The most iron-clad in the game circle must be "Egg Boy Party". Since its explosion in 2023, "Egg Boy Party" has been full of flowers and applause, while hiding dirt and dirt. In mid-2023, there will be authorities** and public security departments**, and many fraudsters will target minors in the game. At that time, the report that a 13-year-old boy in Dongguan was defrauded of more than 360,000 yuan caused an uproar in the society.
I thought that ** would be reined in, and game manufacturers would also launch countermeasures. But I never expected that in the second half of 2023, the number of fraud cases related to "Egg Boy Party" will increase.
According to incomplete statistics, since the second half of 2023, there are more than 50 local public security and political and legal system government accounts across the country, such as Yulin City Public Security Bureau, Dongguan City Public Security Bureau, Huainan City Public Security Bureau, Yongxiu County Public Security Bureau, etc., have released cases of "free gifts" and props related to egg boy parties.
Open the web and search for "free ** scam", and the news that pops up is even more shocking!
When a 9-year-old elementary school student was playing a game, he received a message from a stranger saying that he was "giving away ** for free" and was defrauded of 24,000 yuan; A 13-year-old child played games with his father's mobile phone, and added strangers and friends to receive "Egg Boy Party Free**" was remotely controlled by ** mobile phone and was deceived of more than 10 yuan; "Free**" took away all the money in the bank card, and a gang targeted teenagers to commit fraud ......These victims are often junior high school or elementary school students who are still mentally immature.
From the end of December to mid-February 2023, Hao Qifeng, a police officer from the Criminal Investigation Brigade of the Changyuan City Public Security Bureau, has taken over seven or eight cases of "Egg Boy Party Free Game**" fraud, and the age of the victims is basically between 9 and 16 years old, "There have been cases since October last year, and by December there were obviously more such cases than before." Especially the egg boy party, which is played by children. ”
When handling the case, Hao Qifeng asked every child the same question, why did he go to get the free **?
The child's answer is generally similar, the initial ** of the egg boy party is too ugly, other people's ** are very good-looking, he also wants to be beautiful**, Officer Hao said, "The child has no money himself, and when someone says that he wants to give him a**, he will take the bait directly." ”
Although very few children are willing to admit that their desire is based on comparing themselves to their friends, it does exist. There are also many parents on the Internet who report that the trend of comparison games between children is prevalent. "Egg Boy Party" also accurately grasps the preferences of teenagers, and IPs such as Pig Man, Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf, Ultraman, and Guobao Special Attack are simply dimensionality reduction blows for them.
According to Officer Hao's analysis, the criminals took advantage of the child's desire for games, disseminated the information of free delivery, screened out young minors with insufficient cognitive ability, and accurately carried out fraud.
In my opinion, it is more effective to protect players by cutting off the channels for fraudsters to contact players directly from the source, such as banning and banning users who mention remarks such as "add friends and send **" on public screens and private messages. Knowing that fraudsters have targeted their gamers, it is really embarrassing that the anti-fraud work of "Egg Boy Party" is mainly focused on publicity.
As NetEase's current brightest "boy", "Egg Boy Pie" pins on NetEase Games' expectations for the next 10 years. But in the face of such frequent fraud cases, there are no tough countermeasures, and even a relatively laissez-faire attitude is adopted to allow criminals to run rampant in the game, and "Egg Boy Party" is obviously dreaming if it wants to have long-term vitality.