"There's been trouble in the market before."

Wang Qinian turned sideways and pointed to the stall next to him.

Following the direction he pointed, Hu Pingtao saw a green WeChat QR code posted on the concrete platform of the stall.

Wang Qinian explained: "All the stalls in the market are fixed. Usually, a rental contract is signed with the market manager at the end of the year, and there are two types: one-year and half-year. Sanlin Street is in a good location, surrounded by residential areas, where people who buy vegetables can

The more people there are, the easier the business will be. Therefore, the merchants renting stalls will basically not change. To save trouble, everyone posted WeChat QR codes on their respective stalls.”

Hu Pingtao understood clearly and asked seriously: "You mean, someone secretly changed the merchant's QR code?"

Wang Qinian nodded and nuzzled at Zhang Xianglin: "When Lao Zhang had a fight with that young man, I guessed it was a similar situation. Later I went to Lao Zhang's store and asked him to take out his mobile phone and open WeChat

After paying, I compared it with the QR code posted on his store door, and it turned out to be fake."

Zhang Xianglin said bitterly: "The QR code I usually use has another one posted on it. The size is the same as mine. I can't see any difference at all. As long as the customer scans the code to pay, the money will be transferred to someone else's account."

Already."

Hu Pingtao's expression became serious.

This thing seems simple, but its nature is very evil.

He asked Wang Qinian: "So you called the police?"

Wang Qinian nodded: "Everyone is in business, so we are all afraid! Today Lao Zhang encountered this kind of thing, it is hard to say that it will happen again in the future. If we only lose a hundred yuan, forget it. If the problem cannot be solved, then

If this continues, no one in the market will dare to accept mobile phone payment."

Hu Pingtao said softly and turned to Tan Tao: "Did you find anything here?"

Tan Tao also looked serious: "I rushed over as soon as I received the alarm call. The merchants had already reported the problem to the market management. They took it seriously and sent people to check it with me. It turned out that there were more than 40 merchants.

The WeChat QR code has been replaced.”

"More than forty?" Hu Pingtao was startled: "So many?"

Tan Tao explained: "They all use the same method, pasting a new QR code on the surface of the business owner's original QR code. In this way, as long as the customer scans the code to pay, the money will automatically be credited to the counterfeiter's account, and the merchant will

I won’t receive any money.”

Hu Pingtao frowned and thought for a moment, then asked doubtfully: "Scan the QR code to pay and there will be prompts on the phone. I usually buy groceries, and merchants are basically equipped with electronic prompts. Since so many people's QR codes have been counterfeited,

Why didn’t anyone except Zhang Xianglin discover this problem?”

Wang Qinian came over to explain: "Let me talk about this matter! Like Lao Zhang, I am a seafood cook. Let's talk about me! Most of my customers usually come to me to buy bamboo shrimp, snails and crayfish.

"Those who can afford these things are not poor people. A pound and a half of it usually costs at least a hundred yuan."

"If someone scans the QR code to pay, it would be very rude if I ask to see his mobile phone. People respect each other. The same goes for electronic reminders. Think about it, here is the payment, and over there

It automatically prompts: How much to pay... This really makes people a little embarrassed."

"Some people are single, and they are alone at home. They can't finish a pound of shrimps or a pound of fish, but they are greedy and want some of everything, bamboo shrimps, salmon, snails, sea cucumbers, oysters... in short

As long as it's not lobsters that have to be bought whole, he'll basically buy some, one or two or two, which doesn't cost much, but it only costs dozens or even ten yuan."

"If he scans the QR code to pay and the electronic prompter calls out like this, he himself will feel embarrassed."

Hu Pingtao nodded: "So many merchants are not equipped with electronic reminders?"

Wang Qinian sighed: "Doing business is the same as being a human being, both of which require integrity. This is good for everyone."

Hu Pingtao turned around and walked to the door of Zhang Xianglin's store, carefully observing the WeChat QR code posted outside the store.

The counterfeit code affixed to the surface has been torn off, and the real QR code below has also been destroyed. The surface of the steel frame of the house located just outside the store door has some black dirt around it. Judging from the remaining traces, the counterfeit code

It shouldn't take long to put it up.

Tan Tao saw through his thoughts, walked over and lowered his voice: "I guess the counterfeit code was posted yesterday. What Wang Qinian said just now makes sense to a certain extent, but not all merchants in this market are like this."

Hu Pingtao agreed: "Yes! If he had been careless, Zhang Xianglin would not have discovered this problem today... Well, you mean, the more than 40 merchants with counterfeit codes are all selling seafood.

of?"

Tan Tao explained: "Not exactly. There are some that sell beef and mutton, some that sell dry goods, and some that sell butter and cheese... By the way, there are also two companies that wholesale frozen products."

"Wholesale of frozen products?" Hu Pingtao thought to himself, and then said what he was thinking: "Seafood is quite expensive, and beef and mutton are not cheap either. I bought mutton once last month, it cost 75 yuan per kilogram, and

Mutton cannot be shredded like pork.

To buy, a sheep is divided into several large pieces: four front and back legs, two middle pieces of mutton chops plus the spine, and then the neck and head. Anyway, buying a single piece will cost at least one or two hundred yuan. If it is strong,

There are probably more than three hundred sheep."

"Dry goods, beef, seafood...hehe, do you see something interesting?"

Tan Tao is very smart and can tell the truth: "You mean, the perpetrators are selective?"

