Your child is studying abroad, and you suddenly receive a strange call saying that your child has been kidnapped and demanding a huge ransom payment immediately, otherwise the ticket will be torn up! What to do?
Shanghai Anti-Fraud Center reminds:In the above situation, whether it is "real kidnapping", or "fake kidnapping, real fraud", do not transfer money easily, please call 110 to report to the police as soon as possible.
Real-world examples
At the end of December 2023, Xiao Qin, who was studying abroad, suddenly received a call from the so-called "police", who informed Xiao Qin that he had been suspected of a criminal case, and showed an arrest warrant, asking him to cooperate with the investigation. For the next two or three weeks, Xiao Qin contacted the "police" through the Telegram app every day to report his personal whereabouts.
After a period of contact, the "policeman" suddenly informed Xiao Qin that he could end the investigation, but he needed to cooperate with the filming of an anti-fraud **, and the content of ** was to imitate the picture of Xiao Qin being kidnapped, Xiao Qin went to the designated hotel to cooperate with the filming without thinking about it.
Not long after, Xiao Qin's parents, who live in Shanghai, received a "kidnapper"** The other party claimed to have kidnapped his son and demanded a ransom of 3 million yuan, and at the same time, **Xiao Qin was kidnapped**, Xiao Qin's parents who were anxious immediately chose to report the case, and with the full assistance of ** at home and abroad, they finally figured out that the "kidnapping case" was actually a "telecommunications network fraud" case, and Xiao Qin, who lost contact, was also safely recovered.
Fraudulent tactics
"Virtual kidnapping" fraud is a new type of network fraud specifically aimed at international students, and is an upgraded version of the traditional "impersonation of public security fraud", which uses international students who are not deeply involved in the world and information is not equal and carefully designed "two-way chain**" criminals impersonate public security organs, immigration bureaus, embassy and consulate staff through ** or the Internet, fabricate the facts that international students are suspected of violating the law and committing crimes, coax and threaten international students to cut off contact with their families, and record "beating" and "kidnapping" for help**, etc. Huge ransom demands from parents of international students.
1.To international students"**
Criminals will ask international students to report the situation continuously through hours of phone calls, or set up fake public security organs** to guide international students to inquire about the so-called "arrest warrants" and "wanted warrants" on their own, aiming to implement mental and behavioral control over international students and make them obey instructions.
2.Fake the kidnapping scene
Criminals contact the parents of international students as "kidnappers", take the audio shot by technical synthesis or trick international students, and forge the kidnapping scene to break through the psychological defense of the parents, and then deceive them into paying a huge "ransom".
3.Let international students lose contact
In order to prevent **, parents, teachers, etc. from getting in touch with international students, criminals will trick victims into handing over their communication accounts and passwords, quit all communication software, and then threaten or induce international students to leave their residences and go to the hotel alone to cut off contact with the outside world.
Fraudulent tactics
If international students receive suspicious requests such as "** case handling" and "assistance in investigation", they should answer cautiously, be vigilant, verify and ask for help through official channels in a timely manner, and inform parents of the relevant situation in a timely manner.
If parents of international students receive suspicious**, whether it is kidnapping or fraud, they should immediately report to the police, and do not trust others, transfer money.
Editor: Li Zhihao.
Source: Municipal Public Security Bureau.
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