What are the popular tricks in today's society?

Begging scam. The main performance: this kind of scam is the most common, generally organized "begging gangs", and "gang leaders" often "hire" some children and adolescents with physical disabilities or defects ("the more serious the disability, the better"), posing as poor people, or kneeling, crawling or lying on the busy market in large and medium-sized cities, complaining about their poor health. The general income is turned over to Wang, who pays the employees, and the employees with high grades get commission and high income. Generally, the "fellow villagers" of "beggars' gangs" are "well-off" than those who give alms.

Help a scam. The main manifestations are: generally, on the street, in crowded stations and docks, on short-distance buses and trains, someone told A that he had lost money and things. When a bent down to pick it up, while they were unprepared, his property was "stolen" by a "kind" helper; Some passengers are not prepared to add ecstasy to food and drinks, and the victims steal money and things after "sleeping soundly".

Marriage scam. The main manifestations are as follows: generally in remote and poor areas, the deceived are generally older young people, and it is difficult to find a partner. The women who cheat are generally women who are all in junior high school. Some are fighting alone for new places, and some are gang-like and organized. Generally, after receiving "expensive" money such as deposit and bride price, the derailed woman spends a few days (no more than a few months) with the deceived person, and then escapes under the pretext of "going back to her parents' house", and her whereabouts are unknown.

Star scam. The main manifestations are as follows: some unscrupulous brokerage companies find that some boys and girls with good looks or special skills dream of becoming famous as soon as possible, and through many so-called "talent scouts" hired, they sign contracts with the deceived people, promising to make them famous overnight, earning a lot of money, charging "margin" or "liquidated damages" ranging from several thousand yuan to several tens of thousands yuan, and "closing down" after illegal funds gather to a certain amount.

Sales scam. The main performance: generally, in the rented storefront facing the street, the so-called "clearance sale", "the boss ran away and the proprietress cried" and other activities were held, with short cycle and strong liquidity. Some peddle seemingly "cheap" items (usually stolen or counterfeit) on roadsides, stations, squares and other occasions, and future generations have nowhere to find them.

Direct selling scam. Performance: Some commodities and funds are sold by some illegal organizations and gangs in the name of direct sales, which is a disguised pyramid scheme. Most members are trained and don't have to work, but they must be "eloquent", must join the club, develop the lower limit, and have a commission (headcount fee). Commodity prices obviously exceed the actual value, with rich returns and big profits, and the form is generally "no store sales".

Winning scam. Main performance: tell someone that he won the grand prize in a lottery by SMS, letter, email, etc. , ranging from tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands of yuan, but generally the winners are required to pay several hundred to several thousand yuan of income tax or pre-award tax first.

Honor scam. Main performance: Now, if someone has published articles (mostly papers) in journals at or above the provincial level, or participated in art competitions such as calligraphy and painting, they will often receive a notice like "Your works have been selected in a collection and won the * prize", and they are told that they need to pay hundreds to thousands of dollars to get the * * academic essays and the * * collection.

Disaster scam. The main manifestations are as follows: some families with relatives working or looking for jobs in other places are often told by inexplicable telephone that their relatives have "had a car accident" or "were seriously ill" in other places, and they are in urgent need of remittance help from their families, otherwise they will be "in danger". Family members are "eager to save lives" without knowing it, and it is easy to remit money to the account designated by "good people" and be deceived. In fact, relatives are safe and sound, but personal information such as ID cards is lost or home phone numbers are leaked and used by criminals.

Internet scam. The main manifestations are: criminals generally cheat and steal personal information such as QQ number, birthday and ID number through online forums and chats. , and then borrow money from other netizens as victims, or meet the deceived person, directly cheat money, cheat color, etc.

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