Chapter 51: I Must Cooperate with Anti-Fraud!

【1819 TV Program】.

It is a livelihood news program launched by the Yanjing Broadcasting and Television Group, with the mission of "focusing on people's livelihood, serving the public, and maintaining zero-distance contact with ordinary people."

The program combines livelihood news with variety elements, covering various livelihood news topics such as consumer rights protection and daily life disputes.

The live broadcast duration is 72 minutes; this is the first news program in Yanjing television media with a live broadcast time exceeding one hour, and it is also the only news column in Yanjing television media with a 24-hour news hotline...

Although its launch time was not long, merely about three months.

However, its broadcast slot was the golden time on the Yanjing television platform, and its viewership ratings were astonishing; in the first two months, the program achieved a monthly average viewership rating of 8.3% and a peak viewership rating of 17.7%, an impressive result. It was not only deeply loved by the common people but also highly expected by the station's leadership, who praised the 【1819 TV Program】 on many occasions during major meetings...

After receiving praise, the reporters and news search departments below were even more motivated; not only was someone on duty twenty-four hours a day, but they were also divided into several teams, running almost all over Yanjing City to ensure they could arrive at the scene at the first moment and search for the first-hand information on site.

July 22...

Upon hearing the report news about "fraud," it instantly exploded.

2002.

With the establishment of signal stations for Taidao mobile phone services in Fujian Province, the southeastern coastal areas of the mainland could receive Taidao mobile phone signals, and since the two sides had not yet established a mechanism for jointly combating crime, Taidao telecommunications fraud criminal gangs found a "new route."

Taking advantage of the gap where there were no judicial mutual assistance clauses between the two sides, they moved their fraud bases to Fuzhou, Fujian; Fuzhou became the first distribution center for Taidao fraud groups, continuing to use "Wangba Cards" to defraud the people of Taidao...

In June of the same year, a small group of people began to imitate the Taidao fraud tactics, starting to rely on the mass SMS function, gradually spreading to all parts of the country.

Starting from last year, 2002, almost every month across the country, dozens or more fraud cases were received.

By the time 2003 arrived, fraud reports surged from dozens per month to hundreds, and even thousands.

Starting in the second half of the year, the monthly average number surged to a peak of 1,100 cases; fraud amounts ranged from a few hundred yuan to several million yuan. New telecommunications fraud tactics had already become the number one type of case in fraud examples.

Yanjing City was slightly better, after all, it was under the feet of the imperial city, under a bright and clear sky.

But on average every month, quite a few people were still deceived...

To deal with this new type of telecommunications fraud tactic, the higher authorities specially carried out a special crackdown campaign.

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"Our legal awareness is weak..."

"We didn't know this violated the law; we simply wanted to make a movie..."

"We have no money, no connections, and no decent team, but we have always longed to make movies, and we have always been working hard to make movies. Without any pathways, we came up with this method; we bought several mobile phones, bought many phone numbers, and then we planned to send mass messages across the country, hoping that more people who saw them would understand us, pay attention to us, and if they had investment ideas, could invest in us..."

"But we really didn't know that what we were doing had already violated the law and become illegal fundraising."

"If it weren't for the popularization by our 【1819】 reporter friends and friends who understand the law, we might have gone further and further down the wrong path..."

"Thank you for allowing me to stop at the cliff in time and avoid causing major mistakes..."

"We will definitely take this as a warning!"

"..."

Nine o'clock in the evening.

【Yanjing Public Security Department】 Publicity Division.

Du Wei quietly watched the video sent by his colleague.

In the video, a handsome young man was crying bitterly in front of the camera, constantly repenting.

At noon, the 【1819】 program group received a report claiming that someone was committing fraud and illegal fundraising not far from the headquarters of the 【Yanjing Public Security Department】.

Immediately after, the 【1819】 program group conducted an on-site survey right away, and on the spot, they found Zhou Mou, who was preparing to commit fraud, sending mass SMS messages, and some people had received a message similar to an investment offer.

After obtaining the evidence, they immediately notified the 【Yanjing Public Security Department】.

The colleagues at the 【Yanjing Public Security Department】 were all shocked!

Daring to commit fraud and illegal fundraising right next to the 【Yanjing Public Security Department】—is this person eating arsenic like an old longevity star, living without fear of death?

