The "virtual currency" scam has been exposed, and some people have been defrauded of millions.
The "virtual currency" scam has been exposed, and some people have been defrauded of millions. It is not easy to make profits through blockchain token games. Stable, and possibly even a scam. Don't believe in so-called good opportunities, and be cautious about claims that you can make money quickly in a short period of time. The "virtual currency" scam has been exposed, and some people have been defrauded of millions.
The "virtual currency" scam was exposed, and someone was defrauded out of millions 1
With the support of the Metaverse concept, various NFT chain game projects are booming, and criminal gangs are also following suit. Develop so-called chain game projects, issue game tokens and list them on decentralized exchanges.
Ling Feng revealed that such online pyramid schemes using virtual currency as a gimmick have appeared as early as three or four years ago, and there are more cases abroad. "These cases have obvious characteristics. They basically rely on new concepts related to virtual currency to attract people to participate in investment." he said.
Ling Feng said: "On Weibo, Tieba and other platforms, if someone takes the initiative to chat privately and introduce projects to you, then these can basically be judged as scams; if someone sends an invitation code, it can basically be judged as a scam. " MLM. "
According to the "2021 Blockchain and Virtual Currency Crime Trend Research Report" (hereinafter referred to as the "Report") released by Zhifan Technology, virtual currency pyramid schemes cases The models mainly include exchange model, wallet model, false "smart contract" model, smart contract model, mining machine rental model, cloud mining machine model, quantitative mining machine model and virtual currency MLM model.
Take the currently popular "Metaverse" as an example. Under the concept of Metaverse, various NFT chain game projects are booming, and criminal gangs are also following the trend, developing so-called chain game projects and issuing game tokens. currency, go to the centralized exchange route.
Reports pointed out that in such cases, project parties usually attract investors by using hot spots and relying on well-known projects to continuously increase the value of game tokens, and rely on high-yield combinations to attract more speculation. The essence is that users consume mainstream currencies by exchanging platform currency to expand the fund pool, and the project team takes the opportunity to arbitrage funds and run away.
Industry analysts believe that as a new form of online MLM, virtual currency MLM is highly concealed, but its tactics are similar but have three typical characteristics: First, the entry fee, which investors need to pay The second is to attract people, and the income of participants in MLM comes from the fees paid by the development of downline members; the third is compound interest remuneration, based on the fees paid directly or indirectly by development personnel. Among them, the first is to attract people, the second is that the income of the participants who attract people comes from the fees paid by developing downline members; the third is compound remuneration, based on the number of people directly or indirectly developed as the basis for calculation.
In response to these situations, relevant departments are also increasing supervision. For example, at the end of February 2022, the Supreme People's Court included virtual currency transactions into the category of illegal fund absorption for the first time. In addition, the China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission also issued risk warnings to prevent illegal fund-raising in the name of "Yuanverse".
The reporter noticed that during this year’s two sessions, many National People’s Congress deputies and members of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference also expressed their views on strengthening the supervision of Yuanverse-related industries. Tan Jianfeng, a member of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, president of the Fifth Space Information Technology Research Institute, and honorary president of the Shanghai Information Security Industry Association, said that currently, NFT virtual art (such as cartoon portraits, electronic paintings) based on blockchain technology is in the " "Yuanverse" is very popular, but supervision is difficult to implement and may form new money laundering channels.
"To deepen the development of the digital economy, it must be integrated with the development of the real economy, but at the same time, attention must be paid to preventing capital from using national development plans and hot concepts to create new virtual economic bubbles, and to prevent individual people from taking advantage of policy dividends. The 'gap' is a 'leek' to cut off investors." Tan Jianfeng said.
Wang Peng, associate professor at Renmin University, told reporters that at present, online frauds including telecommunications fraud, illegal fund-raising and other online frauds are emerging in an endless stream, mainly taking advantage of two public mentality. One is the emergence of new technologies, new elements or new applications. , everyone generally doesn’t understand it; the second is the speculative mentality. If you don’t understand it, you will speculate and want to make quick money.
