How to spot the “fake national security” scam?
Because national security agencies have special confidentiality requirements when performing their duties, some people lack understanding of national security agencies. The work found that some criminals took advantage of this information gap to carefully fabricate personas, pretend to be national security officers, and commit fraud, disrupting normal social order and infringing on the vital interests of the masses. Today, we combine two typical cases to explain the law by case, and explain the tricks of scammers to help everyone better identify scams and prevent being deceived.
Typical cases
Case 1: Falsely claiming that “national security leaders” interfered with justice. Xie made up lies such as "working in the national security agency for many years" and "well-respected by leaders". He fabricated his identity as a leading cadre of the national security agency, boasted about his ability to intervene in the judiciary and apply for commutation of sentences, and repeatedly committed fraud and illegally made more than 5 million yuan in profits. The national security agency, together with relevant departments, took coercive measures against Xie in accordance with the law. In the end, Xie Moumou was sentenced to 12 years and 6 months in prison according to law for committing fraud and pretentiousness.
Case 2: Pretending to be a “national security-related enterprise” to commit fraud. The person in charge of a domestic company falsely claimed that the company was an enterprise affiliated with the national security agency, and used the bait to help obtain the status of a "state-owned enterprise" and help "complete projects" to negotiate business cooperation with other companies and personnel, thereby engaging in fraudulent activities. On the basis of ascertaining relevant facts and fixing evidence, the national security agency, together with relevant departments, took compulsory measures against the person in charge of the company in accordance with the law. Currently, the case is under investigation.
Dismantle the routine
Combing through such cases, we can find that the methods of criminals are the same - packaging people, taking large packages, collecting money and running away.
——The first step is to establish the personnel of "special department". Criminals often use the Internet to check information on the history and public affairs of national security agencies, fabricate false identities and experiences, pretend to be staff of national security agencies or falsely claim that their companies are affiliated enterprises of national security agencies, and create the illusion of "official identity" to attract the attention of specific target persons.
——The second step is to draw the “special channels” pie. After gaining initial trust, criminals will throw out baits such as "close relationship with a certain leader" and "having special channels". Some falsely claim that they can help contract projects and negotiate trade projects, some claim to have the "ability" to recruit others to work in national security agencies, and some even threaten to "have the ability to intervene in the judiciary and solve difficult problems." In order to enhance their "credibility", some scammers will also present forged documents and official seals of state agencies.
——The third step is to collect "special fees" and run away. Once the victim takes the bait, the criminals will ask for money in the name of "facilitation fee", "operation fee", "guarantee fee" and other names. After receiving the money, they will either delay it on the grounds that "things are in operation" or simply lose contact. Many victims fell into fraud traps carefully laid by scammers due to lack of discernment ability, and suffered varying degrees of property losses.
National security agency reminder
National security agencies are an important force in safeguarding national sovereignty, security, and development interests. They carry out activities such as personnel recruitment, law enforcement and case handling, and have strict institutional regulations and confidentiality requirements. Any behavior such as "assisting in soliciting projects", "helping in arranging work", "clearing relationships", and "requesting remittance transfers" under the banner of national security agencies are all fraud traps set by criminals.
Article 279 of the "Criminal Law of the People's Republic of China" stipulates that anyone who pretends to be a state agency employee and commits fraud shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not more than three years, criminal detention, public surveillance, or deprivation of political rights; if the circumstances are serious, he shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than ten years. Anyone who pretends to be a people's policeman and commits fraud shall be severely punished in accordance with the provisions of the preceding paragraph.
The general public should keep their eyes open and pay attention to screening. If they find clues about the problem of pretending to be a member of the national security agency, they can report it through the 12339 national security agency report acceptance hotline, the online report acceptance platform (www.12339.gov.cn), the official WeChat report acceptance channel of the Ministry of National Security, or directly to the local national security agency.
Source: Ministry of National Security WeChat official account
