In the daily life of studying in Britain, some fraud incidents will inevitably occur.

Britain has always been one of the main destinations for China students to study abroad, because it has an excellent education system and world-famous experts and professors. It is really a good place to study abroad. However, in the daily life of studying in Britain, some fraud incidents inevitably occur: First, the fraud of stolen cars.

Danger index: 6 stars ★★★★★★★★

Deception index 6 stars ★★★★★★★★★

The low price of British cars makes many friends who are "thundered" by domestic car prices ready to move. However, the high insurance for buying a car makes many people flinch from owning their own cars. So buying a used car has become the best choice for most people.

In recent years, car theft fraud cases are indeed common. In 2009 alone, more than 75,000 cars in Britain mysteriously disappeared into the used car market. Not only China people, but also many British people were cheated by these stolen goods.

When choosing a car, the illegal intermediary provides the buyer with a fake license plate and qualification certificate, but as a layman, you simply can't see the mystery.

It is recommended to find a reliable dealer when buying a car. Although the price is more expensive than buying from private places, there are relatively few hidden dangers. In addition, when contacting the car, if you can meet friends who know this knowledge, it is also a good way to avoid being fooled.

Second, rental fraud.

Danger index: 5 stars ★★★★★★★

Deception index 6 stars ★★★★★★★★★

First of all, the liar said that he was a professional and had a house, but he was vacant because he recently went to work in other places. He decided to rent out the house again and again, and the price was lower than the market price. The important condition is to take good care of the house. He provides room pictures and other information, pretending to ask about you, and everything is similar to the landlord who rents a house normally.

In the subsequent email, he changed the subject and said that he had recently returned to the city where the house was located from his work and arranged to see the house. However, due to the house inspector's bad faith, he could not provide cash as a deposit at the first time after the house inspection, which led to his wasting a lot of time. If you pay the deposit without checking his house ownership certificate, it's basically saying goodbye to your money.

Of the same type, there are also frauds involving house purchase and house purchase loans. The method is similar. The key point is to induce the victim to pay various nominal deposits, plus various commitments. Once the final deposit is paid, it must be that people can't contact again when they go to the building.

Third, purchasing fraud/second-hand transaction fraud.

Danger index: 6 stars ★★★★★★★★★★

Deception index 4 stars ★★★★★★★★

This kind of fraud is similar in nature, and it is all under the banner of good quality, low price and new goods to induce the victims to take the bait.

Some swindlers like to cheat by mail. Liars usually look for pictures from the internet, use their own photo software to erase the watermark, and then transfer them by buying or second-hand, so that the victims can transfer money and mail the so-called goods to the victims, but that kind of thing does not exist from beginning to end.

When the victim heard that the swindler had delivered the goods, he quickly transferred the money, but naturally he couldn't find anything like that. In addition, there are many scams of second-hand mobile phones. Many second-hand mobile phones are contract machines, and scammers use contract machines to sell second-hand.

The victim may have a long-term contract to buy a mobile phone, or a high monthly fixed consumption. There are still many mobile phones that have been reported lost by others, such as the loss reporting function of Apple's mobile phone, which victims often cannot use after buying from scammers.

Remind everyone, don't believe that the pie falls from the sky, and what others know will not be sold to you cheaply for no reason. If something is good and cheap, you are either wrong or a liar.

4. Screenshot of online chat tool/video fraud

Danger index 3 stars ★★★★

Deception index 6 stars ★★★★★★★★★

Whether it is an international student or a British immigrant, the slightest sign of a child in a foreign country is enough to worry parents who are thousands of miles away. Liars are precisely aware of the weakness of domestic parents, and by stealing their QQ, they get in touch with their parents and cheat. This method is also applicable to skype and msn, so any chat software should pay attention to it.

Liars usually use the excuse that teachers and classmates are in a hurry in China and need money. Or how you are in England. When it comes to money, parents must pay attention. Be sure to call to verify, but you can't trust chatting on QQ.

If money is involved and the phone can't get through, talk about QQ, you can agree on some secret signals between parents and children, or ask children some questions that only children know. Or take words to set the QQ of "children".

You can know the truth. In addition, you can't casually receive files or picture information sent by strangers. Paying more attention to computer security knowledge is a good way to prevent it.

Verb (abbreviation for verb) telephone fraud

Danger index 3 stars ★★★★

Deception index 4 stars ★★★★★★★★

Many students in China are familiar with telephone fraud and SMS fraud. However, due to globalization, where there are telephones, there are scammers.

Telephone fraud is also a common crime in Britain. Some of them call from outside Britain, pretend to set up a local business hall or branch to conduct telephone surveys, and then ask for information about the victims and invite them to participate in the lucky draw.

A netizen once shared with you his experience in dealing with telephone scammers. The telephone party harassed the victims one after another, so although it did not succeed economically, netizens also suffered great mental torture during this period.

For this kind of telephone fraud, I suggest that the best way is not to answer strange numbers. Because most scammers' phone numbers are displayed as "unknown" on our mobile phones, if you are really not sure about this phone number, you might as well go to google online to check the results, so as to ensure safety.

The above are the common fraud incidents of British students. The vast number of international students need to pay attention to it, strengthen their awareness of self-protection and study abroad safety, and have a safe and happy study abroad life and journey!