Recently, a model called“Sunshine Orchard”The mobile phone application software of “Subscribe for fruit trees and get profits” is favored by some users.According to the mobile application, it costs 9900 yuan to subscribe for 100 fruit trees, and at least 160,000 yuan can be obtained in one year.But in fact, the application software is nothing more than a tree-planting software called “Porcelain”. It is a “funding disk” combined with Internet gimmicks through MLM and other means.
Packaging fruits into tradable virtual currency
Pull heads to induce users to enter the game
The rules of “Sunshine Orchard” are very simple. Users can purchase fruit trees after downloading the App. The life span of the fruit tree is one year.An ordinary fruit tree sells for 100 yuan, 3 kilograms of fruit per day can be collected, and 1.5 yuan per kilogram of fruit can be sold. The output of different fruit trees is also different, the higher the investment, the greater the output.The daily output of a golden fruit tree of 300 yuan is 10 kilograms, and the daily output of a diamond fruit tree of 388 yuan is 15 kilograms.
△ Sunshine Orchard App interface, source: Internet
After the user downloads the App, real-name authentication is required, and then the system will give the user a fruit tree with a period of 7 days. According to the relevant publisher, “This fruit tree can produce 3 kg of fruit per day, and the fruit can be sold. It feels very fun. You can explore it. It’s very simple.”
Investors can sell the fruits after harvesting, but they can withdraw cash only after the account amount has accumulated to 100 yuan. From this calculation,The annualized rate of return of an ordinary fruit tree exceeds 1600%, while the annualized rate of return of a 388 yuan drilled fruit tree exceeds 2100%.
In addition, users can “pull heads” through the development of offline, and collect “head fees” layer by layer.
△Sunshine Orchard App interface, source: Beijing Business Daily
“Pengci” Fruit Brand
User: I knew it was a scam, but I was lucky
In fact, the designer of “Sunshine Orchard” will not let participants get any benefits. Earlier this month, “Sunshine Orchard” shut down the app and ran away with money.
Upon inquiry, Guangzhou Baiguoyuan Information Technology Co., Ltd., the operator of “Sunshine Orchard”, could no longer be contacted.The company also collided with the well-known fruit brand “Biguoyuan”, and the Beguoyuan Group stated in a statement on the 12th that it has no connection with Guangzhou Baiguoyuan..
△ Shenzhen Baiguoyuan Industry (Group) Co., Ltd. released a statement on its official Weibo
Mr. Li, who has participated in such games, said that he knew that the company would run away, but he did not expect to run so fast.Although not reconciled, he admitted that when he saw such a high benefit, he muttered in his heart, evenI realized that it might be a scam, but I was lucky. I just didn’t expect that I would become the last wave of “leeks”, and blame myself for being greedy.
Expert: a typical Ponzi scheme
Victims can file a civil lawsuit
Investigator Ye Hanxiang of Quanshan Branch of Public Security Bureau of Xuzhou City, Jiangsu Province, has uncovered such cases. He said that similar virtual currency and virtual product pyramid schemes have basically the same characteristics:Use the money of the later entrants to make up for the income of the former entrants.In order to speed up the “return” speed, users have to “pull offline.” The so-called currency value and purchase price are all controlled by traders at will.
△ Sunshine Orchard App interface, source: Internet
Consumer finance expert Su Xiaorui told reporters that the formal supervision of capital-related software is very strict, and they are generally licensed to operate.And this kind of problematic software generally does not have any financial supervision.
Han Xiao, a lawyer at Beijing Kangda Law Firm, pointed out that “Sunshine Orchard” has established a virtual mining model platform to attract public investment and encourage investors to pull new investors into the platform.Judging from its basic operating model with no actual operating products, clear organizational hierarchy, and the need to develop offline, it is a typical “Ponzi scheme” financial trap.
Han Xiao also stated that once an illegal fund-raising behavior violates the criminal law and constitutes an illegal fund-raising crime, it should also bear civil liability for violating the mandatory provisions of the law. In the criminal procedure, according to the “Guiding Opinions on Sentencing of Common Crimes of the Supreme People’s Court”, in the criminal procedure, the criminal perpetrator has the initiative to return the stolen goods and refund the compensation, and investors can make up for some of the losses.For the part involving civil liability, after the criminal procedure is over, investors can file a civil lawsuit based on their own losses.
Source: CCTV News (ID: cctvnewscenter), the Voice of China Central Radio and Television Station (ID: zgzs001)
Editor: Chen Xiao
Final review: Feng Yan
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