Hu Pingtao nodded: "What Wang Qinian said before makes sense. The word "integrity" is important in doing business. Especially when paying, if the merchant requires the customer to show the payment voucher, this is not wrong in principle, but the customer

After all, I feel a little uncomfortable. Therefore, some merchants will not make such requests. If the customers are satisfied, they will naturally come again."

"Another issue is the timeliness of counterfeit codes. Although this method of committing crimes is clever and difficult to detect, it cannot be effective for a long time. It will be discovered in one, two days, or even half a day at most. Therefore, the perpetrators did not choose small businesses.

.Compared with vegetable vendors who only pay a few yuan per transaction, merchants with a single transaction of about 100 yuan are more attractive to him."

Tan Tao said: "I have also thought about this issue. We must investigate this case as soon as possible, otherwise..."

He shook his head and said nothing else.

Hu Pingtao knew what Tan Tao was thinking.

Sanlin Road is a busy city. There are thousands of business operators in the vegetable market. Counterfeit codes are very common and do not have any technical content. They can be printed in batches with simple machinery and equipment. Although this kind of thing is easy to detect,

The harm and impact caused cannot be ignored.

Merchants open stores to make money. Once they discover that a customer has scanned a counterfeit code and the money has not been credited to their account, they will definitely not accept this fact and will inevitably ask the customer to scan the code again.

No one is willing to pay for the other party's mistakes. What's more, scanning errors are a problem that the merchants themselves failed to check in time. If you are buying daily side dishes, the transaction is only a few yuan, but it can be tens or hundreds of yuan...

…No one wants this kind of loss!

Once the customer has paid the bill, it is certainly impossible to return the item to the merchant.

If the merchant does not receive the money, he must get the items back.

Conflicts arise from this, and this kind of thing is not clear at all and difficult to mediate.

No wonder Tan Tao was so anxious on the phone and kept saying, "Something big has happened."

Once the problem is not solved properly, the Sanlin Market within the jurisdiction of the Eryuan Road Police Station will have to send people to the Sanlin Market every day, and the efforts are thankless, with both merchants and customers pointing their noses and scolding.

Hu Pingtao called Long Xu over, got together with Tan Tao, and whispered: "Let's divide the work: I will lead the first group and check from the market. When I came in, I saw that there were several surveillance cameras here.

Bring out the cameras and market management footage and find the suspected criminal suspect first."

"Tan Tao, take the second group and go to the city bureau to find the Internet Supervision Detachment. Now it is very convenient to apply for a WeChat account with a mobile phone, but you must use your ID card. Even if one person has multiple accounts, there is no problem. Please ask the Internet Supervision for assistance.

Once, lock the target as soon as possible."

"Long Xu, you lead the third team to conduct a comprehensive inspection of the market. I suspect that in addition to the more than forty counterfeit QR codes, there may be other merchants who are also victims. Your task is still quite heavy. The other is verification.

And sort out the information to find out the specific amount involved."

…

From afternoon to evening, Hu Pingtao and Cui Wen stayed in the computer room of the market management office, staring at the surveillance screen and searching for all the videos within a month along the time.

The focus is on the footage within a week.

As Hu Pingtao said before: Posting counterfeit codes is very time-sensitive. It only takes one or two days to take effect. If it is a merchant with high vigilance, it will be discovered at that time and will not be exposed to the perpetrators.

Leave a chance.

This was Cui Wen's first time assisting in investigating such a case. He was very interested in it and full of energy.

"Boss, how should we characterize this matter?" Cui Wen stared at the surveillance video and asked the question: "I think it is a bit of a fraud to counterfeit other people's QR codes to collect money, but if you think about it carefully,

, and I feel like it doesn’t quite make sense.”

"Fraud?" Hu Pingtao glanced at him and said with a smile, "Why do you think so?"

Cui Wen explained: "He used his own QR code to replace someone else's. This is fraud."

Hu Pingtao explained with a smile: "Let me explain it to you! In order to constitute a fraud, there must be five components: deception, the victim falls into a misunderstanding, is eager to make a misunderstanding, and the perpetrator or a third party obtains

Property, the victim’s property was damaged.”

"If you want to compare, let's say Zhang Xianglin! When a customer comes to his store to buy salmon, he has already delivered the goods to the customer. At this time, the merchant's property rights are in a certain and controllable state, and the customer must subdue him.

Waiting for the payment. At this time, you can interpret the receipt QR code as Zhang Xianglin's cash box, so the customer scans the code to pay, which is equivalent to paying the merchant's cash box."

"The criminal suspect secretly replaced Zhang Xianglin's payment QR code, which is equivalent to secretly replacing Zhang Xianglin's cashier box with his own cashier box. In this way, the payment paid by the customer fell into the hands of the criminal suspect.

So that he takes it as his own."

"At this time, the criminal suspect actually did not have the merchant or customer to fabricate facts or conceal the truth. Therefore, it cannot be concluded that the merchant and the customer were subjectively deceived. Let's change the perspective. The merchant, that is, Zhang Xianglin, asked the customer to scan the QR code to pay, which is not the case.

Subjectively and voluntarily paid property to the criminal suspect’s QR code.”

"Think about it this way - customers are neither deceived nor victims. Merchants are victims, but not deceived."

Although Cui Wen had received relevant training, he was not a professional who graduated from the police academy. He was confused when he heard what he heard, but he seemed to have some understanding. He asked doubtfully: "So, this case can't be considered a fraud?"
To be continued...