A woman in Xiamen invested in "Bitcoin" and was defrauded of 360,000 yuan in 3 days!

▲A large amount of cash and more than 30 bank cards were seized on the spot

Taiwan Strait Net, September 19 ( Reporter Lin Binbin of the Strait Herald, Correspondent Xia Gongxiang) Investing in virtual currency on the platform, with professional data analysts providing "step-by-step" guidance, and guaranteed profits, may sound like a scam, but some people still believe it.

Recently, Ms. Ren, who lives in Xiamen's Xiang'an District, fell into a scam designed by a scammer to "invest in Bitcoin". She followed the other party's instructions and was defrauded of 360,000 yuan in just three days. After receiving the report, the Xiang'an police immediately launched an investigation and eventually arrested all five suspects involved in the fraud in a residential area in Xiamen.

Make a fortune?

Recharge 260,000 yuan to invest in "Bitcoin" and "earn" more than 1 million yuan in one night

On the evening of September 8, Ms. Ren from Xiang'an was browsing WeChat Moments at home when she saw someone post a message about investment profits. She clicked on it and found that it was about investing in Bitcoin, and the message was accompanied by several screenshots of investment profits. Ms. Ren asked the other party with interest, and after a brief introduction, the other party sent her a link, saying that she could try to download an online investment platform for investment, and that professional data analysts would provide investment assistance, with low risk and high returns.

After the other party introduced it, Ms. Ren felt that it was profitable, so she agreed to invest. She first downloaded and installed the investment platform through the mobile phone link, registered an account, and recharged 150,000 yuan. On the afternoon of September 9, the other party recommended a QQ number to Ms. Ren, saying that it was the work number of a data analyst, and the analyst would teach Ms. Ren how to operate.

Ms. Ren recalled that after adding the other party as a friend, she was pulled into a QQ group, and the messages in the group were basically about how to buy and sell Bitcoin. That night, Ms. Ren followed the analyst's instructions and made an investment, but ended up losing a lot of money, leaving only 70,000 yuan in her account. However, the analyst told Ms. Ren not to worry, saying that it was normal to make a profit or loss of tens of thousands of yuan.

After being comforted by the analyst, Ms. Ren recharged her account with 110,000 yuan again, and then continued to follow the analyst's instructions. After one night, Ms. Ren's account showed a total principal of 1.66 million yuan. She made more than 1 million yuan in less than half a day? Ms. Ren was very happy.

A series of traps!

If you want to withdraw cash, you have to pay a deposit first. Before you get the money, 100,000 yuan is gone!

At this time, the analyst told her that the money could be withdrawn, but she had to transfer 100,000 yuan to a designated account as a deposit before she could withdraw the money, and that the deposit would be refunded after 24 hours, and the 1.66 million yuan could also be transferred out at the same time.

In order to withdraw the money as soon as possible, Ms. Ren did not think twice and transferred 100,000 yuan to the account provided by the other party, waiting to withdraw the money the next day. On the evening of September 10, Ms. Ren could not wait to log in to the investment platform and started to apply for withdrawal, but found that the application was rejected by the system. Confused, Ms. Ren immediately asked the customer service, and the answer she received was that her account showed abnormality and she needed to continue to pay 20% of the funds, or 330,000 yuan, as a deposit, and she could only change the bank card and withdraw the money after 24 hours.

The more Ms. Ren thought about it, the more she felt something was wrong. After some recollection and thinking, she suddenly realized that she had been cheated, so she quickly called the police for help. After receiving the call, the Criminal Investigation Brigade of Xiang'an Branch quickly launched an investigation and evidence collection work based on the clues provided by Ms. Ren, focusing on key links such as investment platforms and capital flows. After locking down the suspect's identity information, the police decided to close the net.

On the morning of September 17, the Criminal Investigation Brigade of the Xiang'an Branch arrested five suspects including Wang Mou who were suspected of fraud in a rental house in a residential area in Xiamen. The police seized 760,000 yuan of funds involved in the case, more than 30 bank cards, and five mobile phones used in the crime. At present, five suspects including Wang Mou have been detained by the Xiang'an police in accordance with the law on suspicion of fraud, and the case is still under further investigation.