(Source: "Securities Daily" 2024-12-12)
As the end of the year approaches, the fraudulent activities of criminals have become increasingly rampant. Many fund companies have issued announcements to remind investors to be wary of criminals using the name of the company to engage in fraudulent activities and to protect their legitimate rights and interests. These criminals use various means to deceive investors, which not only harms the interests of investors, but also seriously disrupts the order of the financial market.
Industry insiders remind investors that when investing in funds, they should enhance their awareness of self-protection, treat various investment opportunities with caution, and do not trust strangers' sales pitches and promises out of greed for high returns, so as to avoid unnecessary property losses. If you find anything suspicious, you should promptly contact the fund company’s customer service for confirmation, or report it to the public security organs or regulatory authorities.
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Emergency reminder from many fund companies
On December 12, Yuanxin Yongfeng Fund Management Co., Ltd. announced that it has recently been discovered that criminals have faked the name of the company to deceive investors and obtain illegal benefits by providing illegal website links, fake QR codes, APPs and other illegal means.
(Screenshot of Yuanxin Yongfeng Fund announcement)
Previously, fund companies such as Hongtu Innovation Fund Management Co., Ltd., Hui’an Fund Management Co., Ltd., and Xinghua Fund Management Co., Ltd. have also issued reminders and announcements to prevent fraud by criminals.
(Screenshot of Hongtu Innovation Fund Management Co., Ltd. announcement)
The fraud methods used by criminals are diverse and extremely confusing. Criminals usually first release investment information to promote funds through various social platforms, QQ groups, WeChat groups, SMS groups, etc., using high returns as bait to attract the attention of victims, and guide them to add QQ, WeChat friends or join specific group chats.
Subsequently, they will pretend to be "financial advisors" or "stock gurus" and falsely claim to have "insider information" that can provide victims with high returns. They will also show false investment success stories or profit screenshots to induce victims to invest on fake websites or APPs provided by them that are packaged as formal financial platforms.
In order to further defraud the victim's trust, fraudsters often let the victim "taste the sweetness" first, obtain a certain investment income and be able to withdraw cash smoothly. After the victim is tempted by the large "return" and continues to increase investment, he or she will fabricate various reasons to refuse to withdraw cash, ultimately causing the victim's property losses.
(Picture source: Shanghai Anti-Fraud Center WeChat official account)
“Fake a fund company to commit fraud, which is a typical intersection of civil and criminal issues.”Assistant Dean and Associate Professor Lou Qiuran, w88 casino of Law, w88 casinotold a reporter from Securities Daily that this kind of fraud may constitute a crime under the Criminal Law of the People's Republic of China, or a civil infringement under the Civil Code of the People's Republic of China.
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In order to prevent fraudulent activities by criminals, the person in charge of Yuanxin Yongfeng Fund reminded investors in an interview with a reporter from Securities Daily that investors should pay attention to the following points:
First, investors must be vigilant and do not trust illegal websites, public accounts, APPs, etc. to prevent the leakage of personal information and investment information and protect their legitimate rights and interests from infringement.
Second, beware of fraud and defrauding investors of their money in the name of "refunds" and "receipts."
Third, investors are requested to be vigilant, pay attention to distinguishing authenticity, protect their legitimate rights and interests, and beware of being deceived. If investors find any abnormality, please contact the fund company’s official customer service hotline for confirmation in a timely manner. If there is any property damage, please report it to the local public security agency in a timely manner.
(Screenshot of Nanhua Fund announcement)
In addition, fund companies such as Nanhua Fund Management Co., Ltd. and HSBC Jinxin Fund Management Co., Ltd. also encourage investors to download and install the "National Anti-Fraud Center" APP through the official mobile application market to improve their ability to identify and judge illegal activities that defraud personal information and money, and to protect their privacy and legitimate rights and interests from infringement.
If investors encounter such fraud and suffer losses, what legal channels should they use to protect their rights?Lou Qiuran said, On the one hand, investors can report the case to the public security organs in a timely manner, and assist the public security organs to solve the case as soon as possible by fixing relevant evidence, providing relevant clues, etc., so as to recover their losses as much as possible. On the other hand, investors can also file civil lawsuits in court against individuals or institutions pretending to be fund companies. Of course, no matter what kind of relief measures are taken, the best way for investors to protect themselves is to increase their awareness of prevention and eliminate losses before they occur as much as possible.
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