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Chapter 50 I must cooperate with anti-fraud efforts!

【1819 TV Programs】

是一档燕京广播电视集团推出，以“关注民生，服务百姓，和老百姓零距离接触”为宗旨的民生新闻节目。

The program combines news about people's livelihoods with variety show elements, covering a wide range of news related to people's livelihoods, such as consumer rights protection and daily life disputes.

节目直播时长72分钟，这是燕京电视媒体首个直播时间长达1个多小时的新闻节目，也是也是燕京电视媒体中唯一一档 24小时开通新闻热线的新闻栏目……

Although the broadcast period was not long, only about 3 months.

但，开播时间却是燕京电视平台的黄金时间段，并收视率惊人，前两个月该节目曾创下月平均收视率8.3%、最高点收视率17.7%的亮眼成绩，不但深受老百姓们喜爱，更是被台里的领导寄予厚望，曾多次在大会上，夸赞【1819电视节目】……

After receiving the praise, the reporters and news search department were even more motivated. Not only were there people on duty 24 hours a day, but they were also divided into several teams and ran all over Beijing to ensure that they could arrive at the scene as soon as possible and find the first information.

December 7th...

The news of the alleged "fraud" caused an uproar.

2002 years.

With the establishment of a mobile phone signal station in Fujian Province, Taiwan's mobile phone service has enabled the southeastern coastal areas of mainland China to receive Taiwan's mobile phone signals. Furthermore, the lack of a joint mechanism between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait to combat crime has provided a "new route" for Taiwan's telecommunications fraud gangs.

他们利用两岸没有司法互助条款的空档，将诈骗基地转移至闽建福州，福州成为台岛诈骗集团的第一个集散地，继续利用“王八卡”对台岛人民进行诈骗……

In June of the same year, a small group of people began to imitate the fraud tactics used in Taiwan, and started to spread the scam across the country by using mass text messaging.

Since 2002, dozens of fraud cases have been reported almost every month across the country.

By 2003, the number of fraud reports had skyrocketed from dozens per month to hundreds, and even thousands.

下半年开始，数量月平均猛增至最高峰1100起，诈骗金额从几百元到几百万不等，新型电信诈骗套路，已经成为诈骗案例里面的头号案件了。

燕京城这边稍微好一些，毕竟是皇城脚下，朗朗乾坤。

However, on average, quite a few people still fall victim to these scams every month...

In order to deal with this new type of telecom fraud, the authorities launched a special campaign to crack down on it.

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"We have a weak sense of law..."

"We didn't know it was illegal; we just simply wanted to make a movie..."

"We have no money, no connections, and no decent team, but we've always longed to make movies, and we've been working hard to make them. Lacking connections, we came up with this idea: we bought several mobile phones and a lot of phone numbers, and then we plan to send mass messages all over the country, hoping that more people will see them, learn about us, pay attention to us, and, if anyone is interested in investing, will invest in us..."

"But we really didn't know that what we were doing had violated the law and become illegal fundraising."

“如果不是我们【1819】的记者朋友和懂法律朋友们的科普的话，我们也许会在错误的道路上，越走越远……”

"Thank you for allowing me to pull myself back from the brink in time, preventing a major mistake..."

“我们一定引以为戒！”

"..."

Nine o'clock in the evening.

Publicity Department of the Beijing Public Security Bureau.

杜伟静静地看着同事发过来的视频。

In the video, a handsome young man is crying bitterly in front of the camera, repeatedly expressing his remorse.

Around noon, the "1819" program team received a report claiming that someone was engaging in fraud and illegal fundraising not far from the headquarters of the "Yanjing Public Security Bureau".

紧接着，【1819】栏目组立马实地勘探，当场查到了正准备实施诈骗的周某正在群发短信，并且有部分人收到了一条类似投资的短信。

拿到证据以后，他们立马通知了【燕京公安部门】。

【燕京公安部门】的同事们都震惊了！
竟然敢在【燕京公安部门】旁边搞诈骗和非法集资，这人老寿星吃砒霜，活得不耐烦了吗？

So he immediately led his team, in coordination with the media, kicked open the door of [Xuan Shi Entertainment], and caught Zhou, who was editing a text message on his phone.

