China News Service, October 17 According to the WeChat public account “Consular Express” of the Department of Consular Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, recently, with the opening of schools in the consular district of the Consulate General of Vancouver, the majority of foreign students they went back to school or reported to the school. Awareness of Toll Fraud Helps Everyone Study Abroad Safely. The Consulate General of Vancouver warmly reminds the vast number of foreign students in the consular area: always be vigilant and beware of telecommunication fraud.
In recent years, especially during the epidemic, criminals have continued to impersonate the staff of Chinese embassies and consulates overseas, the staff of the national legal and public security departments, the staff of the Canadian Department of Public Health and Prevention of epidemics and the staff of courier companies to commit fraud in the telecommunications sector.
The Chinese Consulate General in Vancouver reminds you that the Chinese Embassy and Consulates in Canada will not notify you by telephone or telephone registration that you have documents or packages to collect and will not notify you by telephone or telephone registration that your passport has been fraudulently used or that domestic cases need to be handled, will not ask for your bank account information or ask you to transfer money; if you receive a phone call from an unknown source, you will be notified that you are suspected of participating in “transnational money laundering”, “international financial fraud”, “major economic fraud” and other cases. Or “there is an important courier not withdrawn”, “credit card stolen”, “punished for health reasons and epidemic prevention”, etc., please hang up immediately without hesitation. If necessary, call the consular protection and assistance number of the Chinese Consulate General in Vancouver after hanging up the phone, or call the global hotline 12308 for the consular protection and emergency service of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China, or check with the competent national public security bodies through relatives and friends. Never reveal your ID, bank account, and other personal information to strangers on the phone, and never transfer money to strangers.
If you are deceived, please report it to the local police station in time. If the defrauded money is being transferred through a bank in my mainland country, you should immediately call the police number 110 instead of your household registration or seek help from the police through your family and domestic friends.
To cope with endless telecommunications fraud, the Vancouver Consulate General’s Office of Education and Culture has specially designed and developed the WeChat “Anti-Fraud Solitaire” applet to help foreign students in the consular district quickly identify telecommunications fraud and prevent them from falling into the fraud trap. WeChat “Anti-Fraud Solitaire” applet will be launched in the near future. Students are encouraged to use and share cases. The Consulate General of Vancouver will continue to escort the vast number of overseas students to the consular district to study safely and healthily and successfully!
Global Consular Service and Protection Emergency Hotline of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (24 hours):
+ 86-10-12308
+ 86-10-59913991
Consular Protection and Assistance Tel of the Consulate General in Vancouver: + 1-604-336-9926Back to Sohu, see more
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