Grab bargains on Double 11, Penghu County Police Department reminds you to be careful of heavy wallet bleeding

The Double 11 Shopping Festival is coming soon, and major e-commerce platforms have launched limited-time offers, discounts and freebies for purchases with purchases. People are seizing the opportunity to rush to buy goods. Scam groups are also taking advantage of people's desire to pursue discounts to set traps. The Penghu County Government Police Department calls on the public not to blindly place orders for small gains and be careful of hemorrhaging money.

According to statistics from the Penghu County Government Police Department, 324 fraud cases occurred in Penghu County from January to October this year, of which 125 were fake online auction frauds, accounting for 38.5%, with financial losses as high as 13.08 million yuan. This shows that fake online auction fraud is a risk that cannot be ignored and is not easy to trace.

Scam groups often publish low-priced products, limited-time offers or free gift messages through social platforms to attract people to contact them privately. They then use reasons such as abnormal orders, failed refunds, cancellation of installment payments or cash flow verification, etc. to ask people to click on unknown links, join fake customer service LINE accounts, or even conduct online bank transfers, allowing people to unknowingly fall into the fraud trap. Some people originally just wanted to take advantage of the shopping festival to find bargains, but in the end they lost a lot of their savings, and the gains outweighed the losses, and they couldn't even see a shadow of the real thing.

The Penghu County Government Police Department calls on the public to constantly update their fraud tactics. While enjoying the discounts of the shopping festival, people should also remember that "you can pick up bargains, but you can't be less vigilant." When you encounter messages that advertise ultra-low prices, limited-time sales, or require additional authentication, be sure to stop, read, and listen, and check with multiple parties.