Online training courses target the elderly to harvest their wallets
2024-11-01
By pinching your fingers and calculating, you can tell that your destiny is in danger. With a furrowed brow, you can conclude that the feng shui in your home is not good. Once you learn feng shui, you can show it to others and earn money for yourself. "" Taking a joke and uploading it online can earn money. After retirement, you can do some side jobs, free courses, teaching and training, and earn money. Such good things don't cost a penny. "Recently, reporters found that there are various training courses for the elderly in the market, with the slogan of" easy to learn, easy to learn, easy to earn money ", attracting a group of young elderly people who want to find jobs and earn some money. Little do they know, some of these trainings have hidden traps. Not only are the identities and qualifications of the main instructors questionable, the quality of the courses uneven, and the training institutions lack relevant qualifications and certificates, resulting in financial losses for the elderly who fall into them and making it difficult to recover. The interviewed experts pointed out that if online training institutions fabricate profit prospects and induce young elderly people to pay training fees, it may constitute civil fraud, and in serious cases, it may also be suspected of criminal fraud. Relevant departments need to strengthen supervision and increase efforts to crack down on false training; The platform needs to strengthen its review, establish strict entry standards and punishment measures; Communities, volunteers, children, and others should also actively play a role in providing legal advice and psychological counseling for the elderly, enhancing their self-protection abilities. Targeting the preferences of young and elderly people, Feng Shui health classes set traps such as "I eliminate my illness, evil spirits disappear", "Heaven takes a lifetime, Earth takes 60%, and one and six are combined"... Recently, Ms. He from Zhoukou City, Henan Province accidentally discovered that her 65 year old mother often sits alone in her room using her phone to listen to online classes for "learning", and spends two or three hours studying. She takes notes seriously during class and silently recites materials sent by the teacher after class. After a while, Ms. He noticed that her mother had become very eloquent, occasionally reciting obscure and difficult to understand language, and constantly drawing various symbols on paper. After realizing that her mother was not doing well, Ms. He secretly checked her phone and found that her mother had spent 2800 yuan on training courses on house feng shui, name fortune, and other related topics. The teacher would bring her into a small group every day to teach. On the night of discovering the problem, Ms. He communicated with her mother, but her mother did not think there was a problem with the training course she had purchased. Instead, she was grateful that she had managed to secure the last discounted spot. The original price of the 3800 yuan course was only 2800 yuan. My mother said that she went to class to learn relevant knowledge for the convenience of finding a job to support her family in the future, for the good of this family, and she insisted on continuing to spend money on core courses Ms. He helplessly said that after seeking help from community members to come and do work, her mother gave up the idea of continuing classes, but it was difficult to recover the training fees that had already been paid. Ms. Liu, who is over 60 years old from Hai'an City, Jiangsu Province, also fell into the trap of "feng shui training courses" because she wanted to learn some skills and find a job to earn some money. One day in early May this year, Ms. Liu was playing with her phone as usual when a small advertisement called "Yi Jing Academy" suddenly popped up on the page - "Learning Feng Shui courses not only realizes life transfer, but also makes some money!" This short slogan instantly captured Ms. Liu's "heart". She thought to herself: Recently, her health has not been very good, she has taken many medicines without any effect, and the big and small things at home are not going well. All these signs indicate that she should learn "Yi Jing courses" and explore her own "Feng Shui". Moreover, if she learns it, she can show Feng Shui to others and earn some money to subsidize her family. So Ms. Liu clicked on the advertising link of "Yi Jing Academy", filled in personal information such as name and contact number, and then studied for a few hours of "introductory courses". She felt that she had benefited a lot and wanted to continue learning. If you still want to learn, you have to pay a tuition fee of 4000 yuan online. At first, Ms. Liu hesitated and believed that 4000 yuan was not a small amount of money, and that spending so much money on studying Feng Shui courses was not worth it. But her social media account soon popped up with a "new friend" request to add, with the username "Yi Jing Academy Lecturer XX". Ms. Liu was about to communicate with knowledgeable people, solve problems, and change the "feng shui", so she gladly agreed to the application. During the conversation with the "lecturer", Ms. Liu gradually succumbed to the other party's flashy rhetoric and was even more attracted to those successful cases of "transportation". When Ms. Liu was hesitating whether to pay to continue her classes, several "lecturers" from the "Yi Jing Academy" added her as a friend. Under their joint persuasion, Ms. Liu finally made up her mind to pay for the course. Because she couldn't make online payments, Ms. Liu took out 4000 yuan in cash and asked her friend Ms. Yang to help transfer the money. Ms. Yang noticed something was wrong and quickly reported it to the police. Xu Xiaolong, Deputy Director of the Hai'an Public Security Bureau Police Station, told reporters that after arriving, they inquired about the specific situation of the so-called "Feng Shui masters" and "Feng Shui courses" from Ms. Liu in detail. They verified the true identities of the four "lecturers" on the spot and found that some of the information they used to register social media accounts was not used by themselves. They immediately persuaded Ms. Liu and stopped her from buying courses in a timely manner. During interviews, reporters found that some institutions not only deceive elderly people under the guise of "learning feng shui and fortune telling to earn extra money", but also induce some elderly people to purchase health products, falsely claiming that "buying at a low price and reselling at a high price can earn a price difference". Mr. Li from Shanghai is over 60 years old. In June of this year, he came across a health lecture video online, and many people in the comments section commented that the on-site effect was good and thanked the teacher for teaching. Out of curiosity, Mr. Li also left a comment in the comment section saying he wanted to attend the class, and soon someone pulled him into a social group. In a group of more than ten people, all with unified ID photos, they occasionally share the efficacy of some "drugs". If