On May 30, the Public Security Bureau of Foshan City, Guangdong Province held a press conference on the "Hurricane No. 4" project, reporting a recently uncovered illegal project that maliciously used search tools to commit telecommunications fraud. In this case, the fraud gang mainly used illegal hacking methods to forge and imitate the websites and customer service telephone numbers of regular companies and institutions, deceiving netizens and further defrauding them of money.

The development of Internet technology has brought convenience to the people, but it has also allowed many criminals to use technological means to breed new crimes. The cause of the case dates back to November 2018, when Mr. Zhi, a citizen of Foshan, encountered fake "customer service" on the Internet and was defrauded of nearly 10,000 yuan.

After learning about the incident, Duxiaoman Finance (formerly "Baidu Finance") found a number of clues related to it through internal research and judgment, and then provided relevant clues to the Foshan police.

After several months of inter-provincial and city investigations and arrests by the police, as of May 14, in the "Hurricane No. 4" project, the police had destroyed 13 dens and arrested Zhan Mouyuan and other criminal suspects. 63 people were involved, completely destroying a black industry chain of online loan and telecom fraud based on false information on the Internet.

The veil of the so-called "search for illegal products" has also been lifted. It is understood that the fraud gang will first obtain a large number of small websites through purchase or illegal technical means, and add various fake customer service phone numbers and other information to the web pages of these small websites, and then use cheating technology to make these include fake customer service phone numbers. Fake websites with fake customer service numbers have a chance to appear at the top of search engine results. Once users dial the numbers of these fake customer service, they will use various tricks to defraud money, making users accidentally fall into the trap of criminals. trap.

In the virtual environment, related illegal activities are becoming more and more hidden and dispersed. Some criminals also imitate user search behavior, control hundreds of servers, and create a large number of fake users. This also makes it difficult to crack down on illegal activities. It's been increasing.

"The concealed modus operandi of the fraud gang once put the investigation into trouble. However, with the active cooperation and full assistance of the relevant financial platform companies, the investigation of the case was smoothly advanced." said the policeman handling the case.

Relevant people from Duxiaoman Financial stated that after learning of the incident, relevant company personnel immediately collected clues and actively assisted the police in investigating the case. Searching for illegal products has greatly harmed Internet users and many industries. They illegally divert traffic and publish false advertisements and information. Black product chains breed fraud and other types of cases, affecting the credibility and security of the entire network environment.

Duxiaoman Financial specially reminds users to be more vigilant, stay away from illegal products, and be careful to identify any unofficial certification information. Use Internet tools. You can usually check the official customer service phone number on the help information page of the official APP. .

During the call to customer service, if the other party mentions money freezing, large handling fees, etc., you should stop the operation immediately; at the same time, any online and offline transactions outside of the unofficial APP-bound account You should be extremely vigilant when transferring money. The lending and repayment accounts of formal institutions are all company accounts and there are absolutely no personal accounts.

Duxiaoman Financial is committed to using technology to provide trustworthy financial services to more people. Duxiaoman Financial attaches great importance to the purification of the Internet environment, spares no effort to combat online fraud, and has been actively promoting the healthy development of the Internet financial ecosystem.

Security tip: Duxiaoman’s customer service phone number is 95055. There is online customer service on the App. There is currently no personal QQ customer service or other customer service phone number.