“我是警察，请把钱转给我”
Phone scams in China: how to spot them
Name: ________________ Date: ________
“你好，我是警察。你的银行卡出了问题，现在要查一下。请你先把钱转到一个安全的账户里。”
如果你接到这样的电话，要马上挂掉。这是骗子很常用的办法：先让你害怕，再让你转钱。
还有一种常见的骗子，会在网上说：“在家工作，一天能有几百块！”你只要帮商店买东西、说它们很好，就能拿钱。可是做了几次以后，他们会让你先给钱，然后人就不见了。
有一点要记住：真的警察，不会让你把钱转到“安全账户”。
现在，很多中国人手机里都有一个应用，叫“国家反诈中心”。它能告诉你哪些电话可能是骗子打的。如果接到号码是96110的电话，一定要接：这是警察打来让你小心骗子的电话。
你接到过奇怪的电话吗？
Key words
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 出 | chū | to go out; to come out |
| 这样 | zhèyàng | like this; this way |
| 网上 | wǎngshàng | online; on the internet |
| 帮 | bāng | to help; to assist |
| 拿 | ná | to take; to hold; to carry |
| 次 | cì | next; second (as in 次日) |
| 告诉 | gàosù | to tell; to inform |
| 打 | dǎ | to play (a ball game, cards) |
| 过 | guò | (particle) marks a past experience: have ever |
| 银行卡 | yínhángkǎ | bank card |
| 查 | chá | to check; to examine; to investigate |
| 先 | xiān | first; in advance |
English (for the teacher)
“Hello, this is the police. There’s a problem with your bank card, and we need to check it now. Please first transfer your money to a safe account.”
If you get a call like this, hang up at once. It is one of scammers’ favourite tricks: first make you scared, then get you to transfer money.
Another common kind of scammer says online, “Work from home and earn a few hundred kuai a day!” All you have to do is buy things for shops and say they’re great, and you get paid. But after you’ve done it a few times, they ask you to pay first, and then they disappear.
One thing to remember: real police don’t ask you to move money into a “safe account”.
Now many Chinese people have an app on their phones called the National Anti-Fraud Center. It can tell you which calls might be from scammers. And if you get a call from 96110, be sure to answer: it’s the police calling to warn you about scammers.
Have you ever had a strange phone call?