In this regard, Wang Peng put forward the following suggestions to prevent online fraud with gimmicks such as the Metaverse concept and NFT. First, the relevant government regulatory authorities should increase their crackdowns, discover relevant clues in a timely manner, cut them off in a timely manner, and deal with them in a timely manner. , rather than turning a small problem into a big social problem to deal with;
Secondly, industry associations and other relevant specialized agencies should target gimmicks such as the Metaverse and NFT to prevent The Internet is being used for fraud. Institutions should introduce relevant industry specifications for new technologies such as Yuanverse and NFT, and strengthen public education; third, the mass media should strengthen relevant publicity. On the one hand, it should strengthen the publicity of the application of the technology itself and eliminate the mystery of the technology. In order to make people more aware of risks.
"Finally, I think from my own perspective, one is to strengthen the study of technology and not to follow what others say. Risks and benefits are directly proportional. The higher the benefits, the higher the risks; the second is not to be gullible. The so-called good opportunity should be cautious about making quick money in a short period of time and consider the problem from a long-term perspective." Wang Peng said.
The "virtual currency" scam was exposed, and someone was defrauded out of millions 2
Recently, more than 150,000 young people in the Philippines are addicted to playing a pet-raising game to make money. The principle of the game is that players obtain an electronic card by raising Pokemon. This deck of cards is actually a virtual currency that players can freely trade on dedicated online cryptocurrency trading platforms in exchange for real money.
These young people obtain virtual currencies through "mining" and can earn hundreds of dollars per month. This is essentially a blockchain token game disguised as a game, but in the Philippines, where the per capita monthly income is about US$200, being able to earn a substantial income by playing games is undoubtedly a huge attraction for young people.
However, we must see that making money through blockchain token games is unstable and may even be a scam. For example, the "Mars Volunteers" blockchain game that became popular at the beginning of this year, although it has caught on with the popularity of the Metaverse and Musk, and promoted "play and earn while", the income is as high as 10,000 times, but it requires more than 600 yuan to purchase virtual coins. , eventually causing the currency value to collapse due to the high rewards for game promotion.
In response to this kind of behavior, on February 18 this year, the China Banking Regulatory Commission issued the "Risk Warning on Preventing Illegal Fund-raising in the Name of "Yuanverse"", which mentioned that some Criminals exploit hot spots and engage in "Yuanverse Investment Projects". Some criminals use the names of "Yuanverse Investment Projects" and "Yuanverse Chain Games" to speculate on hot spots and attract funds, and are suspected of illegal fund-raising, fraud and other illegal and criminal activities. In essence, they are targeting How much money can be exchanged for the virtual tokens obtained by playing the game banner is based on extremely unstable market transaction value. Once it collapses, it will eventually become a bubble game.
Therefore, our country has always been a bubble game. Attention should be paid to the supervision of Bitcoin. In May last year, the Financial Stability and Development Committee of the State Council held a meeting to resolutely prevent and control financial risks and severely crack down on Bitcoin mining and trading. From a purely technical perspective, professional mining machines are in the blockchain. The "mining" efficiency on the Internet is far better than that of ordinary game-playing machines. China's "mining power" once accounted for more than 60% of the world's "mining power". Many "miners" have set up a large number of mines in places where energy is cheap in China, such as small hydropower stations. Mining machines.
However, while China was able to generate some overseas revenue from mining Bitcoin and other types of coins, it resolutely shut down mining farms everywhere and its share of global electricity quickly declined. to less than 5%. This is the right decision because wasting a lot of energy just to produce casino chips is not beneficial to China as a whole. Many people have noticed that the previous surge in graphics card prices was related to the large number of graphics cards being used for mining. . If young people are triggered to participate in blockchain currency speculation, the consequences will be more serious.
However, the world is determined to regulate and shut down various blockchain currency speculations. There are not many countries that do this. Young people in South Korea who are under great pressure in life have joined the digital currency game, hoping to get rich overnight.
In the winter of 2017, two-thirds of the world’s largest Bitcoin transactions occurred. South Korea.
There is no doubt that the development of digital technology is the highlight of the global economy in the new century, but for young people in the "e era", it is not necessarily a good thing.