Mr. Li has any questions, he will also "speak from his own experience". One of them claimed that "Professor Tsinghua can reverse and cure diabetes". Mr. Li thought to himself that by learning some relevant knowledge, he might be able to charge some fees for giving lectures to others in the future. So he woke up early and stayed up late every day, taking careful notes with a small notebook. One day in early July, he suddenly brought back a cardboard box filled with health supplements. These health products were bought by him for over 5000 yuan, and he even said that the training teacher recommended selling these health products to others to earn a considerable price difference Mr. Li's son said that it was not until then that he realized his father had been deceived. He quickly searched for the "Tsinghua Professor" who taught his father, only to find that the other party was not even a real person and appeared in the form of an AI during every class. The anchor claimed to be able to make money quickly, but paid the fee and it went down the drain. A reporter's investigation found that some anchors took advantage of the psychology of young elderly people wanting to make money and claimed in short videos that the elderly could shoot some "comeback" stories to gain traffic and make money quickly. For example, "Internet live broadcast" can pay off 85000 yuan in arrears within a few months; I earned 506 yuan in the morning by typing; "Internet oral broadcasting" earns 3000 yuan in one day, attracting the elderly to learn the experience of making money from them. After joining the paid group chat of the anchor "The First Half of XX's Life" with 600000 followers on a certain platform, the reporter found that the anchor guided the group members to join the social platform group chat by avoiding platform detection. After adding friends, the other party will continuously send videos showing how much money they have earned in a few days, such as "A 53 year old student who bought a course for 580 yuan earned 240 yuan by typing" and "An elderly person over 50 years old earns over 300000 yuan per month". The anchor often mentions, 'There's no problem being in my 60s, many of the people I learn from are in their 60s, and some have already earned hundreds of thousands of yuan.'. After reaching a certain number of fans in the group, "The First Half of XX's Life" began to encourage fans to purchase 580 yuan worth of live streaming courses and promised to "earn thousands of yuan a day and over 10000 yuan a day after a few months of live streaming". The course content is to publish various successful cases and profit screenshots, showcase the earning effect, enhance trust, and then induce students to purchase high priced courses. It is understood that many fans have already spent money to purchase courses. A rural mom can earn 3 million yuan in two months with only 6000 yuan of start-up capital The video "X Brother's Business Thinking" posted on a certain platform has received over 5000 comments. The main content of the video is "there are tens of thousands and hundreds of thousands of people in the live broadcast room of the big anchor. Are these all real popularity? In fact, most of them are just Terra Cotta Warriors (the traffic they buy is all dummies)", and he said that if you want to make money with dummies, you can buy his courses at prices ranging from 99 yuan to 299 yuan. The reporter noticed that hundreds of people have already purchased the course. In addition to the above situations, there are many tricks designed for the current popular ways of making money, such as "elderly people make money by quickly distributing and selling things", "elderly people make money by listening to music, earning 600 yuan per day", "watching advertisements on mobile phones or advertising alliances can earn hundreds of yuan per day", and so on. In the live broadcast room of a certain platform anchor "X Sister", the reporter saw the anchor saying, "A 60 year old old man earns 3500 yuan in three days and 85000 yuan in four months. He spends three or two minutes every day filming videos and reading the lyrics to make money. The reporter found that the fan groups of these anchors often require fees to enter, for example, the fan group of the "XX Love Singing" anchor, in addition to the membership fee, their fans have to pay 23 yuan every day. Mr. Lei, who is in his 60s from Heze City, Shandong Province, was attracted by such "money making short videos". For only 5980 yuan, we will take you to explore overseas e-commerce. It's okay if you don't understand a foreign language, you can do it for young and elderly people, and easily earn over ten thousand yuan per month After seeing this short video advertisement, Mr. Lei added the social media account of a business manager from a training company. Subsequently, a person claiming to be an institutional teaching assistant contacted him and offered to watch two live classes first. In the live class, the teacher talked about various successful cases after participating in the training. Mr. Lei was quickly brainwashed and purchased an overseas short video sales course for 5980 yuan. The institutional teaching assistant said that as long as they insist on sending videos in their own way, they can guarantee a minimum monthly income of 3000 yuan, and the monthly income from selling products ranges from tens of thousands to hundreds of thousands of yuan. I have been operating according to their requirements for over a year, and so far I have not received any profit. I wanted to contact someone for a refund, but I couldn't get in touch no matter what. I spent nearly 6000 yuan like this Mr. Lei exclaimed with regret. Why do many young elderly people still easily believe in these obviously flawed training courses and obediently give up their pension money by increasing regulatory crackdown and timely delisting false training? Ma Lihong, Senior Partner of Beijing Deheheng Law Firm and Special Expert of the Elderly Talent Information Center of the China Association on Aging, told reporters that legally speaking, most elderly people are fully capable of civil conduct and have rich life experiences. They should have certain discernment and self-protection abilities. However, in recent years, there have been more and more consumer traps and fraudulent behaviors designed for the elderly, which have become a major pain point in society. The reason why elderly people have become the focus of being harvested by false online training is firstly because as they grow older, the functions of various organs in their bodies decline, especially the frontal lobe of the brain, which gradually affects their logical thinking and decision-making abilities. They are easily deceived by the carefully designed language and scenes of scammers. Secondly, many elderly people feel that they have no place to use themselves after retirement, and their social circle has shrunk, which can lead to a great gap and anxiety. They always feel that they have no value and hope to do something that can keep up with the pace of society, generate income for their families, and prove themselves
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