Biscuit tins and beer boxes contain cash. Be wary of new telecommunications fraud tactics

In recent years, the public security organs have continued to crack down on telecommunications network fraud with high pressure, and the online transfer channels of fraudsters have become increasingly tight. In order to avoid tracing, they constantly innovate their methods and turn their attention offline: inducing victims to hide cash in cookie boxes and beer boxes, and then transfer cash through offline logistics channels such as express delivery and inter-provincial ride-hailing to commit fraud. This "separation of people and goods" method of fund transfer is more concealed and more confusing. Recently, Xuzhou, Jiangsu, and Danyang, Zhenjiang, have successively detected new types of fraud cases, and many people have almost suffered property losses.

Recently, the Huanglou Police Station of the Gulou Branch of the Xuzhou Municipal Public Security Bureau received a call from a courier. An old man went to the express station to send a package. When the staff opened the box and inspected it, they found a large amount of cash hidden in the package and immediately called the police. The police investigation found that the old man sent the package through a tobacconist hotel in the jurisdiction. The express delivery document did not fill in any valid information such as his real name, phone number, and address, and deliberately concealed the identity of the sender. The police followed the clues and quickly targeted the place where the elderly lived. When faced with the police inspection, the old man looked panicked at first and refused to admit that there was cash hidden in the package.

After investigation, the old man received a strange call from someone pretending to be a staff member of the Procuratorate. The other party lied that her social security account was involved in the case and asked her to put 20,000 yuan in cash into a cookie box and mail it to a designated address to cooperate with verification. Fortunately, the courier noticed the anomaly in time and the police intervened quickly, successfully intercepting the package involved and saving the elderly man's money in full.

Coincidentally, in Danyang, Zhenjiang, a ride-hailing driver also successfully prevented a similar fraud case.

That night, Mr. Zhang, a ride-hailing driver, received an urgent order across provinces. The customer requested that a simply packaged beer box be delivered from Lucheng, Danyang, to Jingdezhen, Jiangxi Province overnight. The high freight cost made Mr. Zhang suspicious, and he immediately called the police. The police opened the box and inspected it and found that the upper layer of the beer box was filled with dirty clothes and cash was neatly stacked underneath. They immediately contacted the sender, Ms. Qian, to come to the scene to verify the situation.

According to Ms. Qian's account, she credulously believed in a strange investment and financial management APP, and was induced by criminals to send large amounts of cash through free rides on the pretext that her investment account was frozen and a certification fee was required to unfreeze it. Fortunately, the police arrived in time and property damage was avoided.

The police reminded that all formal public security organs and financial institutions will not ask people to send cash, gold and other property through express delivery or online ride-hailing. When encountering such requests, you must be vigilant immediately and resolutely refuse. If express delivery and online ride-hailing employees find suspicious delivery items or abnormal orders, they must report them promptly and proactively call the police to build a strong anti-fraud security line.