Most young people in the world grew up in an era of rapid development of digital technology, and their understanding of wealth is also changing under the influence of wealth myths. The way the previous generation worked hard on factory assembly lines to accumulate wealth is "gone forever" in the minds of young people and is no longer attractive.
In fact, for a country like the Philippines with a large labor force and a lack of employment opportunities, even a factory assembly line job with average income is a good starting point for young people. Factories can solve a large number of jobs. The local government also welcomes this position. However, electronic culture invaded these countries before industrial culture, and all it took was low-end computers and mobile phones to make an entire country's young people addicted.
Therefore, some countries are aware of this problem and guide the correct use of digital technology, such as promoting distance education during the epidemic, limiting the time young people play games, and regulating game content wait. However, the development levels of countries around the world are uneven. It is not easy to enjoy the fruits of digital technology through development. How to further enhance strengths and avoid weaknesses also poses higher challenges.
No matter how technologically advanced, if a country wants to achieve long-term development, the spirit of young people cannot be lost. We must recognize the Ponzi scheme or bubble economy hype under various new packages. This is the true meaning of a positive society.
With the continuous advancement of artificial intelligence, robots, new energy and other technologies, perhaps one day the nature of labor in traditional industries will undergo fundamental changes, but this change needs to lead young people towards real technological innovation , instead of becoming more and more addicted to the bubble game of "capital and human nature".
The "virtual currency" scam was exposed, and someone was defrauded out of 10,000 yuan3
In daily life, there are often strangers calling people claiming to be recruiting people into the stock group for free; on the Internet platform, also There are often advertisements for various stock lectures. Many people have the mentality of joining the group to watch and listen to the classes without spending any money. Unexpectedly, they step into the whirlpool of deception and suffer heavy losses. During the investigation, the reporter found that the so-called "teachers" in these stock groups first recommended stocks, and after gaining trust, they would recommend virtual digital currencies issued by themselves to defraud investors of their money.
"Virtual currency" claimed to be worth 100 times the premium, and the website was shut down to trap money and run away
After the reporter lurked into the stock group as an investor, he discovered that there were many victims across the country because of free Join the group and suffer harm.
Source of the sound--Lecture audio of a certain stock group: Bateman is China's first and only digital currency platform and will be launched soon. The platform wants to issue platform currency, which is equivalent to stocks and IPO. I expect the platform currency to have a 10 to 20 times premium, or even a 100 times premium.
Under the temptation of so-called huge profits of 10 times to 100 times, many people buy "virtual coins" in large quantities. Suddenly, the Bateman virtual currency trading platform was closed overnight without warning, the stock group was disbanded, and any so-called "teacher" or "customer service" could no longer be contacted, and all the money invested by the victim could not be withdrawn. It is understood that "teacher" and "customer service" are both "Beijing investors", and "teacher" and "customer service" are both "Beijing investors".
Beijing investor: It was around 1 a.m. on April 9. After waking up in the middle of the night, I took my mobile phone to check how the market was going. I found that the platform could not be opened, all the numbers were gone, and my account number was gone. It's also empty, those groups are gone, and all the links can't be opened. A **** of mine was defrauded of more than 400,000 yuan, and many were defrauded of more than 1 million yuan.
Investors in Shenzhen, Guangdong: My husband was sick, so we lent him out. Basically, we lent out more than 1 million yuan. The main problem now is that I still have children who need to study. Credit card repayments will affect my credit report. If the children are illiterate, my credit report will have problems. I am already at the end of my rope.
A woman with nearly 20 years of experience in stock trading is very cautious about investing and feels that she will not be deceived. At first, she saw other people in the group following the teacher in operating digital currencies, but she didn't take it seriously. However, as people in the group continued to post some extremely high-profit profit screenshots, and the "teachers" continued to brainwash them, I made my first money with the mentality of giving it a try.
Investors from Pingdingshan City, Henan Province: Still couldn’t resist the temptation, they paid 4,000 yuan first, won the lottery again, and bought again at 12 o’clock in the evening, which is equivalent to investing all 44,000 yuan. After investing, he said it was a lock-up period and started to issue platform coins again, and the platform coins were 10 times more profitable.
