The Embassy of China in Singapore reminds citizens in New China to pay attention to preventing telecom fraud.

　　China Overseas Chinese Network April 23rd According to the website of the China Embassy in Singapore, recently, the China Embassy in Singapore handled two consecutive telecom fraud cases involving "virtual kidnapping" of overseas students in New China. At present, although all the parties have been found, the families of the parties have suffered different degrees of property losses.

　　Fraudsters often take advantage of the party’s "fear of things" mentality to obtain the personal information of the party by impersonating local law enforcement officers and other fraudulent means, and then transfer the phone to the "domestic public security organs" and send false "arrest warrants", "wanted orders" and "court summons" to trick the party into downloading online social software for one-on-one contact. During this period, fraudsters will ask the parties to cut off contact with the outside world, rent a house by themselves, or even go to a third country to hide and shoot videos of being beaten, and then send the videos to the parents of the parties for a "huge ransom".

　　The Embassy of China in Singapore solemnly reminds citizens in New China to enhance their anti-fraud awareness and self-protection ability, and guard against all kinds of telecom fraud, including "virtual kidnapping" fraud. If you receive a phone call or email that is suspected of fraud, especially those that show that they are from overseas and have a "+"prefix, you should follow the three principles of "don’t panic when something happens", "don’t believe the call" and "don’t give money if you want it", and call the police or call the embassy to verify it at the first time.

　　Singapore anti-telecom fraud hotline: 1800-722-6688

　　Singapore anti-fraud reporting website: www.scamalert.sg

　　Singapore alarm number: 999 (domestic)

　　+65-62550000 (overseas)

　　Consular protection and assistance of the Embassy of China in Singapore for emergency call: +65-64750165.

　　Global Consular Protection and Service Emergency Call Center of Ministry of Foreign Affairs: +86-10-12308 or +86-10-65612308.

　　For non-emergency consultation, please use the WeChat WeChat official account consultation platform of the China Embassy in Singapore.