31 people were scammed by online click farming! How to seek help after being scammed by click farming?
[2] News source: Xinhua Net
[3] Online part-time job ads are often seen, promoting "earn money easily from home," but these may be traps set by scammers. Recently, Chongqing Fengdu police, in the "Clean Net 2020" campaign, cracked a case of a gang using WeChat to commit online fraud through fake order tasks, arresting 31 suspects and involving over 200,000 yuan.
[4] In early to mid-April this year, victim Tian Moumou found an online part-time job on 58City, was asked to add a WeChat friend, and was defrauded of 21,092 yuan through fake orders. Victim Zhou Moumou also found a part-time job on 58City, received a call about the job, added a WeChat friend, was pulled into a group, and after three fake orders, lost 14,390 yuan. Victim Zhou Mou, after submitting a resume on 58City, got a call about part-time orders, added a WeChat friend, and was scammed out of 48,159 yuan.
[5] During the "Clean Net 2020" campaign, Fengdu police found these fraud clues all originated from their jurisdiction, formed a task force, and quickly identified a gang using WeChat for fake order scams. After timing the operation, police raided two rented apartments, arrested 31 suspects, and seized phones, computers, and promotional materials.
[6] Further investigation revealed: from April 3 to 16, suspects Xu, Feng, Chen, and He rented two apartments in Fengdu as bases, living and working there. Xu handled contact with the upstream fraudster, payment, hiring operators, and distributing WeChat accounts. Feng, Chen, and He managed operators in another base. The gang had operators call victims about part-time orders, tricking them into adding WeChat accounts for fraud, totaling over 200,000 yuan. The upstream fraudster paid Xu 35 yuan per added WeChat account. The four suspects, all shareholders, split the profits via WeChat payments, earning 4 yuan each.
The criminal suspect has confessed to the criminal facts. The case is currently under further investigation.
How to seek help if scammed while doing fake transactions?
Lawyers from Guangdong Zhiming Law Firm suggest that the first thing to do upon realizing you have been scammed is to call the police immediately.
If the scammer used Alipay or WeChat, you can directly contact Alipay or WeChat customer service to obtain clues about the scammer. Additionally, if you know the scammer's bank account number, you can trace it through the bank. The police will contact the bank to freeze the scammer's account. You can also seek recourse through an online reporting center.
Furthermore, whether being scammed while helping others with fake transactions constitutes fraud depends on whether the amount defrauded meets the threshold for filing a case.
According to the "Interpretation of the Supreme People's Court and the Supreme People's Procuratorate on Several Issues Concerning the Specific Application of Law in Handling Criminal Cases of Fraud."
Article 1: Fraud involving public or private property valued between 3,000 and 10,000 yuan, between 30,000 and 100,000 yuan, or over 500,000 yuan shall be respectively classified as "relatively large amount," "large amount," and "extremely large amount" as stipulated in Article 266 of the Criminal Law.
Article 2: The Higher People's Courts and People's Procuratorates of each province, autonomous region, and municipality directly under the Central Government may, in light of the economic and social development conditions of their respective regions, jointly study and determine specific local implementation standards within the range of amounts specified in the preceding article, and report them to the Supreme People's Court and the Supreme People's Procuratorate for recordation.
