Cctv news: Fortune-telling, geomantic omen, palm reading and physiognomy. Have you ever heard of these seemingly mysterious words? In reality, there are such a group of so-called network fortune tellers who claim to help people know their destiny and change their fortune. They have tens of millions of fans on the internet, and thousands of netizens pay for them to point out the maze. I wonder if the masters have figured out that the Anhui police have noticed them? And what will happen to your own destiny?
"Master, my marriage is not happy now, and I may get divorced this year. Is it time, Master?"
"I am still a college student at present. Do you have any advice from the master on my studies?"
"Master, I haven’t slept for two days, my heart can’t calm down, and my mind is in a mess."
"What the master said is very accurate. How should I resolve it?"
These are the chat records of some netizens with the so-called network fortune tellers, seeking marriage, career, study and even comfort. The netizens who sent the information never met the master at the other end of the network, so they sent their names, ages, locations and photos to each other without hesitation.
On the Internet, there is more than one such magical master active, with millions of fans. However, when netizens who ask for help think that the other party is helping to solve the problem, the "master" is eyeing their wallets.
Ms Xu, 33, is an online shop owner. She likes to surf the Internet to brush Weibo in her spare time. At the beginning of this year, she paid attention to an online account called "fortune teller". Basically, it is to send some marriage fortune, palm reading these. About who is lucky in the near future and how to get rid of the predicament. Ms. Xu found it attractive and wanted to see it. Ms. Xu quickly became fascinated. She found that this "fortune teller" was very popular. Under every Weibo, many fans liked and commented. In the top content of the page, it was specifically mentioned that fans could add his micro-signal for one-on-one consultation.
Ms XuBecause I had some problems at home and my own health, I chatted with him temporarily through Weibo, and then he asked me to add a WeChat. Then he used WeChat, and he asked me to show him my face and palm.
Soon, the other party sent a long message to Ms. Xu, saying that her "feelings are prone to ups and downs, which will affect her marriage fortune", and that Ms. Xu "has a little decline in her immune system recently, so she should pay attention to her health" and that "it is difficult for her career to improve between the ages of 33 and 36". In short, all aspects of Ms. Xu are worrying.
Ms Xu"Master" means that he said that my situation is more serious, and then I am under great pressure. I said how to crack it, and he said, you can help me do a ritual. Then buy a transfer bead like this and always wear it on your body.
Practice and transshipment master charge more than 10 thousand yuan
Hearing that the so-called master had a way to crack it, Ms. Xu suddenly felt that she had found the direction and that things were still saved. She decisively transferred money to the other party. First, she booked a ritual for 6,999 yuan, and then she spent 3,999 yuan to buy the so-called transshipment.
Ms XuHe said the bead. I said how expensive a bead is. He said that the bead was polished by the master of Jiuhua Mountain. He said it was particularly effective.
A few days later, Ms. Xu received a video of a practice from the "fortune teller".
Ms XuThen he took me a video of what he did. Then he told me not to click on it, saying that as long as I clicked on it, it would destroy this fortune.
Ms. Xu will delete the video in the chat record, and she will do all the other precautions mentioned by the "master" one by one, quietly waiting for the arrival of good luck.
Although the fortune was pointed out by the "master", it did not change.
In the mouth of the so-called numerology masters, they can not only predict the future, but also make people happy through rituals. So is the master really so god? Let’s look at the experience of Ms. Yuan in Jiangsu.
Ms. Yuan from Jiangsu reads a passage every night at 7: 00. This is what a master named "Intimate Face" told her. A previous emotional experience affected her fortune, and she had to spend money on the so-called ritual.
Ms. Li from Shandong is chatting with a person named "Master of Fortune". A few days ago, "Master" helped her to do a ritual to improve her marriage. Who knows that her boyfriend suddenly broke up with her a few days later.
The analysis of the "master" clearly sounds very accurate, and the guidance is also clear, but why doesn’t it work? Ms. Xu of Anhui noticed something was wrong and asked the police for help.
Gao Lei, squadron leader of Netan Brigade of Ningguo Public Security Bureau: In June this year, a netizen reported to Weibo, an Anhui cyber policeman, that a man of Xuancheng Ning nationality had defrauded her of a total of 12,000 yuan on the grounds of helping her to read fortune and transfer.
Ms. Xu said that she received the so-called light-opened transshipment sent by the "master" and wore it every day. But the effect is not at all obvious. She told her family about it, and after some discussion, everyone felt that this "master" was not very reliable.
Ms Xu: I just showed our transit bead to my family. After seeing it, my family thought that this bead was an ordinary bead, and then I said, how can it be? Then they looked at another mailing address, which showed Ningguo, Xuancheng, Anhui, which was different from the address mentioned by his monk. I feel a little strange. I wonder if I may have been cheated.
