{"id":1536,"date":"2023-10-24T03:59:27","date_gmt":"2023-10-23T19:59:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/2023\/10\/24\/another-scam-dont-click-in-if-you-receive-this-in-wecha\/"},"modified":"2024-06-02T20:14:20","modified_gmt":"2024-06-02T12:14:20","slug":"another-scam-dont-click-in-if-you-receive-this-in-wecha","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/another-scam-dont-click-in-if-you-receive-this-in-wecha\/","title":{"rendered":"Another Scam! Don\u2019t Click In If You Receive This In WeCha"},"content":{"rendered":"

WeChat, China\u2019s self-proclaimed \u2018app that does everything\u2019 now boasts over 1 billion active users. With such a huge user base, it’s no wonder that WeChat scams have popped up one after another.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Recently some people received the following message (or similar) on WeChat:<\/p>\n

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\u201cAccording to the explicit provisions of the network criminal law, crack down on Internet fraud! Your account will be frozen due to failure in \u2018second real name authentication\u2019. Please click in the link here to re-authenticate.\u201d<\/p>\n

This message is from fake accounts which will go by the name of Payment Security Authentication or Security payment management, using the exact same profile picture as that of the official account of WeChat Pay. The similar profile picture and the urgent style of writing have hooked a lot of people into clicking this Trojan Horse link.<\/p>\n

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