“Phone arrears” and “tax refund for car purchases” are frequently scammed by the Ministry of Public Security: beware of being cheated

Recently, public security organs in Beijing, Shanghai, Guangxi, Fujian and other places have successively cracked down several criminal gangs that used telephone fraud in the name of “telephone arrears” and “tax refund for car purchases”, arrested more than 70 suspects and seized computers and banks. A large number of crime-making tools such as cards. In response to the high incidence of fraud cases such as "telephone arrears" and "tax refund for car purchases", the Ministry of Public Security issued a police reminder today to remind citizens that they must raise awareness of self-protection and beware of being deceived.

In October this year, Shanghai Min Bai received a call from a person who claimed to be a member of the telephone bureau, informing Bai that the phone owed money and demanded payment. After being rejected by Bai Mou, the caller suggested that he call the police to the police and transfer the call to a man who claimed to be a policeman of the police. The man claimed that someone used Baimou ’s information to carry out illegal activities. In order to ensure the safety of the funds in his account, he could freeze his account. According to the other party's prompt, Bai Mou transferred the 670,000 yuan in his account to the other party's account on the ATM machine twice. Afterwards, Baimou was alerted to be deceived and immediately called the police.

In addition to fraud in the name of telephone arrears, "tax refund for car purchases" is also a common trick used by criminals to defraud. Fujian and Guangdong police have recently cracked a fraud gang led by Zhang. The gang faked the staff of the State Administration of Taxation and used the virtual phone number to call the owner ’s mobile phone or landline in the name of lowering the purchase tax on the car. The money from your account is transferred to the fraudster's account.

The relevant person in charge of the Ministry of Public Security reminded that the masses of the people, especially the middle-aged and the elderly, should increase awareness of identification, contingency and self-protection when they receive calls from strangers and text messages from mobile phones. If remittances are involved, you should verify with your family or friends.