Today, Alipay, WeChat and other payment methods have become a major way of payment for many people, but when paying, we must pay attention to personal safety! Recently, Chongqing Jiangbei Public Security Bureau successfully cracked a case of swiping wechat funds at the supermarket cashier. Between April 21 and May 4, four victims were waiting for payment in the supermarket with wechat QR code. In a few minutes in the queue, they were scanned by mobile phone from behind and swiped funds ranging from 500 to 900 yuan. Police access to video surveillance, and ultimately lock the suspect Peng, and arrested him on May 13.
Police reminded that the target of the suspect is located in the supermarket, restaurant, etc., the surrounding environment is noisy, just give the suspect a good cover. Therefore, when using QR code for payment, the public should enhance their awareness of prevention and ensure the safety of the surrounding environment, so as not to leave opportunities for criminals.
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May 22, upstream News & middot; Chongqing Morning Post reporter learned from Jiangbei District Public Security Bureau that Jiangbei police cracked a two-dimensional code theft case. The perpetrator specially wandered around the supermarket cashier, looking for someone who took out the payment two-dimensional code in advance as the target, and then took the opportunity to steal it.
Supermarket payment, mobile phone wechat money inexplicably transferred 900 yuan
At about 15:00 on April 21, Ms. Shi, who lives in Jiangbei District, rushed to the Guanyinqiao business district police station to report to the police. She said that when she paid in the supermarket, the money in her wechat was somehow transferred to 900 yuan, and the payee was an account called 'one stop 24-hour convenience store'. But Ms. Shi found that this is not supermarket collection at all.
After receiving the alarm, the Guanyinqiao business district police station attached great importance to it, and the case investigation police immediately carried out case investigation and video judgment.
The whole process is only ten seconds
Through video surveillance, it was found that when Ms. Shi was queuing up for payment at the cashier of Yonghui supermarket, a strange man wearing a white T-shirt suddenly appeared behind her. She scanned Ms. Shi's wechat payment code with her mobile phone, and then the man turned and disappeared in the crowd. The whole process was only ten seconds. According to the police's judgment, the man is suspected of committing a major crime.
On April 23, 29 and May 4, the police station of Guanyinqiao business district successively received the alarm from Mr. Yang, Ms. Qin and Ms. Zhang, all claiming that the wechat QR code was stolen when they paid in the supermarket, and the withholding party was the account called 'one-stop 24-hour convenience store'.
Police according to the alarm of a number of victims and combing video surveillance information, lock the suspect Peng, and immediately deploy.
May 13, the police in Yubei District, a residential area, will be suspected of theft suspect Peng arrested.
Before committing a crime, find the person who takes out the payment QR code in advance as the target
It is understood that the suspect Peng will walk around the supermarket cashier in advance, looking for customers who take out the payment QR code in advance and wait for payment as the crime target.
Then, he stands behind the victim, opens a special app, scans the payment QR code of the victim, and transfers the victim's money after the scanning is successful.
At present, the suspect Peng confessed to using mobile phone software to steal many times by scanning the payment QR code of the victim.
Peng has been detained by the public security organs, and the case is still under further investigation.
Police warm reminder:
The crime method of stealing money by scanning QR code is very simple, most of which are due to the negligence of the victim.
Most of the suspects' targets are supermarkets and restaurants located in the business circle. The noisy environment just gives the suspects a good cover.
Therefore, when using QR code to pay, the public should enhance their awareness of prevention and ensure the safety of the surrounding environment, so as not to leave opportunities for lawbreakers.