The pig-killing scam is a common fraud method. Generally speaking, the routine of this type of fraud is to communicate with the victim first, gain trust, and then commit fraud. Due to the development of virtual currency in recent years, this fraud method has been combined with virtual currency to derive a new model, which is the virtual currency pig-killing scam.
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1. What are the tricks used in virtual currency scams?
① Online dating
This routine is a relatively traditional routine. The scammer will first add the victim as a friend, chat about daily life, and develop a close relationship with the victim. In this process, the scammer will show the victim his so-called "high-end personality" and leave the victim with the impression of a successful person. When the scammer thinks the time is right, he will induce the victim to invest. For novices, they will start by introducing virtual currency and proceed step by step; for veterans, they will directly recommend some products. At this time, the victim trusts the scammer very much, and often transfers money to the scammer or purchases products according to instructions out of trust.
② Investment teaching
This type of trick is mainly aimed at novices. The fraud gang will pretend to be a very professional training institution, and the instructors there all seem to have rich experience. They first publish some investment tutorials on the Internet platform to attract students. These students will be their potential targets for fraud in the future. Some students will be attracted by these courses, and at this time the fraudsters will strengthen contact with them and recommend virtual currency investment products to them. In order to achieve a realistic effect, some gangs will first recommend real investment products to students. After the students find that they have generated profits, they will increase their investment. The fraudsters will recommend risky or even fake investment products to the victims. Because the victims have trust, they often join the game without thinking.
③Fake platform
There is another method that is even simpler. The scammers first develop a close relationship with the victim, and when the time is right, they will recommend a virtual currency trading platform to the victim. These platforms often look very high-end, and the data inside is very realistic, making people think that this is a virtual currency trading platform. Some scammers will even use the names of the top overseas virtual currency exchanges to create a fake website that is almost identical to the real exchange website. When the victim invests assets in these fake platforms according to the instructions, he has already fallen into the trap of the scammers.
④ Secondary fraud
This is a very vicious routine, taking advantage of the victim's anxiety after being defrauded. When the victim realizes that he has been defrauded of virtual currency, he will be eager to recover his losses. At this time, some scammers claim that they have some technical means to recover assets. As long as the victim is willing to pay, the loss can be recovered. Some victims have lost their minds at this time and fell into the trap again, paying these so-called "technical gods". However, the so-called "technical means" do not exist, and the victims are deceived again.
2. How to deal with virtual currency pig-killing scams?
Generally speaking, being vigilant when strangers add you as friends, and never transferring money to online friends or investing according to their instructions are all common ways to deal with pig-killing scams. These methods can help you avoid financial losses before you are deceived. However, in this article, the author will focus on how to deal with it after you are deceived.
Call the police as soon as possible after being cheated. Only by calling the police as soon as possible can the police stop the fraudster's bank account more quickly. If you call the police too late, the fraudster may have transferred the stolen money before the police stop the payment, or even extend the stop payment several times. This is not conducive to the public security organs to solve the case, nor is it conducive to the victims to get their property back.
Some victims were defrauded of virtual currency instead of RMB. Can it be recovered?
Compared with RMB fraud, virtual currency fraud is indeed more difficult to deal with, because it is difficult for the police to use means such as stop payment and freeze to control the accounts involved. However, the public security organs are constantly improving. Some public security organs are using technical means to crack down on more and more cases of virtual currency fraud. Therefore, victims should also report to the police immediately after being defrauded of virtual currency.
Some victims may have such concerns: The country does not protect virtual currency transactions now. I was cheated in virtual currency transactions. Will the public security organs handle it?
Such concerns are somewhat justified, but not entirely correct.
It is true that my country currently does not protect virtual currency transactions. In practice, some local public security organs believe that being defrauded in virtual currency transactions or investments is a risk, so they do not accept virtual currency cases. However, as public security organs continue to handle such cases, more and more public security organs no longer hold this view. If you encounter a public security organ that refuses to file a case, you can seek relief in accordance with legal procedures. If it is difficult to report a case or handle relief procedures for your own reasons, you can also entrust a lawyer to assist in handling it. #内容挖矿 #BTC