Scams
to Run
Wild
for 10 days in
China
Scam warnings were issued
by the Chinese security bureaus on
Wednesday regarding Internet and cell
phone hoaxes, because the statistics show
that October is the time when phishing
activities are most vigourous,
particularly during the period between 11
and 21.
The home-grown scams are
said to have closely linked to
multinational syndicates of criminal
underground. And in recent years the
problems have become so serious that they
start affecting the legitimate business
practices such as consumer incentive,
reward or loyalty programs.
Xinhua newsagency reported
that the Tainjin postal bureau has so far
accumulated rewards with the total values
at 20,000 yuans waiting to be collected
by the lucky winners. Since June this
year a program was set up to randomly
reward customers who paid their phone
bills at post office. But when the
operators contacted the winners by phone,
the messages were often taken as phishing
scams thus ignored.
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