home to one of China's oldest Jin (zha) and financial (pian) talents.
Back in the late eighties of the last century. At that time, there was a mysterious story circulating in Beijing that could bring great wealth. It is said that before the defeat of the old Chiang, he secretly left a batch of original ** of the American "Citibank" with a face value of millions of dollars. However, ** was frozen by the state after 1949. Years later, its true value has exceeded billions of RMB. The 80s were in the early days of reform and opening up. The state specially approved the original holder to get these back**, but they can only be unfrozen after paying a large fee to the relevant department. How's that, does this sound familiar? But if you think that this is all there is to it, then you greatly underestimate what is called "Shawl" financial and cultural circle. At that time, in addition to Citibank**, there were also "Kim Il Sung bonds". There are also those called "Kim Il Sung", which are all the same thing anyway. It is said that Kim Il became the Korean War and issued a batch of gold dollar bonds. The value of this batch of bonds has increased dozens of times, and it can be exchanged for dollars or ** by North Korea at any time. Someone has seen a sample of this batch of bonds with their own eyes. As a result, "investors" of all sizes poured into the underground financial market of the "sand nest" with the dream of their wealth skyrocketing dozens of times overnight. They are the first people in China to start "**".
What I do know is that many of them are from Baoding, Hebei Province. They came to Beijing with a "huge sum" of more than 100,000 yuan in search of an opportunity to make a fortune. That's right, in those days, a set of courtyard houses in Houhai, Beijing, was only worth 50,000 yuan. When a 10,000 yuan household can go sideways. 100,000 dollars is definitely a huge amount of money. But this money was invested in the "sand nest", and not even a splash could be splashed. Friends have heard of it"Leather bag company and turnip stamp".。As everyone knows, "sand nest" is the source of these two. The villagers were fascinated by the various documents and warrants stamped with the fiery red seal. When it's fast, you can be cheated in a week. What's next? If you go home empty-handed, you will definitely not be able to go back. The deceived simply stayed, and joined the ranks of ** while working. How to take the medicine yourself, and then continue to copy it to others. In this way, a year and a half can be regarded as a small success, and then bring two or three hundred thousand "achievements" back to his hometown. And so on for several years. This history is not an urban legend, but a real occurrence.
At that time, on the streets of "Shawo", two people walked on the road and began to talk about the cooperation of a 100 million ** business. But these two may have pockets cleaner than their faces, and they can't even pay for breakfast. But this does not affect their vows to pat their chests, promising to make each other rich overnight. But if you show the slightest shame, you can't deserve the word **. If you say that you want to find a bank to ask if it is true or not, people will look at you like a fool: such a big matter, Zhongyang is in the hands of a few leaders, and what qualifications does a small bank have to know more about it. AbsolutelyIf you have to be stubborn, it's not impossible. It means that you are not someone else's dish at all, and it is a big deal to shoot it in two.
In the magical social circle of "Sand Nest", there are several people who have been active in various drinking bureaus for a long time. They were named in the name of the descendants of the XX family or the leadership of so-and-so. Among them, there are indeed descendants of declining aristocrats, but most of them rely on "acting" to serve as nurseries for ** people, and follow the rice. At one end of the wine glass, tell a few secret jokes. Then you can get paid to leave work or change to a drinking party. This kind of person belongs to drought and flood to ensure income. The police can't do anything about them. After all, bragging is not illegal. Although I was very young at that time, the place where I lived was not far from the "sand nest", and it was also a place where all religions and nine streams gathered. One person I know directly is from Baoding, Hebei Province. At that time, he was rubbing people in public baths. But as soon as he is free, he will tell others about "Kim Il Sung" and unfreeze "national assets". Who made me love to listen to all kinds of stories from gods and gods since I was a child? In the nineties, when the real rise of the first place, the "sand nest" financial market slowly disappeared.
With so much pen and ink, many friends may have discovered that this time"Invest a thousand and earn fifty thousand" is no different from history. It is nothing more than the "national righteousness" and "reform and opening up" of the year, and now it has been replaced by the "Belt and Road" and "Chinese Dream".
So here's the problem. Are these people really full of "patriotic" enthusiasm? Miss by a mile. The vast majority of these people were actually defeated by the dream of "getting rich overnight". "1,000 to 50,000" is far beyond the boundaries of their imagination. When a lie is big enough, it's easier to believe. Because a person lacks a minimum of logical training, he is often driven to do things by emotions and instincts. Many deceived people will think that no one would have the guts to make up such an outrageous thing when faced with a big lie, so this may be true. As a result, the more illogical and common sense the lie, the easier it is for many people to believe it. And when people's greed is fully magnified,No matter what kind of lies are full of loopholes, they can make the deceived person "self-rationalize". The so-called patriotism is nothing more than an excuse they have made for themselves. Moreover, the occurrence of this situation is not absolutely related to income level, age, and education.
