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Fighting the Rising Tide of Fake Celebrity Scams on Social Media: The Battle Against Phishing Fish

Social media such as facebook have seen a large number of fake celebrity posts phishing fish. The sufferers complained one after another, and the media widely reported that scammers should be restrained, but recently, “A celebrity celebrities” are still seen all over fb, and the madness has not diminished but increased. KOL and well-known columnist Zeng Zhihua told me that there are more and more investment scam fan pages impersonating him. He finally called the police in anger. “, but the scammers are divided into layers, and the mastermind is hidden in the field, making it difficult to find out. Another friend in the industry pointed out that social media operators have not strictly controlled this, which is the main reason why the situation is almost out of control.

KOL and well-known columnist Zeng Zhihua’s fake “investment scam fan page” spread all over Facebook. He was angry and called the police. The police are actively investigating and set up a special team to follow up, including hunting down snakes.

Zeng Zhihua said that the number of fake fan pages is astonishing, and they spend a lot of money, appearing in different names, most of which are to attract fish to participate in investment classes or lectures. He has kept complaining to fb, but the number of counterfeiting has not decreased but increased, so he recently called the police angrily, asking the police to deal with it, and made a detailed confession, telling how he was counterfeited.

He said that the police attach great importance to this, and there are so many “fraudulent fan pages” about him, so under the Network Security and Technology Crime Investigation Bureau, a task force was set up to follow up. After they contacted fb, fb has already Closed several fake fan pages.

However, similar fraudulent fan pages continue to appear in large numbers, and it is not easy to completely eliminate them. The police told Zeng Zhihua that most of the masterminds behind the scenes are not in Hong Kong, and they are very hidden. There is a division of labor under it, so it is difficult to find out the mastermind and disintegrate the organization behind it.

Even so, he pointed out that the police said they would take active actions to investigate deeply, and have sent police officers to put snakes in, pretending to be ordinary investors to enter the scammer’s webpage, participate in investment classes, and grasp its internal operation.

On fb, he pretended to be a well-known financial and economic celebrity Uncle Lu. Although he had complained to fb N times, it was completely useless, and the situation was still out of control, which made him extremely helpless.

I also recently talked about this with a famous financial speaker who has been impersonated many times. He said that he had complained to fb N times, but after some fake fan pages were closed, someone soon used another name to impersonate him to make a post , The number has not decreased, and the complaints are completely exhausting and time-consuming, so he has given up, angry and helpless at the situation getting out of control.

Friends in the industry pointed out that the reason why such fan pages are endlessly deleted is because scammers can continue to open new accounts on fb, register with different names, and then post posts under false names, one is deleted, and another one is used to come out, endlessly .

He said that if the fb operators are willing to take heavy measures to strictly control these “fake celebrity” fan pages, it is technically possible, as long as the accounts suspected of impersonation are banned, it can be effectively cracked down. If this type of account wants to increase the number of posts, it must pay FB for boosting. Perhaps because of the advertising revenue involved, the operator may not want to control it too strictly.

Recently fb’s parent company Meta announced its latest results. The advertising revenue in the second quarter of this year increased by 12%, and the stock price soared by 9%. It seems that how to increase revenue is the company’s top priority, and other problems that arise are secondary.

There are still many “fake celebrities” on fb. The latest one is Zhongyuan boss Shi Yongqing.

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Zhang Zhigang, a friend in political circles, wrote an article yesterday about “soft confrontation” and proposed a new point, which is to consider another genetic variation of it, which is “far confrontation”, that is, a large number of opposition figures who have emigrated to other places. They avoid the jurisdiction of Hong Kong and use the Internet to Continue to make wind and rain, and we cannot let it go. What he said is that the “international line” activities of exiles have indeed resumed recently. One example is the resurgence of the “Yangcun” children’s brainwashing camp in the UK. It is worth noting.

The “Yangcun” children’s brainwashing camp failed last month due to the refusal to rent a venue. It has made a comeback in recent days and will be held in London at the beginning of next month. It shows that the “resistance organization” of Hong Kong people in the UK is still active.

The picture book “Yangcun” was ruled illegal by the court last year. The “Yangcun” organization in the UK revived “Yangcun” a month ago and held a “Yangcun Day Camp for Justice Education” to instill the idea of ​​”resistance” in children, but rented out the venue The Guildford Baptist Synagogue in the locality suddenly shrunk and gave a notice to cancel the lease two days before the event. As a result, the event fell through. The organizers blamed the hall for being under political pressure for fear of causing trouble.

More than a month later, relevant organizations announced on social media yesterday that the “Battle of Yangcun – Justice Education Day Camp” will be held again on August 5 at the Central Library in Thornton, a small town in south London. The object of the activity is schoolchildren aged 6 to 12. The content includes “understanding the current situation in Hong Kong; the impact of system injustice on society and individuals; believing in your own power to change society.” The child begins.

This activity seems to be limited to the children of Hong Kong people immigrating to the UK, but it is not ruled out that it will be held online in the future. Some parents who are originally “deep yellow” will be happy to let their children receive this kind of “education”.

Xu Zhifeng, a wanted criminal living in Australia, is also actively preparing to stage a “big show”. He will hold the “World Hong Kong Forum 2023” at the North York Central Library in Toronto, Canada on September 2 with a group of “haters against China”. Looking at who the keynote speakers are, you can probably know what kind of views are sold on the forum. Xu Zhifeng’s stance on chaos in Hong Kong is well known; Qian Zhijian is one of the “ten dead men of Occupy Central”; Director, close relationship with Li Zhiying; Zhong Jianhua left Hong Kong in a hurry due to high-risk situation; Zheng Wenjie was arrested in the Mainland when he was working at the British Consulate General in Hong Kong, and then went into exile in the UK; Gong Xiaoxia is an anti-communist figure living in the United States. Yi opened a microphone chat on the Internet.

The wanted criminal Xu Zhifeng has teamed up with a group of “haters against China” to hold the “World Hong Kong Forum” in Toronto, and similar “international activities” will come one after another.

It can be seen from this activity that exiles like Xu Zhifeng are colluding with people from all walks of life who are dissatisfied with the status quo in China and Hong Kong SAR in Britain, the United States, Canada, and Australia to form a larger network. The so-called “international line of resistance” was launched in a safe place, and then infiltrated back to Hong Kong via the line.

Behind them, of course, are the shadows of foreign governments, and whether their activities can be expanded is also directly related to the diplomatic line of those in power. For example, the Immigration Department of the Canadian government suddenly canceled the priority arrangement for Hong Kong people in the “immigration queue” earlier. However, Prime Minister Trudeau recently reorganized the cabinet and replaced the Minister of Immigration. First, it clearly reflects Trudeau’s continued support for the “Hong Kong protest” political attitude.

Faced with the intensification of “far confrontation”, the police have recently focused on this ever-expanding network and blocked the “water pipes” with organizations in Hong Kong.

2023-07-30 13:08:04
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