"Level 1 confidential documents, please destroy them immediately after reading them." Recently, Mr. Zhang, a citizen of Jinan, received a courier informing him that he could scan the code to apply for 1.28 million poverty alleviation funds.
On October 17, the staff of the Shandong Provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs (Shandong Provincial Rural Revitalization Bureau) said that the real poverty alleviation policies will be released on the official website and other formal channels, and will not be sent by express delivery.
Express mail to "1.28 million poverty alleviation funds"
Recently, Mr. Zhang, a citizen of Jinan, reported to reporters that he received a strange courier in his unit, which contained only a paper document. In this document, he became a "refugee" and a target of targeted poverty alleviation. There is also a QR code attached at the end of the article, declaring that "WeChat scan the code to apply for poverty alleviation funds, and apply for 1.28 million for free!" ”
After scanning the QR code, the reporter found that the page displayed "Access to this webpage has been stopped" because it contained malicious and fraudulent content.
In fact, a little observation reveals that the document is full of loopholes, even some "ridiculous": obvious typos, missing punctuation, formatting......
The reporter noticed that the "State Council Leading Group for Poverty Alleviation and Development" was mentioned many times in the article, and in fact, as early as February 2021, the National Rural Revitalization Administration had undertaken the work of the former State Council Poverty Alleviation Office.
Previously, according to the official release, in accordance with the relevant work arrangements for institutional reform, the WeChat official account of the National Rural Revitalization Administration and the government website of the National Rural Revitalization Administration will be shut down and offline on April 20, 2024, and the relevant content will be migrated to the corresponding column of the government website of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs.
It is understood that at present, according to the "Party and State Institutions Reform Plan", the separate National Rural Revitalization Bureau will no longer be retained, and the responsibilities of provincial, municipal and county-level rural revitalization institutions will be transferred to the agricultural and rural departments at the same level.
Official: Scam,
Applications for poverty alleviation assistance should be made through formal channels
On October 17, the reporter contacted the Shandong Provincial Department of Agriculture and Rural Affairs as a citizen to verify the authenticity of the document, and the staff said that the real poverty alleviation policies will be released on the official website and other formal channels, and will not be sent by express delivery. If citizens need to apply for poverty alleviation assistance, they can contact the village committee or the town government and apply through formal channels.
Wang Yunpeng, a police officer from the Anti-Fraud Center of Lixia District, Jinan City, said in an interview with reporters that in such scams of mailing forged official documents, criminals usually use words such as "poverty alleviation, common prosperity, and unfreezing assets" to guide victims to scan QR codes, enter identity and bank card information, and steal money. Victims may also be used as "tools" for fraud, and the information is used to transfer stolen money.
"This kind of fraud is a wide net, criminals obtain personal information through black industry channels, and target middle-aged and elderly groups, people with loan needs, or individuals with poor business conditions to carry out fraud." Wang Yunpeng reminded that the act of counterfeiting red-headed documents has violated the criminal law, and the public does not need to pay attention to crude forged documents, especially do not scan QR codes or add contact information.
Source: Popular News client