Recently, the Taiwan police released statistics showing that from January to August this year, a total of 2,994 fake investment fraud cases were accepted, with a financial loss of more than NT $1.2 billion, which is the second highest case in all fraud cases, an increase of 1399 cases over the same period last year, an increase of up to 90%.

Taiwan police introduced the current common fake investment fraud methods, criminals posing as legitimate business or financial experts, through social networking sites, dating software, telephone, text messages, instant messaging software and other people to chat up, recommend so-called "stocks", "unlisted stocks", overseas penny stocks and other investment targets, to lure people to send money. After people join the fake investment website, they get a small profit and increase the remittance, and then the scammer breaks off contact, the website is closed without warning, and the people feel deceived.

In recent years, fake investment platform fraud is high, not only in China, in the world has shown a high trend. "Killing pig plate", "capital plate" and other types of high-frequency fraud are mostly realized through false investment platforms. Fraudsters use the Internet to fake or build false investment platforms to attract attention with "high returns" and "loopholes" after the implementation of fraud cases frequently. This kind of fraud is often a corporate operation, pyramid scheme management, investors once invested, eventually lost.

Beware of fake futures trading platforms

Futures risk is high return, now online investment is so convenient, many investors put a lot of money into some futures investment website, may fall into the trap of scammers.

From precious metals, silver, crude oil to the cultural works of art exposed by CCTV, there are constantly online futures investment trading platforms with these targets have been confirmed as false platforms. Such platforms are generally organized crimes, luring investors to invest in the platforms they control through high interest rates, but once the money is filled in the platform, investors can't get away with it.

The routine of this kind of platform is generally to chat with investors through social software, chat about investment experience, and then pull investors into the investment exchange group, the kind of teacher lectures. After entering, you will find that some people who invest with their teachers say that they have made money and lured investors to invest. If investors want to invest in the futures platform they recommend, they will first give some sweeteners and then ask investors to increase the size, or the loss of investors to invest additional capital. Investors will keep putting money in anyway, but if they want to withdraw it, the fee can be as high as 30% to 40%.

The so-called manipulation platform, first, the rise and fall of investment products within the website are mastered by crooks, and are not synchronized with the international market; The second is the manipulation of cash withdrawal, including raising the threshold of cash withdrawal and limiting cash withdrawal. Similar fraud cases, I have been updated reports, the same fraud, harvesting different victims.

Note: Be sure to review the platform before investing

Telecom network fraud methods continue to be renovated, the majority of investors must sharpen their eyes, to enhance their awareness of self-prevention, do not install the APP of unknown origin recommended by others, do not click on the unknown link of network investment finance, do not blindly believe the so-called "stock experts" and "investment masters", the so-called loopholes, "high return", "insider" stock, investment, are fraud!