"Expert recommendation! Make a stable profit but don't lose money!"
"Inside information! Internal benefits! Platform vulnerabilities!"
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Don't be a leek
"Investment and financial management that is stable and profitable"
It's all scams!
On September 8, Ms. Zheng (pseudonym) came to the Anti-Fraud Center of Peng'an County Public Security Bureau to report to the police, saying that she was involved in investment and financial management projects online and was cheated of more than 260,000 yuan.
After learning, in August 2025, a TikTok friend who had not contacted for several months suddenly sent a message saying that he was currently working on an online investment and financial management project.There is "insider information" and has made a lot of money. He sent a screenshot of the platform income to Ms. Zheng,Invite her to join.
Ms. Zheng saw the income sent by the other party, and in his heart he clicked on a ">"COFCO"'s investment and financial management website, and in accordance with the other party's guidance, recharged 31,000 yuan in succession.
After that, Ms. Zheng saw that the income in her platform account continued to rise, but when she was preparing to withdraw, the platform customer service prompted"Account exception was frozen", 100,000 yuan of thawing funds are required. After Ms. Zheng paid the money, the platform still showed that it was impossible to withdraw cash. According to customer service guidance, she continued to recharge 50,000 yuan as a thawing money.
The account shows thawing, but it still cannot withdraw cash. The customer service said at this time that taxes and fees must be paid before withdrawing cash together. Ms. Zheng transferred 82,324 yuan again as required. As a result, the cash was still unable to withdraw, and the other party continued to induce transfers for other reasons. Only then did Ms. Zheng realize that she was cheated, a total of 263,324 yuan.
Fraud routines are revealed
Step 1:Draining
scammers use various channels such as social tools, text messages, web pages, etc. --tt-darkmode-color: #D92142;">Publish and promote online investment and financial management information such as stocks, foreign exchange, futures, and virtual currencies, or place advertisements on online platforms such as official accounts, Weibo, Douyin, Kuaishou, and Zhihu, claiming that there are internal information and investment channels, finding victims and establishing connections.
Step 2:Brainwashing
After establishing a connection, exchange investment experience through chat and attracting people to enter"Investment and Financial Management" group chat, Listen to the live lectures of "investment experts" and "financial mentors" to gain the initial trust of the victims by obtaining lies such as living lies such as "information information" and obtaining generous returns.
Step 3:Induction
After defrauding the victim's trust, gradually induce him/herLogin to a fake website, Scan the QR code to download the mobile app, and perform Investment and financial management operations. Guide the victims to test the initial small investment, obtain low rebate, and then gain further trust.
Step 4:Harvest
Continue to advocate"Staying profits but not losing money" "high returns", inducing victims Increase capital investment. When the victim wants to withdraw cash, the other party will ask for payment of "unfreeze fee", "margin", "tax and fee" to complete the withdrawal. If the payment is not as good as possible, the account funds will be lost. In this way, the victim will find that he has been blocked by the other party and the investment and financial management websites and apps are no longer able to log in.
1. The so-called "successful" people and "mental experts" encountered on the Internet can take you to invest and manage your finances with high returns, stable profits or insider information. #D92142; --tt-darkmode-color: #D92142;">is all fraud.
2. The so-called investment and financial management APP or website are privately produced by fraudsters. The profits shown above can be controlled at will.control changes at will, the earlysuccessfully withdrawn small amounts in order to cheat you more money.
3. Online investment allows you to transfer money to your personal card number for any reason #A3A3A3;">, or a public account with inconsistent names, is all fraud.
Source: Peng'an Public Security