So they immediately led a squad, cooperated with the media, kicked open the doors of 【Xuan Shi Entertainment】, and immediately caught Zhou Mou, who was editing mobile phone SMS messages.

Given that Zhou Mou had a good attitude of admitting his mistake, it was a first offense, no major losses were caused, and after repeated investigations, it was confirmed that there was no intent to defraud...

The colleague then carried out a very stern criticism and education on Zhou Mou...

This matter was supposed to just pass like that.

But...

When Du Wei saw this video, he suddenly had an idea.

Over the past year or so, there were too many similar fraud cases; although this incident was a false alarm, looking at the young man crying bitterly in the video.

He keenly realized that this matter had extremely significant warning value for anti-fraud publicity!

"Xiao Chen, is the person involved still at the company?"

"He is still here..."

"Bring them over; I want to have a chat with him..."

"Oh, okay!"

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Night.

Deepened.

Zhou Yang, dressed in a suit and leather shoes, silently walked into the Public Security Department.

Amidst a crowd of gazes, he kept his head down, his eyes red, his whole person filled with self-blame, and silently walked into an office, where he saw a middle-aged man.

"Sit... Let me introduce myself; my name is Du Wei, in charge of police publicity..."

"Hello, Officer Du..." Zhou Yang kept his head down, looking extremely nervous.

"Don't be nervous, relax; you just did something wrong and haven't yet reached the edge of breaking the law. Coming here today is actually to consult your opinion..." Looking at the young man sitting on the chair, nervously drinking water, Du Wei showed a smile on his face and tried to make his words sound gentler: "Actually, I quite admire you young people with dreams; having dreams is a good thing, but you must abide by discipline and the law, do you understand?"

"I'm sorry, leader, I've caused you trouble... I will definitely pay attention in the future, I will in the future..." When Zhou Yang heard this sentence, he raised his head slightly, his eye circles turned red again, his body trembled, and he immediately stood up, pretending to stand at attention.

"It's nothing, nothing, no need to stand, no need to stand... We are just simply chatting; I know your original intention was good..." Seeing the young man look like a bird startled by the sound of a bowstring, Du Wei hurriedly waved his hands.

"Oh." Zhou Yang nodded, dared not look at Du Wei, but only sat on a small corner of the chair.

Just at this moment, a female police officer silently carried over a stack of documents.

After Du Wei took the documents, he handed one to Zhou Yang: "These are reports of telephone fraud victims from last year to this year. Take a look... Criminals exploit victims' greed for bargains or their desire to invest and start businesses, using telecommunications to seek illegitimate profits through illegal means such as interest and dividends..."

"I, I, Officer Du, we didn't mean that, we, we..."

"I know, and I understand. Anyone truly wanting to commit fraud wouldn't dare to open a company right next to the Public Security Department like you did. I heard that when our colleagues came in, your door was even left ajar?" Seeing Zhou Yang looking nervous again, Du Wei shook his head, smiled, and signaled for Zhou Yang not to be tense.

Zhou Yang nodded, took the data, and dared not speak.

"From last year until now, there have been nearly a thousand similar telephone fraud cases each year. Ordinary people have very weak awareness of fraud and are easily deceived. So, we thought, we need to use some classic cases for publicity... Especially for kids like you, in your early twenties and mixed up in society, who are particularly prone to going astray due to certain things and sinking deep into the abyss. Do you understand?"

"I... I understand..."

"So, we are consulting your opinion. We hope to use your 'false alarm incident' as one of the anti-fraud publicity cases. At that time, we will conduct a comprehensive and systematic anti-fraud campaign on the Public Security Department website, including but not limited to the Yanjing Television News media..." Du Wei looked at Zhou Yang and said very seriously, "Of course, we will blur your face..."

"Officer Du, I... I..." Zhou Yang hesitated for a moment, then looked up as if making a decision: "Officer Du, to enable more ordinary people to accept legal awareness, and even more to let more people know what fraud is, I don't need the blurring. I hope to use my false alarm incident to warn more people..."

"You don't need it?"

"No need! I can appear on camera fully..."

"..."

Looking at the somewhat agitated Zhou Yang.

Du Wei was momentarily stunned.

He had originally thought he would need to do some ideological work, but he didn't expect the other party to be so cooperative...