In order to provide users with a green and safe online environment, WeChat attaches great importance to cracking down on violations of laws and regulations on the platform, and will verify evidence and deal with all kinds of illegal accounts in a timely manner once they are discovered.
As WeChat governance continues to strengthen, the number of WeChat accounts available to criminals is getting smaller and smaller, so they target ordinary users, and complete the registration or unblocking of accounts by inducing unsuspecting users to participate in identity verification, and then carry out harassment, false marketing, fraud and other violations.
In order to protect the rights and interests of users and clean up the platform environment, the WeChat team will continue to strengthen the crackdown on such violations.
The "Weixin Personal Account Usage Specifications" clearly stipulates that not only "inducing or deceiving others to register or unblock a WeChat account for themselves for secondary verification" is a violation, but also "maliciously registering or unblocking a WeChat account for others for secondary verification" is also a violation. Therefore, we also remind users to pay attention to the protection of personal privacy information, do not arbitrarily conduct auxiliary verification for others, be wary of new fraud methods, and do not be a tool for wire fraud.
"WeChat Personal Account Usage Specifications"
2.3 Do not maliciously register or use a WeChat account. Users shall not maliciously register or use Weixin accounts, use multiple accounts to register or control multiple Weixin accounts to carry out acts that violate laws, regulations and these Norms, and shall not use various technical means to maliciously circumvent or confront the rules of the Platform.
2.4 Common violations include, but are not limited to: frequent registration, batch registration of Weixin accounts, malicious abuse of multiple Weixin accounts, inducing or deceiving others to register Weixin accounts for themselves for secondary verification, maliciously registering Weixin accounts for others for secondary verification, etc.
3.3 Abnormal unblocking: For abnormal behaviors in the process of applying for self-service unblocking, such as applying for unblocking in batches, applying for unblocking through machine instructions, submitting false information, fictitious friend relationships, using third-party online earning platforms to unblock, inducing or deceiving others to assist in unblocking, etc., Tencent will re-ban or permanently ban the unblocked account according to the circumstances; Restrict the use of all or part of Weixin's functions and short-term or long-term account bans for accounts that assist others in unblocking in violation of regulations.
Be wary of new methods of fraud and do not be a tool for wire fraud
1. Assist in registration and unsealing free gifts, which is actually an auxiliary verification of the black industry
Criminals pretended to be a WeChat team to set up a roadside stall, claiming that the "official" was holding a promotion campaign for safety accessibility features, and lured ordinary users to participate in scanning the QR code by giving away small gifts such as masks, coffee, balloons, and water cups for free, and assisted them in registering or unblocking WeChat verification.
There are also some "online earning platforms", which deceive ordinary users into participating in various paid forms such as auxiliary registration and unsealing as part-time jobs and task assignments.
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2. Unsecured loans, in fact, collect personal information for auxiliary verification
Criminals publish unsecured loan news on the Internet, coax victims to offline, collect personal privacy information such as bank cards and ID cards of victims on the pretext of handling loan business, and require victims to cooperate with facial recognition verification on the spot.
In fact, criminals secretly used the victim's identity and face to assist in unblocking the account, and finally let the victim leave on the grounds that they did not meet the loan qualifications and needed to pay relevant fees, resulting in the victim's account being blocked due to malicious auxiliary verification without knowing it.
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The WeChat Security Center reminds everyone that when helping others with security assistance, please carefully verify their identity:
● If you encounter free gifts, part-time jobs, online earnings, etc., you should be vigilant and do not operate verification.
●Refusing to help strangers scan the code is also protecting the security of their own accounts, and WeChat will also deal with accounts that have repeatedly violated the rules and assisted others.
● Do not trust the "unsecured" loan information on the Internet, pay attention to the specific use of the collected information in the process of applying for loans, and avoid your private information being used for other purposes.
●Avoid unknowingly assisting criminals to complete registration or unblocking, and avoid the risk of fraud, gambling, pornography, spam marketing and other illegal behaviors for yourself and others.
Source: Anti-Fraud Center of Bazhou Public Security Bureau