On January 30, the official website of the China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission (CIRC) issued a risk warning on preventing fraud in the name of "official payment collection". It said that recent monitoring found that some websites, wechat groups, QQ groups and social media accounts pretended to be the name of the CIRC, known as the official payment collection channel, lured the lenders of P2P online lending institutions to pay deposit and attempted to defraud the borrowers of P2P online lending, There are major risks and hidden dangers.
The CBRC said that it has not established or authorized the establishment of P2P online loan institutions to collect funds. Please be vigilant and enhance the risk prevention awareness and identification ability of P2P lending borrowers. Please confirm the relevant payment collection channels with P2P lending institutions or local rectification office in time. If you find clues of suspected violations of law and crime, please actively report to the public security and other relevant departments.
