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Coastal newspaper (Reporter Zhang lemon) A few days ago, Mr. Wu, who lives in Tanggu browsing participated in the "guess a phone" activities. In the correct answer to the question and be able to get into a cell phone, the system requirements for the importation of mobile phone number to confirm Mr. Wu award. Follow suit, he received the phone "guess" questions, even the title A two after the detention of Mr. Wu found mobile phone costs 4 yuan, also ordered a value-added services, is aware of their network operator into a set of " trap. "

Mr. Wu told reporters that the evening of July 8, he was browsing a game site, keep the bottom of the page flashes in his eye-catching words: "a mobile phone quiz: Question 1 has a number of stars" Show out of curiosity and psychological , Wu-point open field tips, hopped in a dialog box enter the answer. System then prompts: Congratulations, you answered correctly! Please click 'draw' button to draw. "Mr. Wu made the subsequent scene excited, because he picked prompted the value of 2800 yuan a cell phone and let him enter the mobile phone number to confirm the information immediately, waiting to receive.

Mr. Wu has been trying to enter their own phone number, and submitted. After a few seconds, a message came back: "Please answer the following riddle, the answer back into the number of 3 + award links ......" do not know the truth of Peter, also had a reply. Each other's back and immediately sent to the phone: "Congratulations on your cell phone out right away, please continue to answer ....." At this point, Mr. Wu did not realize could be fooled. Investigated charges, Mr. Wu sent two text messages of money deducted costs 4 yuan, also known as baffling to order a "lucky guess XX" mobile value-added services.

Problems for Mr. Wu, the reporter consulted a network advertising company manager Mr. Sun. Mr. Sun, the type of "puzzle sent Award" of online advertising are a trap, and its mode of operation is mainly through a number of advertising for a wide range of promotion, to induce customers to order mobile phone number input value-added services, such as the purpose is to send text messages way to earn customer's mobile phone charges. Deceived consumers because the amount of each small, basically on a few dollars, although many people care about will not be too deceived. But at the same time there are hundreds or thousands of people have been deceived, then the promotion of the income will be considerable, so such a trick would be intensified on the network. Members of the public Internet, if the network encountered a similar need to enter a lucky draw to confirm information such as phone number, we have to take precautions. If the suspected deception, can be directly related to the closure of the business phone services, such networks will be able to effectively prevent the information from the constant harassment.

(This network)

[Editor: brookli]