A 24-year-old beauty in Shenzhen wanted to spend money to be a flight attendant but was defrauded of 80,000 yuan

Miss Luo, a 24-year-old beauty from Shenzhen, saw an intermediary information on the Internet, claiming that as long as she paid "activity funds", she could join China Southern Airlines as a flight attendant. Later, Ms. Luo resigned from her job in a state-owned enterprise and signed a training agreement with an agency for up to 225,000 yuan. Ms. Luo paid the other party 85,000 yuan as a deposit, but there has been no news since then. The agency said it kept evading the request and said it couldn't handle the matter because the leadership of China Southern Airlines had changed. Ms. Luo repeatedly urged her to return the deposit, but the other party refused to do so and even denied receiving the deposit. In desperation, Ms. Luo had no choice but to call the police.

At the end of the year, it is the peak recruitment season for major airlines. The Internet is full of intermediaries, and you can join the airline as long as you pay money. However, the reporter learned that major airlines generally recruit through direct registration or go directly to schools to recruit. They do not entrust so-called intermediaries, and there are no so-called activity funds.

Lu Xiaohan, an intern of Nanfang Daily reporter Deng Qiang

The deposit of 80,000 was "wasted"

Ms. Luo, 24, works in a state-owned enterprise in Shenzhen. She has always dreamed of becoming a stewardess and has participated in the recruitment of airlines many times. In early June, Ms. Luo saw information about a flight attendant training institution on the Internet, claiming that as long as she paid a certain fee, she could "enter the airline company" without taking a test. Ms. Luo was a little excited and felt that this was a good opportunity to realize her dream of being a stewardess.

On June 5, Miss Luo signed a training contract after meeting with Wang, the intermediary of the training institution. But what is different from what he did online before is that Wang only verbally "booked the airline". The impatient Ms. Luo didn't have too many doubts at the time and signed the contract.

The reporter found that the training contract signed by Ms. Luo said "Quasi Flight Attendant Interview and Employment Training", and the content of the training fee was divided into "training fees", "accommodation fees" and "activity funds" in detail wait. One of the items is underlined and marked with "Deposit: 80,000 yuan, and the final payment is 150,000 yuan, to be paid on the day of receiving the physical examination notice."

"That contract is a cover! All kinds of things written on it The activity funds and so on were all fake, and there would be no training. He kept saying that if he paid, he would be able to become a flight attendant. If he failed, he would get a full refund, so I believed him and signed. " Ms. Luo said angrily in an interview with reporters. After signing the contract, the other party required Ms. Luo to pay a deposit of 85,000 yuan first, and then pay the balance in full after receiving the notice of passing the physical examination. Ms. Luo repeatedly confirmed the process, and Wang said: "As long as you pay the money, you don't have to worry, we will run it. There is no need to worry about the written test and interview."

But after paying the deposit, Luo The lady has yet to receive the notice from the agency. The agency explained to Ms. Luo that it was because China Southern Airlines was undergoing internal inspection and rectification, and the management was relatively strict recently, so it would have to wait until August to complete the matter. In mid-August, when Ms. Luo asked the other party again about the progress of the matter, the agency said: "China Southern Airlines has changed its boss, and this matter cannot be done."

Ms. Luo immediately asked the agency to return the 85,000 yuan deposit, but But the agent shied away: "I don't have the money. I took it to the agency to handle it. It will take some time to get the money back. I will help you with it again." In early October, when Ms. Luo asked the agent for a deposit again, The agent Wang claimed that he did not charge any money from Ms. Luo. The deposit was not refunded, and Ms. Luo had to call the police after asking for it many times to no avail. Since Ms. Luo did not ask for a receipt from the other party when she paid the deposit, it would be difficult to recover as long as the bank card consumption was flowing. At present, the police have been involved in the investigation.

The four major airlines "clearly marked prices"

On October 17, a reporter contacted a female agent online as a job seeker. The other party readily said that as long as the money is available, she will Yes, and I can go for an interview with Shenzhen Airlines on the 18th. "230,000. The four major airlines all have this price, no less." The agent quickly quoted the price.

During the phone call, the agency asked the reporter about her education and age, and urged the reporter to send her personal information. "You have to register now. If you are sure to go to Shenzhen Airlines tomorrow, you will pay a deposit of 10,000 yuan first, and we will find someone to help you." The reporter delayed temporarily on the grounds that he had to discuss it with his parents, and the agency said that the teacher in charge of the interview would do it later. Contact a reporter.

More than 10 minutes later, a man called and said he was the person responsible for introducing reporters to Shenzhen Airlines for interviews.

The man kept urging reporters on the phone to submit personal information and pay a deposit. When the reporter expressed doubts about "", the man suggested that instead of paying it all at once, he could pay part of it after passing each round of interviews and pay the full amount after receiving the notice of physical examination. The reporter asked whether he would sign a contract or agreement, but the other party evaded and said: "I am out of town now, so don't talk to me about the contract. If you want to go, just pay a deposit of 10,000."

The agency then added the phone number He received the reporter’s WeChat account and eagerly asked the reporter whether he would go for an interview on the 18th. "If you feel too anxious tomorrow, the Air China interview on the 23rd will be at the same price." Seeing that the reporter was still hesitant, the agent called again to urge: "The number of places is limited now, if you take our route, we will definitely be able to guarantee you." Passed." When the reporter asked about the source of the quota, the agent said: "To tell you the truth, airlines have excess quotas for sale. I have internal connections to buy most of these 230,000 quotas for internal personnel. After all, I won’t make much money from you, so I’ll give the 230,000 to 200,000 yuan to the people inside.” In order to dispel the reporter’s doubts, the agency also cited many successful cases she had done. When the reporter asked him if he could sign a book or contract, the other party seemed very angry: "If you don't trust people like this, you will be cheated anyway. To put it bluntly, books and contracts have no legal effect, and we have no rules." Cover it for you!”

Subsequently, the reporter inquired about Shenzhen Airlines’ flight attendant recruitment instructions, which clearly stated: Shenzhen Airlines cabin crew recruitment only accepts individual on-site registration or online applications, and rejects recommendations from any organization, agency, or school. and group registration; no registration fee, agency fee, recommendation fee or any other fees will be charged. You will be responsible for your own transportation, food and accommodation expenses, and you will be responsible for your own safety. There are similar instructions in the recruitment brochure on Air China. As for Miss Luo's matter, the reporter learned from China Southern Airlines that China Southern Airlines also stated that China Southern Airlines generally recruits through information publishing or recruiting directly on campus. There will be no so-called redundant quotas and no fees will be charged during the recruitment process. .