According to a report by Kankan News on October 20, police in Cixi, Ningbo, Zhejiang Province, recently thwarted an online task rebate scam. Officers from the Zhouxiang Central Police Station of the Cixi Public Security Bureau received an anti-fraud alert showing that a local resident, Mr. Wang, had just withdrawn a large amount of cash from a bank and was at high risk of being scammed. Police tracked him down, and after persuasion, Mr. Wang revealed what had happened.
Mr. Wang had clicked on an unfamiliar link to participate in a task rebate scheme. When he attempted to withdraw his earnings, customer service claimed he had made an operational error that triggered an account freeze. To unfreeze the account, he was told he had to purchase seven iPhones and ship them to a designated address. Believing the story, Mr. Wang was ready to comply.
Upon learning the details, officers immediately contacted the driver transporting the packages. At 4 a.m. the following morning, police successfully intercepted all seven iPhones, sparing Mr. Wang further losses.
In schemes like this, scammers likely demand high-value consumer electronics instead of wire transfers to bypass strict bank risk-control filters, converting funds into easily resalable physical goods. The claim that an account is frozen and requires purchasing goods or paying fees to unfreeze remains a classic trap that demands constant vigilance.
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