With the approach of the Spring Festival, migrant workers have returned home one after another, worked hard outside for a year, and also accumulated some funds. At this time of the year, some lawless elements will extend their black hands to migrant workers who are about to set foot on their way home. Their awareness of prevention is relatively weak. How can they take the money home safely? Recently, the author contacted the railway police to give advice on how to prevent theft and fraud for the majority of migrant workers.
Try to avoid bringing cash home.
In February last year, Zhao, who came to work in our city from Sichuan, was preparing to return home. While waiting at Baoji Railway Station, he met a middle-aged man with a foreign accent. While speaking, the man picked up a wallet from the ground and could vaguely see a thick stack of banknotes inside. At this time, the man reminded Zhao not to make a sound, and proposed to find a quiet place to divide the money together. After they left the waiting room, they were grabbed by another man, saying that their tens of thousands of yuan had disappeared and asked them if they had seen it. The man also said that his money was marked and asked the two to hand it over. At this time, the man who saved money suggested that Zhao take out his money to prove innocence to the other party. Just after Zhao took out the money, the man took Zhao’s money and showed it to the other party, arguing that he did not pick it up. The man who claimed to have lost his money didn’t find the money and then left, while the middle-aged man also made an excuse to leave. Realizing that he was deceived, Zhao quickly called the police. After many searches, the police finally arrested the criminals who were preparing to flee and helped Zhao recover the cheated tens of thousands of yuan.
Tian Tian, a policeman from Baoji Station Police Station of Xi ‘an Railway Public Security Bureau, said that the case was a contact fraud. The criminals wandered around the stations to commit crimes and shot a place. They just used the cash in the bags of migrant workers at the end of the year to start. Once they were cheated, it was more difficult to solve the case.
In addition, the common tricks at the station include selling high-end mobile phones and watches at low prices, exchanging foreign currency, reselling fake long-distance bus tickets, etc. If you meet such people, you must stay away and avoid talking. The police said that no matter how the liar’s means are refurbished, the criminals are using the psychology that some people like to covet petty gains to set up a game to cheat money. To guard against this kind of deception, the most important thing is not to be greedy and cheap, and always be vigilant against over-enthusiastic strangers.
The police reminded that when taking the bus, if you carry a large amount of cash, you should put it close to your body, and put the small amount of cash in a convenient place. Don’t expose valuables in crowded places. Be sure to take care of your luggage, whether you buy tickets, wait for the bus or enter or leave the station. Especially when you pass the security check, you must carefully check the number of pieces of luggage to prevent it from being taken wrong or lost. Nowadays, bank outlets are all over urban and rural areas. The police advise the majority of migrant workers to avoid carrying a lot of cash when they go home. Although the method of remittance will incur certain expenses, safety should be put in the first place.
Beware of network telecom fraud
In recent years, with the development of network technology, new scams are constantly being refurbished. When migrant workers return home, they should also pay attention to protecting their personal information to avoid being cheated by criminals in network telecommunications.
During Spring Festival travel rush last year, on the train from Baoji to Gansu, Li, a returning migrant worker, just got on the train and met a fellow villager in Baiyin. Along the way, the two talked happily and left each other’s mobile phone numbers. In the early morning, Li’s mobile phone kept receiving harassing calls. At the suggestion of this "fellow villager", Li turned off his mobile phone. Because he was too tired, Li fell asleep soon. After waking up in the morning, he received a phone call from his son asking if he had a traffic accident and needed money urgently. After the two communicated, they learned that they were almost deceived.
Subsequently, after investigation by the police, the "fellow villager" was a liar. After getting Li’s personal information, he got off the bus halfway and called to pretend to be his worker to commit fraud. At this time, Li remembered that the "fellow villager" borrowed his mobile phone in addition to his mobile phone number and name, and the contact information of relatives was leaked in this way. Because Li’s son had seen relevant reports and didn’t believe the liar, he avoided being cheated.
According to the police, criminals are more likely to find the target of committing crimes in stations and trains with dense crowds than fraud in a haystack. The most common way is to defraud passengers’ personal information through befriending, and then commit fraud. In addition, when going out, don’t click on the link sent by strangers at will, and don’t easily scan the "QR code" provided by strangers. If scammers disguise Trojans or other illegal links as "two-dimensional codes", users are prone to problems such as cell phone poisoning and stolen funds after scanning.
In response to online telecom fraud, the police reminded that on the way to Spring Festival travel rush, we must be vigilant against people who are too enthusiastic, and don’t expose personal information easily, so as not to give criminals an opportunity. (Baoji Daily)