"Special medicine" routines need to be cautious when seeking medical advice on the Internet

The “special medicine” for eye diseases that cost tens of thousands of yuan to buy online is actually food supplies and substitute tea
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In a large-scale telecommunications network fraud reported by the police in Nantong City, Jiangsu Province recently, a criminal group disguised as a legitimate company, used methods such as fictitious medical experts and exaggerating the efficacy of drugs, causing more than 100,000 people across the country to fall into the scam, with a total amount of 3 Billion yuan
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The police reminded that do not trust non-professional medical institutions and their so-called "special effects", and try to choose a regular hospital for on-site inspection and diagnosis, so as not to be deceived
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"Special magic medicine, 1 box is enough, never relapse", "Precious herbs boiled, specializing in sleeplessness", "Old traditional Chinese medicine ancestral secret recipe, treatment of various eye diseases".
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In recent years, similar false advertisements have been published on the Internet, TV and other platforms.
The endless emergence from the top has caused some people to be deceived
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Recently, the Nantong Municipal Public Security Bureau of Jiangsu Province reported that in July this year, the Nantong police, coordinated by the Criminal Police Headquarters of the Jiangsu Provincial Public Security Department and the Beijing-Hebei Police, worked together to destroy a large-scale telecommunications network fraud criminal gang.
More than 720 members involved in the case were seized and frozen.
The amount involved is more than 70 million yuan
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The criminal group pretends to be a legitimate company, defrauding consumers' trust by fictitious medical experts and exaggerating the efficacy of drugs, causing more than 100,000 people across the country to fall into a scam with a total amount of more than 300 million yuan
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Online shopping "magic medicine" for eye diseases has fallen into a serial scam
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Uncle Cao, who lives in Chengdong Town, Hai'an City, Nantong City, Jiangsu Province, has long suffered from eye diseases .
In August last year, he bought an ancestral secret Chinese medicine called "Tongtian Mingmufang" at a cost of 5,984 yuan, but found that most of what he received were food products such as "chenpi muxiang" and substitute tea.
It didn't work
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After being reminded, Uncle Cao realized that he might be fooled and hurriedly called the police
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The encounter with Uncle Cao is not alone
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Ms.
Tao in Nantong City often seeks medical advice on the Internet in order to cure her eye disease.
She accidentally saw an advertisement posted on a certain online platform.
She was attracted by the magical efficacy of its promotion and immediately scanned the QR code to add WeChat
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The person receiving Ms.
Tao is the expert "Ms.
Zheng" of "Beijing Zheng's Traditional Chinese Medicine Clinic"
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The other party claimed to be from a family of Chinese medicine.
After seeing Ms.
Tao remotely, "Ms.
Zheng" said that Ms.
Tao's eyesight was gradually diminishing, and if she did not receive attention, she might be blind, and recommended to her the "Hundred Years Retreat Recipe"
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"Ms.
Zheng" also said that there happened to be preferential places in Jiangsu, and she suggested that she buy 3 courses at a time
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When Ms.
Tao bought and used the medicine and reported that the medicine did not work, "Mr.
Zheng" recommended her 84-year-old "grandfather", an "old expert" with more than 60 years of experience in treating eye diseases, to see her
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In this way, under the guidance of "Ms.
Zheng" and "Old Expert", Ms.
Tao successively spent nearly 30,000 yuan, but the effect was minimal
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The "disguise" of illegal medical companies With the deepening of the Nantong police investigation, a medical and health care company dressed in a legal cloak gradually emerged
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According to investigations, the company was established in 2019, is headquartered in Beijing, and has multiple subsidiaries in Baoding, Hebei, specializing in the sale of fake health products
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“A subsidiary in Baoding, Hebei, is well-prepared.
When employees arrive at work every day, they lock the door on the ground floor from the inside
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” Zhang Jianrong, a police officer from the Criminal Police Brigade of the Haimen District Public Security Bureau, who participated in the handling of the case, said that the criminal group has a strong presence.
In order to better hide himself, he even opened a normally operating pharmacy on the ground floor to cope with the daily inspections of relevant departments
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In order to prevent the police from obtaining electronic data, the suspect also secretly concealed the server
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Policeman Su Chen from the Criminal Police Brigade of the Haimen District Public Security Bureau who participated in the arrest said that they found an invisible door behind the bookcase and collection cabinet of the person in charge's office, with 5 servers hidden inside
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When the time is right, on July 4, the police launched a general attack to destroy the fraud dens in one fell swoop
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While focusing on arrests in the front, the police from the anti-fraud centers in Hai'an and Haimen, Nantong City, simultaneously carried out emergency payment suspension and freezing work on more than 700 accounts involved in the case in the rear
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In this arrest, the criminal group headed by Guan Moqi, Wang Moushi and his wife was "smashed by one net.
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The public security organs arrested more than 720 members involved in the case, of which 157 were suspected of criminal offenses, and frozen more than 70 million yuan of funds involved in the case
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Lower your voice, slow down your speech, and pretend to be "old Chinese doctors".
"Their advertisements are group-specific.
For example, young people are used to using Douyin, and advertisements for diet pills and male diseases will be placed on Douyin
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Elderly people watch more TV, and they put advertisements in the health column on TV
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" Zhao Jie, a member of the task force and a policeman from the Criminal Police Brigade of the Hai'an Public Security Bureau, said that the criminal group spends millions of yuan on advertising each year
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Once someone contacts for consultation, a salesperson will pretend to be an expert to see the other party, and induce consumption by fictionalizing the efficacy of drugs through professional skills
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When the customer reported that the medicine did not work, the young salesperson lowered his voice, slowed down his speech, and pretended to be an "old Chinese doctor" to fool him into buying the more precious "special Chinese medicine"
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According to the main criminal suspects such as Guan Moqi and Wang Moshi, before starting the company, they sent special personnel to "study" in other places, and then provided pre-job training for employees in terms of professional terminology
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In addition, they have specially hired lawyers to avoid risks by modifying the "words"
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If a customer is deceived and wants to protect their rights, the company will have a dedicated person to deal with it to prevent the situation from expanding and attract the attention of the police
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Zhao Jie said that after investigation, the suspect advertised the original price of 1996 yuan for a course of treatment, and now only 1596 yuan for "eye-sighting tribulus pill", the cost is only 70 yuan
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Moreover, the criminal group does not have drug R&D and production capabilities.
In fact, it is a leather bag company whose products are distributed by cooperative drug companies
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You need to be cautious when seeking medicines online "criminal means are highly deceptive and seriously endanger the health and property
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"Qu Jian, head of the Criminal Police Detachment of the Nantong Public Security Bureau, said that since 2019, the criminal group has operated in a corporatized mode, using patients' eagerness to treat illnesses and a lack of awareness of fraud prevention, etc.
, to fabricate the so-called good prescriptions of medical experts.
Trust, exaggerate, and fabricate the efficacy of drugs, promote them through the Internet and TV platforms, to deceive the masses
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As of the incident, there have been more than 100,000 victims across the country, with a total amount of more than 300 million yuan involved
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At present, some suspects in the case The case has been transferred for review and prosecution, and the case is still being processed
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The police reminded that telecommunications network fraud methods are endless.
Consumers must be vigilant, especially when seeking medical advice on the Internet.
It is difficult to distinguish between the true and the false of the expert.
Do not believe that it is unprofessional Medical institutions and so-called "special effects
drugs.
" When encountering the need for diagnosis, medication and treatment, they should try their best to go to a regular hospital for on-site inspection and diagnosis, so as not to be deceived
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