You can easily make money by playing a game? A few months ago, introduced by a friend, Mr. Wu played a fish-raising game called "Ocean Star": buying virtual fry on the platform, and then buying "fish feed" for feeding, with a 12-day cycle. After the fish is raised, it is sold to the platform, and the income can be obtained. Develop offline and recharge the platform to buy fry, and you can get up to 3% income when you go online.
After earning more than 1,500 yuan, Mr. Wu increased his investment. Unexpectedly, after spending another 60,000 yuan to buy fry, he was shocked that he was "raised fish" — — The platform issued a "maintenance announcement" and the money could no longer be raised.
The lawyer reminded that this fish-raising game is suspected of illegal fund-raising and pyramid schemes, and the public must be vigilant and rational.
More than 60,000 yuan of "fish fry" hit Shui Piao
“‘ Ocean star ’ The game was recommended by a friend, saying that the platform is an innovative fishery breeding brand promotion service provider, and it receives rewards by completing tasks such as breeding, promotion, attention, consumption and advertisement viewing on the platform. " Mr. Wu said that in the game, players buy virtual fry in the platform, and then they have to buy fish feed for 12 days. After the fish is raised and sold to the platform, they can get benefits.
The prices of these virtual fry range from 9.8 yuan to 498 yuan. On this platform, which was launched in April, friends gained a lot of benefits. Mr. Wu was moved: "Just play for a cycle and make a fortune." On May 2, Mr. Wu downloaded and registered the game platform with a friend’s recommendation code, recharged more than 16,000 yuan, bought 33 fish with 498 yuan each, and sold them successfully 12 days later, earning more than 1,500 yuan.
Since then, Mr. Wu has played more and more, earning nearly 10,000 yuan in the fourth cycle, and he once again invested more than 60,000 yuan to buy fry. "I thought this was the last time, so I raised the principal after I finished. As a result, the platform was released on June 28th ‘ Maintenance bulletin ’ Notice that the money can’t be raised. "
Suspected pyramid scheme victims are all over the country.
Mr. Wu pulled the reporter into a group of victims named "Ocean Star", with 61 people from all over the country.
A netizen named "Sister Hong" told the reporter that after a friend’s introduction, he raised a fish and invested more than 10,000 yuan. He also took a girlfriend to register with his own invitation code and invested 5,000 yuan. Now it is gone. According to the reporter’s observation, the victims in the group are basically recommended by friends and relatives to join, and then develop friends and relatives around them to join.
On August 29th, Mr. Wu, who broke the news, showed the reporter the game platform of "Ocean Star". When you enter the home page of the platform, you can see options such as "Announcement", "Shopping Mall" and "Raiders", but after clicking these options, it shows that the next operation cannot be carried out. Looking at the 62,178 ocean stars in the "My" column, he said, "This is the principal I transferred in. One star represents one dollar, and now it’s all gone."
In the introduction, the rules of the game are introduced in the option of "about recruiting fishermen". Each platform member can invite others to join the game by sharing the automatically generated personal QR code and verification code, and can get the benefits of sharing, that is to say, if you recharge in the platform to buy fry, you can get a maximum of 3% on the line. The reporter found that the game could not be found in major mobile app stores. Mr. Wu said that it was downloaded from a link directly given by a friend.
Withdrawals are all transferred by a company in Chengdu.
Generally speaking, every mobile APP platform will indicate the name of the developer, but in the "Ocean Star" game platform, the reporter did not find it, and even the platform did not even have customer service contact information.
Among the victims of "Ocean Star", the reporter saw several promotional videos of the project. In the promo, an Australian group made a strong landing in the China market and launched the "Ocean Star" project, saying that the project is a brand-new farming model, which has brought a platform with shorter cycle, higher income and lower threshold to ordinary investors. By implanting the fishery farming project into the game, anyone can make a profit with a simple operation with a smart phone. It is also said that the project is to be an offline trading platform, and ultimately it needs the number of players, not the money of players, and hopes that players will develop more offline.
The reporter searched an Australian group on the Internet, which is the largest prawn breeder in Australia, but there is little relevant information, let alone the relevant content of the "Ocean Star" project.
Subsequently, the reporter learned from Mr. Wu and other victims that all the cash from the game was transferred from "Chengdu Times Aoxiang Information Technology Co., Ltd.". From the national enterprise credit information publicity system, the company’s business scope is: information system integration services; Information technology research, technology transfer, technical consultation and technical services; Sell electronic products.
"After the accident, we alerted the company’s location, but the local police replied that there is no relevant evidence to prove that the company is illegal, and we need to go to Chengdu to submit evidence to the police." Mr. Wu expressed his helplessness. The reporter has repeatedly tried to contact the company, but it has been unsuccessful.
Lawyer: Suspected of illegal fund-raising and pyramid selling.
Qiu Hua, the chief lawyer of Hubei Gaoye Law Firm, said that borrowing the game shell to attract users through high-return gimmicks, old users develop new users to give income, and then use the money of new users to pay interest and short-term returns to old users, which is suspected of illegal fund-raising.
Article 7 of the Regulations on Prohibiting MLM, Order No.444 of the State Council, stipulates that the following acts belong to pyramid schemes: the organizer or operator, through developing personnel, asks the developed personnel to develop other personnel to join, and calculates and pays remuneration (including material rewards and other economic benefits) to the developed personnel on the basis of the number of personnel directly or indirectly developing. In the case, the platform operation process is also suspected of pyramid schemes.
He said that citizens who encounter this scam should report to the public security organs, register the amount of losses, make notes, submit contracts and make payment records. (Reporter Fei Quan)