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The QR code on the gift certificate is also a scam!

As the Lunar New Year is approaching, fraud syndicates in Taiwan have become highly active recently. Not only are they bombarding the Internet with fraudulent messages 24 hours a day, but in reality they are also full of tricks, making it difficult for people to detect them.

The method that has deceived the most people recently is probably the so-called "free gift certificate" scam. Someone broke the news on Facebook that they received a "Year-End Gratitude Reward" gift certificate from a FamilyMart convenience store in their mailbox, claiming that all they need to do is scan it. The QR code on the gift certificate can get you 2,000 yuan in cash. The attractive offer has attracted many people to scan the code. However, is this actually a scam with old tricks and new tricks?

Beware of FamilyMart Gift Certificate Scams

It turns out that the police had received many reports as early as last year. At that time, they appeared in the form of "FamilyMart 500 yuan product gift certificates". The same method claimed that as long as they scanned the code, they could get 2,000 yuan in cash. However, many people scanned the code Later, I discovered that the money in the account was missing.

FamilyMart officials also urgently clarified that FamilyMart convenience stores have no longer sold gift certificates since 2014. Gift certificates issued by supermarkets are divided into physical and virtual ones, but no matter which form, they can be obtained directly from the supermarket. It is ready to use and does not require people to actively scan the code or provide personal information. The account displayed after scanning the gift certificate is an uncertified fake account, not an officially certified corporate account.

How to defraud your money by scanning QR code?

Many people have questioned how to defraud money by scanning QR codes. Experts have also explained that generally speaking, fraud groups mainly use several commonly used QR code fraud methods. The first one is to pretend to be a bank email, and the other party will ask you to update your account. Passwords and personal information. Once you fill in your personal account password, the money in the account will be stolen.

The second is to join a fake official account friend. The other party will ask you to download fake official software or fill in information on a fake official website. Once you fill in the information, your personal information may be leaked. The third common method is to scan. At the same time as the QR code, it will link to the website and ask you to download malware, thereby defrauding people's personal information.

Cryptocurrency wallets are risky

In addition to the general public, experts also warn that as cryptocurrency investment has become increasingly popular in recent years, many fraud groups have targeted investors’ cryptocurrency wallets, and there have been many new tricks developed to scan QR codes for fraud. Common ones include Several types:

1. When scanning the code, a highly fake website that requires your link and wallet signature will pop up. As long as you click to confirm, your wallet will be emptied.

2. Requesting the download of malicious software that allows the other party to synchronize mnemonic phrases, private keys and other information on the victim’s mobile phone

3. Change the mobile phone clipboard so that when you transfer money, the wallet address you copied a second ago becomes the address of the fraud group.

As early as when the real-name system was implemented during the epidemic, there were incidents where criminals secretly changed the QR code at the door of a store, causing investors to have their wallets stolen due to scanning. You must be careful. When scanning any QR code, if an unknown website, wallet authorization, or Unknown download, please cancel use directly.

As cryptocurrency investment has become increasingly popular in recent years, many fraud groups have targeted investors’ cryptocurrency wallets and have developed many new tricks to scan QR codes for fraud.

Scams are growing rapidly in Taiwan

According to information provided by the National Police Agency website, there have been an average of more than 20,000 fraud cases in Taiwan since 2017, and the number of cases has grown rapidly. Until last year, it soared to nearly 30,000 cases. According to statistics, the amount of fraud that people have suffered The total loss reached NT$6.96159 billion. A survey released by the Grassroots Influence Cultural and Educational Foundation in May this year showed that only 6% of the people in Taiwan have not received fraudulent calls or text messages.

Last year, the Executive Yuan announced the "New Generation Anti-Fraud Strategy Action Plan Version 1.5", which not only allocated a budget of 1.3 billion to strengthen anti-fraud efforts, but also established an additional "anti-fraud office" outside the Ministry of Digital Development. However, fraud has not decreased. Increasingly, frontline police officers once reluctantly revealed in a media interview that since the establishment of the Anti-Fraud Office, the methods of fraud groups have become more extreme and vicious. Not only are they becoming more and more difficult to trace, the amounts are also larger than before, and the fever has not subsided at all. There are signs, like adding fuel to the fire, that it is burning even more fiercely.

For this reason, the Police Department also appeals to the public that if they find suspicious or doubtful information in their daily lives, they should first call the 165 anti-fraud hotline for verification to avoid being deceived.

Finally, I would like to remind you that similar fraud methods are emerging in endlessly, and new fraud tactics are also changing with each passing day. For this reason, whether on the Internet or in reality, everyone must stay calm and alert when receiving any information from unknown sources. See Every piece of information should be reflected and verified by oneself instead of being easily believed. In a situation where fraud is rampant in society, all we can do is to be careful and do research, and don’t fall into the trap just for small profits. A small loss brings a big loss.

This article is reproduced with permission from: CryptoCity

Review editor: Gao Jingyuan

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