The police found that the online account named "Visit fortune teller" that Ms. Xu paid attention to had more than four million fans, and the authentication information was displayed as "well-known constellation numerology blogger". After a preliminary browsing, the investigators found that the content published by this account has certain characteristics.
Gao Lei, squadron leader of Netan Brigade of Ningguo Public Security BureauHe usually posts some Weibo, that is, some blog posts about Xuan Xiang’s numerology, such as which star is divorced, and then he says, from a facial point of view, there may be problems with this star’s recent career line or analyzing his marriage line, which will attract a large number of fans.
The police also noticed that the interaction between this account and fans is very high, and fans often send photos of their faces and hands in the comments, asking bloggers for comments.
Gao Lei, squadron leader of Netan Brigade of Ningguo Public Security Bureau: I found that his daily interactions in Weibo are particularly large, and his interactions with fans are particularly large. Moreover, many of his Weibo are 24 hours, that is, he keeps posting some blog posts and keeping track of some hot spots. They also have it in the middle of the night, from midnight to morning, and then we feel suspicious, because it doesn’t look like a person is operating this Weibo.
Attract fans to add WeChat for "paid consultation"
The investigators who continue to investigate the case found that there are dozens of similar accounts on the Internet, all of which publish so-called numerology and fortune-telling related content through the Internet, interact with fans in comments and private messages, and then add fans WeChat for so-called "paid consultation". And one of the bloggers named "Visit fortune-teller Zen Master" has more than 10 million fans.
Gao Lei, squadron leader of Netan Brigade of Ningguo Public Security Bureau: It’s the same account, and the pattern is the same. It mainly focuses on the hot spots of the stars, or the hot spots of the whole network to increase fans, and then sends some soul chicken soup or blog posts like Buddhism, Buddhism and numerology from time to time.
After a period of comparison and analysis, the police sorted out more than 60 accounts, such as fortune teller, fortune teller, fortune teller, fortune teller and fortune teller, which were operated by seven criminal gangs respectively, and each account also corresponded to many micro-signals for private communication with fans.
Set up a company to operate as a team and get rich overnight, attracting many people to follow suit.
It doesn’t matter if you don’t check it. On the surface, these dozens of suspicious "master" accounts are online bloggers who share astrological numerology, but in fact they are likely to be criminal suspects who carry out illegal activities in the form of "paid services and paid visits". And these dozens of accounts add up to hundreds of millions of fans. The police concluded that there are probably many victims like Ms. Xu.
Zhang Bin, Deputy Chief of Criminal Investigation Brigade of Ningguo Public Security BureauAt the beginning, when the case was first judged, there might be only seven people and eight people (suspects). However, it was later discovered that this slowly spread from Ningguo to other places.
Among them, the online account with the largest number of fans, "Seeing the Zen Master", is operated by a man of Anhui Ning nationality surnamed Chen. The police found that as early as 2017, Chen Mou used this account to write articles on geomantic omen and numerology, which gradually gained the popularity of some fans. At the end of 2017, Chen Mou established a company and began to operate as a team. Because of the rich profits, many local people in Ningguo followed suit.
Zhang Bin, Deputy Chief of Criminal Investigation Brigade of Ningguo Public Security BureauIn a period of three months and four months, one gang became seven gangs. The bosses of these seven gangs know each other. Look at the first boss Chen. You made money. This is a good way for you to cheat money. Then I’ll come, too. I’ll call a few people, and I’ll set up some computers.
All seven gang leaders were arrested and the funds involved were frozen over 10 million yuan.
After months of careful investigation, in July 2019, Ningguo police dispatched more than 200 police officers and sent more than 20 arrest teams to Huzhou, Zhejiang, Hangzhou and many cities in Anhui to carry out unified arrest operations. All the seven criminal gang leaders hiding in various places and the people involved in 14 dens were arrested. At the scene, 95 computers and 219 mobile phones were seized, 13 vehicles involved and a large number of crime tools and articles were seized, and the funds involved were frozen by 10.47 million yuan.
Zhang Bin, Deputy Chief of Criminal Investigation Brigade of Ningguo Public Security Bureau: Then, respectively, to these principal criminals and to some people who play an important role in the matter, that is, our backbone. Criminal detention and compulsory measures were taken against the backbone of the gang.
The victim has long been in contact with the "master" and is convinced of it.
As the investigation went on, the police investigating the case found that the victims of this case were all over the country, and one of them sent "open goods" and "transshipment symbols", and the monthly delivery volume of express delivery was thousands. Such a huge shipment volume means that there are not a few victims. When the police contacted them according to the phone number on the courier, almost everyone didn’t realize that they had been cheated.