For example, last year's thunderstorm "Ding Yifeng" investment**. With his own efforts, hundreds of thousands of people across the country have lost their investment. Many people have mortgaged their real estate loans to invest in Ding Yifeng. Its founder, Sui Guangyi, is the soul of the company. He wears multiple halos such as "Chairman Sui", "Master Sui", and "Master Sui". Under his leadership, Ding Yifeng is known for its "metaphysical investment" and "Zen investment method", with an annualized return of up to 35-100%. Even Warren Buffett can't reach the dust. Unlike the deceived people in "invest 1,000 yuan to earn 50,000 yuan a year"**, most of Ding Yifeng's investors are middle-class people in Shenzhen. The amount of money defrauded ranged from hundreds of thousands to tens of millions. The fact that these people are able to have these riches from scratch is enough to prove that they are not stupid. Shenzhen is also China's leading city with developed economy and information. So, how could these people be willing to be deceived? To put it bluntly,Some of them don't really understand that this is actually a game of "baton". How many of them are absolutely unaware that the thunderstorm of Ponzi ** is coming sooner or later? Everyone just wants to outperform their teammates and bet that they won't take the last baton!
If we connect the three cases of "Shawo Gold Rush Dream", "Prosperous China" and "Ding Yifeng", we will make new discoveries.
First of all, in all three casesEstablish a reason to be "full of positive energy". Whether it is "unfreezing national capital" or "supporting central bank digital currency", "cooperating with the country to win the economic defense war". Ding Yifeng's "favor of Middle Eastern princes" and traditional culture "metaphysical investment" also belong to this category. In a word, it isMake a big word that you can't understand, and make you give up normal logical thinking and stop paying attention to details. There is no logic to appeal to emotion. And once people start to be emotional, the opportunity for ** comes. If you don't pretend to be a big 13, I'm sorry for those straight little eyes. Do you know why no one is doing any traditional culture in football? Because football is live!
The second trick is to pull the banner as a tiger skin to flaunt absolute authority. In the "sand nest", it is the people around the leaders who are not aware of it; In the "prosperous China", it is a "state that does not know the reason"; In Ding Yifeng, it is invited to tout the platform of former foreign political celebrities. Generally, these two tricks are used, and most of the people who have never seen the world have already believed it. BecauseInMany people subconsciously admit that there is a hierarchy of information. Believe that "there are things you don't know because you're stupid, but because you're not qualified to know more." Therefore, there is a basis for packaging obvious loopholes as "state secrets". It is this initial cognition hidden in the mind that leads to the worship of the power interests of the low-level leeks. Information asymmetry is an irrational existence, but it has become the most important reason for "self-rationalization" in the process. So I said,No logic is pathetic, and believing in a set of pseudo-logic is terrible!
If a person does not care about common sense, has no logic, is accustomed to relying on others to make decisions for himself, and craves unexpected gifts. Such people need a "god" to ride on their heads.
Chat history of the victim of Ding Yifeng. In her eyes, Sui Guangyi is God.
On top of the above two steps already achieved, there are two more heavyweight cards. One is called relationship, and the other is called seniority. The so-called relationship is "pulling people's heads". Chinese people are more or less defensive about outsiders, but they are much more blind to trust their relatives and friends. I often thank people for "thinking of me when they are good" while being deceived. Finally, the qualifications to talk about are also the most common but the least desirable. The history of fraud in the "sand nest" has lasted for more than ten years. Ding Yifeng was established in 2011. It's been 13 years. As for the time of "investing 1,000 yuan and earning 50,000 yuan a year", it is unknown. State media said that as early as 2017, this "prosperous China" project had been established. The calculation also has a history of nearly ten years. The big and small ** used this kind of "nothing happened for more than ten years" to dispel the last trace of hesitation of the victim. So here's the problem. Didn't anyone find a problem in such a long process? None of them reported the case to the police? Just watching the snowball get bigger and bigger, devouring more and more people's lifetime wealth? If we say that the "sand nest" financial crime still occurred in the era of imperfect laws and regulations. Then, "Shengshi China" and "Ding Yifeng" can be active to this day. Why? In particular, "invest 1,000 yuan to earn 50,000 yuan a year"** Originally, it only took one year to "see the light and die". It is impossible for the victim to delay until several years later to report the crime! Why can there be fearlessness, and where is the crux of the problem?!
That's all for today's article. To sum up, if you want to prevent being deceived at the moment, you must learn some logic, pay more attention to details, and look less at empty slogans and big words; Don't easily believe in pies that fall from the sky; Maximize your message** and reduce the information scissors gap. And most importantly, that'sStay away from the "masters". Whether it is the secondary school "Master Lu" or the American homeowner "Chuck Master". Just watch them be struck by lightning!
It's the Shangyuan Festival. I wish my friends good health, festive reunion, peace and auspiciousness.