Don't be tempted when you receive a box of "luxury" cigars from overseas, accompanied by an inspection notice from China Customs! This box of couriers worth tens of thousands of dollars is not a pie falling from the sky.
Recently, Ms. Zhang, a citizen who lives in Huangpu District, received a courier, the recipient is her father, and the courier information shows that this is a box of cosmetics sent from abroad, but when she opened the box, the contents made Ms. Zhang very shocked, the express box was filled with 4 packs of neatly placed cigars, and also attached a Chinese customs inspection notice, a rough calculation, the value of these 4 packs of cigars has been tens of thousands. The price of cigars is very expensive and there are strict regulations on the transportation of tobacco, so Ms. Zhang, who was deeply confused, immediately contacted the community police of the Dapuqiao Police Station in the jurisdiction.
"Keep the unboxing video, put it for a while, and ask your father to ask if any partners or friends have sent it to him." "Also, if you recently received a call saying that you need to pay customs clearance fees or that you are suspected of smuggling, don't believe it." In order to prevent Ms. Zhang from suffering from telecom fraud, the police repeatedly told Ms. Zhang through WeChat while making an appointment with Ms. Zhang to visit the courier on the spot. After opening the express, the police immediately found that these cigars were not only poorly packaged, but also the tobacco rolls in the middle were also shoddy, so they judged that this was a telecom fraud, and the so-called high-end cigars were just a bait released in advance by scammers, paving the way for the subsequent implementation of telecom fraud.
Sure enough, the next day, Ms. Zhang's father received a strange phone call, who was able to accurately state his identity information and claimed that he had found the whereabouts of the box through multiple inquiries, hoping that Mr. Zhang could make a video call with him to confirm the integrity of the item. "I'll hand over the things to the police station, you can go over there and find them." At this time, Mr. Zhang, who was like a mirror, hung up the phone without entanglement with the scammer and informed the police of the situation. "This is all their words, and they may defraud money on the basis of mismatched goods and suspected smuggling, so we must be vigilant against unknown couriers!" In this way, a telecom fraud was detected by the police and the public.
Police Tips:
Scammers are reminded to be vigilant when receiving unfamiliar parcels and not to transfer money to unfamiliar accounts.
Reporter / Shao Linfeng Qu Huangjun
Editor / Sun Chaohui
Photo / Shao Linfeng Qu Huangjun
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