Police Ma Jian of Criminal Investigation Brigade of Ningguo Public Security BureauIt’s interesting that when we went to find these victims in the later period, sometimes these victims still carried these so-called lucky things with them.
Among them, many victims have long-term contact with the so-called "master" and are convinced. Mr. Ma from Guangdong, a company owner, communicated with the master on WeChat for half a year. After the suspect was arrested, Mr. Ma was very anxious because he lost contact with the master.
Police Ma Jian of Criminal Investigation Brigade of Ningguo Public Security BureauHe just sighed, that is to say, thanks to your coming, I’ve been looking for the Master for several days, and it’s very strange if I can’t be found. I said, hey, what are you looking for the Master? He said that it’s no wonder that the Master didn’t reply to my message on WeChat and Weibo during this time, but you caught him.
It turned out that the transshipment bracelet that Mr. Ma bought from the so-called "master" was accidentally broken by him, which made him very nervous and worried that his fortune would be seriously affected.
Police Ma Jian of Criminal Investigation Brigade of Ningguo Public Security BureauHe said that I had to find all the beads, and then string them together. I was afraid that I had offended this god. Then I asked the master to help me resolve it and see what to do. Then I couldn’t find the master. I was very anxious and uneasy.
The police combed and analyzed the chat records provided by the victims and the suspects, and uncovered one scam after another.
Ms. Chen, who lives in Shanghai, asked the so-called master for help because of her emotional problems with her husband.
Liu Jiayang, police officer of Criminal Investigation Brigade of Ningguo Public Security BureauWhen her husband had an affair, Ms. Chen found this so-called master and wanted to cut off her husband’s peach blossom.
After a series of procedures, such as buying transshipment symbols, wearing transshipment objects and doing things, Ms. Chen found that the methods provided by the master did not work. Every time she asks, the other party coaxes her into buying higher-level and price items.
Liu Jiayang, police officer of Criminal Investigation Brigade of Ningguo Public Security BureauThe first time she did a ritual with a specification of several thousand yuan, she found that her husband’s feelings with her were still not harmonious, so she kept upgrading a specification of the ritual from several thousand yuan to tens of thousands of yuan, and finally the accumulated amount of fraud had reached more than 80 thousand yuan.
From improving physical condition to improving wealth and stabilizing marriage, "master" seems to be able to solve all the problems in life. According to the preliminary investigation by the police, the victims are basically Weibo fans of these masters, mostly young people aged 20 to 30, many of whom are highly educated.
Liu Jiayang, police officer of Criminal Investigation Brigade of Ningguo Public Security BureauLater, after our investigation, we found that there are quite a few deceived groups, including college students and bosses of some enterprises, including some business elites in some big cities, including some artists and stars.
Wang, a young woman who lives in Beijing, is an artist. She followed the account of "Huizhou Zen Master" on Weibo, and then added the master’s WeChat separately. During the chat, the "master" said that her fortune was good, but because someone close to her passed away, it would hurt her good fortune.
Liu Jiayang, police officer of Criminal Investigation Brigade of Ningguo Public Security BureauThe master will explain these bad things to them. You need to cross over, or you will have serious consequences.
Next, Ms. Wang paid the so-called "Runjin" of 9999 yuan, and paid the so-called "Runjin" of 999 yuan to buy the so-called "Lingfu". On the other hand, the master also recommended a ritual that can cut off her boyfriend’s "rotten peach blossom", claiming that it can make her and her boyfriend’s feelings more intimate and transfer money many times. Miss Wang spent more than 10,000 yuan, but the result was just the opposite. The relationship between her and her boyfriend was getting worse and worse.
Liu Jiayang, police officer of Criminal Investigation Brigade of Ningguo Public Security BureauThey claim that they can not only tell fortune by fortune-telling, but also help others improve their fortune through a series of activities such as doing things for others, and solve some problems that may be difficult for this victim to solve in real life. But in fact, these so-called masters, they do not have such ability.
In just two years, he became a well-known blogger.
Among these criminal gangs, there are more than 10 million fans of the "fortune-teller Zen Master", Chen Mou. In just two years, he has transformed from an unemployed youth into a well-known online blogger, and has been invited to participate in the "Red Man Festival" and other activities held by the website many times. Why can they accumulate such a huge amount of wealth in a short period of time, and what means have they used to convince many victims?
Liu Jiayang, police officer of Criminal Investigation Brigade of Ningguo Public Security BureauThis is the master, and this thing is what the master calls the bracelet and bracelet that opens the light. For example, the price of this slightly better bracelet has reached more than 500 yuan. For example, he bought this bracelet for a few dollars, but sold it for more than 100 yuan.
Lie about blessing online to buy cheap goods in bulk and then double them.
