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“我是警察，请把钱转给我”

Phone scams in China: how to spot them

Name: ________________ Date: ________

“你好níhǎo，我wǒ是shì警察jǐngchá。你nǐ的de银行卡yínhángkǎ出chū了le问题wèntí，现在xiànzài要yào查chá一下yíxià。请qǐng你nǐ先xiān把bǎ钱qián转zhuǎn到dào一个yígè安全ānquán的de账户zhànghù里。”

如果rúguǒ你nǐ接到jiēdào这样zhèyàng的de电话diànhuà，要yào马上mǎshàng挂掉guàdiào。这zhè是shì骗子piànzi很hěn常用chángyòng的de办法bànfǎ：先xiān让ràng你nǐ害怕hàipà，再zài让ràng你nǐ转zhuǎn钱qián。

还有háiyǒu一种yìzhǒng常见chángjiàn的de骗子piànzi，会huì在zài网上wǎngshàng说shuō：“在家zàijiā工作gōngzuò，一yì天tiān能néng有yǒu几百jíbǎi块kuài！”你nǐ只要zhǐyào帮bāng商店shāngdiàn买mǎi东西dōngxī、说shuō它们tāmen很hěn好hǎo，就jiù能néng拿ná钱qián。可是kěshì做zuò了le几jǐ次cì以后yǐhòu，他们tāmen会huì让ràng你nǐ先xiān给gěi钱qián，然后ránhòu人rén就jiù不见bújiàn了le。

有yǒu一点yìdiǎn要yào记住jìzhu：真的zhēnde警察jǐngchá，不会búhuì让ràng你nǐ把bǎ钱qián转zhuǎn到dào“安全ānquán账户zhànghù”。

现在xiànzài，很hěn多duō中国zhōngguó人rén手机shǒujī里都dōu有yǒu一个yígè应用yìngyòng，叫jiào“国家guójiā反诈中心fǎnzhà-zhōngxīn”。它tā能néng告诉gàosù你nǐ哪些nǎxiē电话diànhuà可能kěnéng是shì骗子piànzi打dǎ的de。如果rúguǒ接到jiēdào号码hàomǎ是shì96110的de电话diànhuà，一定yídìng要yào接jiē：这zhè是shì警察jǐngchá打dǎ来lái让ràng你nǐ小心xiǎoxīn骗子piànzi的de电话diànhuà。

你nǐ接到jiēdào过guò奇怪qíguài的de电话diànhuà吗ma？

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?