Given that Zhou showed remorse, was a first-time offender, did not cause significant losses, and after repeated investigations confirmed that there was no intent to defraud... his colleagues then gave Zhou a very severe reprimand and education...

这件事本来就这么过去了。

but……

当杜伟看到这份视频以后，突然就产生了一个想法。

There have been too many similar fraud cases in the past year or so. Although this incident was a false alarm, the video of the young man crying his heart out is still quite touching.

他敏锐地意识到，这件事对反诈宣传，有极重的警醒意义！
“小陈，当事人还在公司吗？”

“还在的……”

"Bring them over, I want to talk to him..."

"Oh well!"

..............................

night.

It's too deep.

周阳西装革履地默默走进了公安部门。

Amidst the gazes of the crowd, he lowered his head, his eyes red, his whole being filled with self-reproach, and silently walked into an office, where he saw a middle-aged man.

“坐……自我介绍一下，我叫杜伟，分管警务宣传的……”

“杜警官好……”周阳低着头，模样格外紧张。

“别紧张，放轻松，你只是做错了事，还没有到触犯法律的边缘，今天过来，其实就是咨询一下你的意见……”看着坐在椅子上，有些紧张地喝着水的年轻人，杜伟脸上露出笑容，尽量让自己言语表现得温和一些：“其实，我还是挺欣赏你们这些有梦想的年轻人的，有梦想是好事，但，一定要遵纪守法，你明白吗？”

“对不起，领导，我给您添麻烦了……我以后一定会注意，我以后……”周阳听到这句话的时候微微抬头，眼圈再次泛红起来，身体一颤，立马站起来，作势立正模样。

“没事，没事，不用站，不用站……我们就是单纯聊聊，我知道你们最初的想法是好的……”看着这年轻人如惊弓之鸟的模样以后，杜伟连忙摆摆手。

“哦。”周阳点点头，不敢看杜伟，但屁股只坐着椅子的一小角。

Just then, a policewoman quietly brought over a stack of documents.

After taking the documents, Du Wei handed one to Zhou Yang: "These are cases of telephone fraud victims reporting to the police from last year to this year. Take a look... Criminals exploit victims' desire for bargains or their desire to invest or start a business, using illegal means such as telecommunications, interest, and dividends to seek illicit profits..."

"I, I, Officer Du, we didn't mean that, I, we..."

“I know and I understand. Who would dare to openly run a company next to the police station if they really wanted to commit fraud? I heard that when our colleagues came in, you even left the door ajar, right?” Seeing Zhou Yang’s nervous expression, Du Wei shook his head and smiled to indicate that Zhou Yang didn’t need to be nervous.

Zhou Yang nodded, took the data, and didn't dare to say a word.

“From last year to now, there have been nearly a thousand similar telecom fraud cases every year. Ordinary people have a weak awareness of fraud and are easily deceived. So, we thought about it and we need to use some classic cases for publicity... Especially for young people like you in your early twenties who are out in the world, it is particularly easy for them to go astray because of some things and fall into the abyss. Do you understand?”

"I...I understand..."

“所以，我们咨询一下你的意见，我们希望将你的这次“乌龙事件”作为反诈宣传案件之一，到时候，我们会在公安部门网站上、包括，但不限于燕京电视新闻媒体上，进行一次综合性的，系统性的反诈宣传……当然，我们会进行打码处理……”杜伟看着周阳，很认真说道。

"Officer Du, I...I..." Zhou Yang hesitated for a moment, then looked up as if he had made a decision: "Officer Du, in order to help more people understand the law and to let more people know what fraud is, I can leave my face uncensored. I hope that my blunder will serve as a wake-up call for many people..."

“可以不用？”

“不用！我可以全身出镜……”

"..."

看着有些激动的周阳。

Du Wei was momentarily stunned.

He had thought he would have to do some persuasion, but he didn't expect the other party to be so cooperative...

(End of this chapter)