The user contacted a netizen from the social platform, and under the induction of the netizen, he invested in a foreign exchange trading platform, and then found that the black platform was defrauded.
Most people think they are unlucky enough to be hit by themselves, but in most cases it is a long-planned fraud, not an accident. Scammers will collect user personal information through various channels, screen users through the user's personal information, and accurately implement fraud.
For example, scammers will choose those who are single and have a certain amount of savings on the implementation of the pig plate fraud, for some financial distress through the fund plate scam to induce users to borrow money, into the gold black platform...
In today's serious information leakage, for crooks, in fact, we are the state of "streaking".
Recently, Hangzhou police successfully cracked a case of infringement of citizens' personal information.
These crooks have the skills, the record, the ambition. They use fake partnerships with companies to get hundreds of millions of citizens' personal information, which they then sell to those who need it. In this case, not only users are the victims, but also many businesses.
They first pretended to be a big data company, and forged certificates of qualification and guarantees, claiming that through their technology, they could carry out accurate sales and delivery. So some companies that want to do marketing come to them for cooperation.
After the company downloaded the fraudster's technology package, it was not only useless, but a lot of customer information was stolen.
After obtaining the information, the scammers then sell the personal information through channels such as overseas social software. In this way, the scammers make a lot of money. Then more people joined them.
Until February 2022, the Binjiang Public Security Bureau received the report, and the police immediately filed a case for investigation, went to four provinces to carry out the net, and successfully captured the core criminal suspects.
Up to now, the police have arrested 12 criminal suspects, taken 11 criminal compulsory measures in accordance with the law, seized more than 400 million pieces of personal information data involving citizens, seized more than 50 pieces of criminal equipment such as computers, mobile phones and hard disks, and involved 30 million yuan in capital.
How to protect personal information
Just a dozen people stole more than 400 million pieces of personal information and made a profit of 30 million yuan. Huge temptation, so that countless liars began to fraud. Investors must always be careful to protect their personal information.
1. Fill in your personal information carefully and be wary of websites that require you to fill in your bank account and password.
2. Properly dispose of bills printed with personal information and do not discard them at will
3. The copy of ID card should indicate the purpose.
4. Your resume provides only simple personal information.
5. Don't add unidentified friends.
6. Don't download apps from unknown sources.
The above believe that most users know, but similar to the above case, the problem in the formal enterprise user information stolen, let people impossible to guard against, at the same time, now a variety of fraud theft means, we can only reduce the possibility of information theft, the most important thing is to be reviewed on the trading platform, this is the last line of defense, but also the most important line of defense.
How to review trading platforms?
On the one hand, investors can investigate the trader's information on the network, and if there is a lot of negative information, they must stay away from the platform. On the other hand, investors can also search for the dealer in the Forex eye, query the dealer's license information, MT4/5 information, exposure information... Through these dealer information to make a comprehensive judgment.