Xia Yu, a lawyer at Beijing Kangda Law Firm: Article 266 of my country’s Criminal Law stipulates that those suspected of fraud may be sentenced to a maximum of 10 years in prison or even life imprisonment depending on the specific circumstances of the crime. .
Humanistic care under the guise of stock lectures deceives the elderly
Why is this common "fraud scheme" so successful? The reporter's investigation found that in addition to playing emotional cards to gain the trust of the victims, the most important thing is that these fraud gangs have repeatedly impersonated some large formal financial platforms to endorse themselves, fabricating some false stories about getting rich overnight to lure victims into taking the bait.
The reporter saw in the stock group that the online lecture platform was called "LANXESS Double Lecture Hall". After investors joined through the stock lecture advertisements it published, many people began to try to enter the platform to listen to lectures. In addition to giving lectures, the so-called "teachers" will also post long articles to answer questions for "students" in the middle of the night every day. "Assistant teachers" with beautiful avatars are always available to answer "students'" stock questions. After gradually gaining trust, the "teacher" convinces the "student" to purchase virtual digital currency.
Investors in Shenzhen, Guangdong: He started to recommend a few stocks to make you money. After recommending a few stocks, he stopped caring and kept asking you to hold them. Later, he said that the market was not good and asked you to sell all the stocks. Sell ??it, buy new one and make money.
Beijing investor: The profit of virtual currency is too high. It can be as high as a few yuan or dozens of yuan. Our final hype reached 10 times. He lectures very well and is very strong and caring.
Many victims told reporters that they had also had suspicions, but the fraud gangs had repeatedly used the identities of some large securities firms as endorsements to confuse investors. The reporter saw in the stock group that once there was an investment If users express doubts, they will be immediately banned or kicked out of the group. In the end, all that are left are victims who have no experience with virtual currencies and lack financial knowledge.
The victims told reporters that until now they have never seen Mr. Li from this so-called securities company, and they don’t even know his full name.
Afterwards, they realized that the "Bateman Virtual Currency Trading Platform" did not actually exist, and the so-called "virtual currency" was not real in terms of its age, rise and fall, and was completely a scammer's platform. Self-directed and self-acted digital illusion.
Five types of online fraud occur frequently and the police warn of risks
At present, many victims have reported the crime. During the investigation, the reporter found that there are still many similar fraud gangs still committing fraud. So, how should ordinary investors avoid being deceived?
Many victims told reporters that they have recently discovered that new stock lecture platforms and new digital currency trading platforms have emerged. When they registered and logged in with their mobile phone number and ID card information, they found that as long as they had previously registered on the Ultraman trading platform, after registering on the new so-called "Ultraman trading platform", their accounts were shown to be frozen and unable to enter.
Beijing investor: I discovered an Ottoman platform, which is also a digital currency. The content is the same as Bateman, but the name is different. The currency types are a little different, but other operating modes, including fund management, new currency subscription, flow inquiry, etc., are exactly the same.
The name "Bateman" is actually the "Bei" of "Bateman", and "Bateman" is the "Bei" of "Bateman".
A staff member of the Hongxing Police Station of the Daxing Branch of the Beijing Municipal Public Security Bureau said: The case has been filed and an investigation has been launched, and the criminal police will be responsible for verification later.
The police said that there are many similar fraud cases, and investors must be more vigilant. If they feel abnormal after transferring money to an unfamiliar account, they should call the police immediately.
At present, the public security organs have discovered more than 50 types of fraud, among which the five major types of cases are highly frequent, namely online bill rebates, false investment and financial management, false online loans, impersonating customer service, and impersonating public prosecutors and legal lawyers.
Xia Yu, a lawyer at Beijing Kangda Law Firm: I would like to remind investors to choose formal and legal investment channels. Remember that "there is no pie in the sky" and you should be wary of those ultra-high-yield investments.
"Investment and financial management" is a "small investment", but it is also a "big investment".