The "shipment" of several hundred yuan or even thousands of yuan received by the victim is actually only an extremely low-cost jewelry purchased by the criminal suspect in bulk online. Once there is the blessing of the so-called master, the price will increase exponentially.
Police Ma Jian of Criminal Investigation Brigade of Ningguo Public Security BureauIn fact, we normal people can see at a glance that this thing is a very cheap small commodity, small handicraft. The victim thinks that this thing has been opened and the master has opened it for him, so he will be willing to pay a high price to buy it, and then make a peace of mind.
Liu Jiayang, police officer of Criminal Investigation Brigade of Ningguo Public Security Bureau:This is also a charm used by the suspect for fraud, that is, he prepared a wooden seal in advance, printed it on it, and then scribbled on it with a red brush.
In fact, the person who made the charm was the cousin of Chen Mou, a criminal suspect who manipulated the account of "fortune-teller". The so-called master blessing was all fabricated by them. Of course, the charm is far from having the so-called magic power. Cousin Chen Mou was originally a handyman in the gang.
Liu Jiayang, police officer of Criminal Investigation Brigade of Ningguo Public Security Bureau:Because of his low level of education, primary school culture, so he sometimes wrote these words are also scribbled.
The charm is painted casually, and the shipment is a cheap jewelry wholesale online. After it is made, it will be delivered to the victim by courier. Among these businesses, the one with almost no cost but the highest asking price is "doing things".
Police Ma Jian of Criminal Investigation Brigade of Ningguo Public Security Bureau: The cheapest one is 3,3499 yuan. He Suiyuan said that he had a lot of Suiyuan 8999. At present, we have the most scams between victims of nearly 100,000 yuan.
In fact, the "practice" is to send some videos downloaded or photographed online to the victims, and also tell the victims to "delete them after reading" and not save them in their mobile phones, otherwise they will be "blasphemous".
Police Ma Jian of Criminal Investigation Brigade of Ningguo Public Security BureauHe saved a lot in his own computer, and it may be sent to the victim named Zhang San and the victim of Li Si, because Zhang San and Li Si are separate and can’t communicate with each other. The same template will deceive many people.
Not only is the video of "how to do things" fake, but the person who chats sincerely with fans on Weibo WeChat is not a "master" at all. Chen Mou, a criminal suspect, confessed that due to the huge business volume every day, he set up a company and divided the staff into two groups. The members of the first group were responsible for writing articles and posting them online to attract fans.
Police Ma Jian of Criminal Investigation Brigade of Ningguo Public Security Bureau: through the book extract and self-processing, for example, what are the characteristics of this person’s face, what will happen to his next fortune, and what will happen to his official fortune. This netizen, after seeing it, will unconsciously lean on himself. For example, I have a mole between my eyes and my nose. Hey, this face is very similar to mine.
Once fans ask bloggers if they can read photos alone, members of the Weibo group will tell fans that one-on-one reading is a paid service, and "Master" WeChat needs to be added. At this time, the second group of personnel will meet up.
Police Ma Jian of Criminal Investigation Brigade of Ningguo Public Security BureauAfter reading the photo, the criminal suspect will say that this victim has bad fortune, bad marriage, and you are a villain and too old. Then after the victim psychologically causes panic, he will ask the so-called master to resolve it.
At this time, the victim didn’t know that the WeChat with "Master" was not the same person as the one on Weibo. The masters who gave him directions were also young people with low academic qualifications and no fixed jobs. All the palmistry analysis and fortune comments are copied according to the template.
Zhang Bin, Deputy Chief of Criminal Investigation Brigade of Ningguo Public Security BureauThey came to the company and simply studied for three days and five days. For a longer week, read some palm books and give others some advice.
The effect of being misled by such a master can be imagined. However, these "masters" are labeled as so-called authentication labels, and they have accumulated millions or even tens of millions of fans, making it impossible for many victims to distinguish them. According to the police, this is the concealment and confusion of such fraud cases.
Police Ma Jian of Criminal Investigation Brigade of Ningguo Public Security BureauVictims can trust these masters. First of all, Weibo is a big Weibo, and Weibo is a big Weibo with millions of fans. So the first point is that the victim is more convinced of what the so-called master said in consciousness. After the victim added this WeChat, he was generally fooled.
The police suggested that this kind of fraud mode just took advantage of the victim’s curiosity and took shortcuts. There is no royal road to life, and fate is ultimately in your own hands.
Zhang Bin, Deputy Chief of Criminal Investigation Brigade of Ningguo Public Security BureauBecause the network is virtual. You don’t know what kind of person, male or female, is sitting opposite the computer. That’s not someone who showed you a palm and a face and said you were in trouble. Others are masters.