Behind the "crab card scam": who sold my information

"Crab card scam" has attracted much attention recently. According to the investigation by the reporter of China Securities Journal, many people have received unknown crab cards recently, and the sending address and sender are different. Relevant departments remind that this is a new type of scam, where criminals deliver crab cards, toilet paper, etc. in a large range to lure recipients to scan the code into the group for the purpose of receiving awards, and finally commit fraud.

Experts said that we should build a strict information monitoring system and strengthen the protection of personal information from the perspective of personal information sellers.

Concealed fraud

After interviewing a number of netizens who received crab cards, the reporter found that it seemed to be simply scanning the code to get hairy crabs, but in fact it was to lure the recipients into the bureau. After doing tasks again and again to get rewards, the reporter carried out further fraud.

Many netizens received crab cards with different mailing addresses, including Henan, Anhui, Shanghai and Guangdong.

Xiaohao, a netizen who received the crab card, said: "I received this express for no reason. At first, I thought it was a gift for the company's Mid Autumn Festival activities, because a few years ago, I also received crab card gifts from friends and successfully exchanged them for hairy crabs. But this time, I felt abnormal," he said.

Xiao Hao said that after scanning the code, an online customer service chat interface was displayed, prompting to send personal information and crab card photos for verification. After the information was verified, he was pulled into several groups. At the beginning, the group will frequently grab red envelopes and give free afternoon tea. Later, it began to assign other tasks, including downloading APP and searching for the text they provided on some video platforms. The screenshots will be paid in cash.

Another interviewee, Xiao Lu, said that in addition to the crab card, he also received toilet paper express delivery. "He said that he would add WeChat confirmation information, which helped me to join the group, followed by more than a dozen shopping APP order swiping tasks." Xiaolu said that at the end of the day, under the name of "there is news on the grapevine, the funds will rise after entering the group", he asked people who joined the group to charge money into other bank cards. Afraid of being cheated, Xiao Lu stopped operating.

Black ash product selling information

It can be seen from the whole process that the most critical link is that criminals accurately lock the recipient's name, phone number, address and other information, and achieve the accurate arrival of crab card delivery.

How to get accurate personal information? According to the reporter's survey, some illegal people have been active in some black ash production platforms for a long time, peddling users' personal information through some online slang, and the express delivery side has been bought and sold at will. In fact, a fixed black ash industry chain has been formed.

Generally speaking, the purchase of personal information of express delivery face sheet is called "face receiving", "material receiving", etc. On October 16, the reporter searched on a black ash production platform and found that there were many buyers who released information such as "high price closing, urgent need".

The reporter asked a seller about the urgent need for face order data. The other party said that there is no real-time face order (face order data of the day) at present, only historical face order, that is, the user's name, phone number, address and other information can be provided within half a year. "I am a live broadcast e-commerce business, selling women's clothing, and can cooperate for a long time if necessary," said the seller.

In terms of selling price, many sellers gave a price of 1.5 yuan for each historical face order, and the number of face orders varied, some only 5000 pieces, some up to hundreds of thousands of pieces. Some sellers also said that there were differences in face order prices, and the real-time face order price would be higher than the historical face order selling price.

In fact, the crab card scam is also one of the "variants" of telecom network fraud. Zhang Di, a partner lawyer of Liaoning Yingshen Law Firm, told the reporter that the proliferation of personal information trading is one of the most important reasons for the repeated prohibition of telecom network fraud.

Cracking down on personal information trading

When the topic of "crab card fraud" caused a heated discussion, the Shanghai Public Security Bureau sent a document reminding that recently many citizens received hairy crab exchange cards, but after scanning the code, a customer service window sent invitations to join the group. This is a new type of fraud. The criminals delivered hairy crab exchange cards, wet wipes, mobile phone brackets, etc. in a large scale, and guided the victims to scan the code into the group and then carry out the swiping fraud on the grounds of receiving awards.

"By issuing crab cards, consumers are lured to scan codes or join groups, download apps or click links, so as to defraud consumers of property. If the amount is large, more than 6000 yuan, it is suspected of fraud. In addition, consumers should also be aware that swiping orders is also an illegal act," Zhang Di said.

From the legal point of view, how to cut off the huge chain of interests? How to prevent criminals from creating fraud? How can consumers avoid falling into the trap?

Relevant departments remind that the identity and product information of the courier should be verified first. Do not scan the QR code card of unknown courier, and do not fill in personal information such as bank card at will. When there is a strange call to accurately tell your personal information, and tell you that there are urgent matters to be handled, or there are gifts to be collected, please keep calm and verify through official channels.

Industry insiders remind consumers not to take chances and relax their vigilance for some petty profits. Especially when clicking links and downloading APP, you must first confirm whether it is safe and legal to avoid falling into a trap.

key word: information fraud personal Fraud