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这家美国科技巨头在诉讼中表示，这两家中国开发商运行的欺诈性应用程序“影响了全球消费者”，并给谷歌用户造成了“巨额经济损失”。

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“太可怕了”：亚洲加密货币诈骗诈骗了数万名“被洗脑”的受害者

尽管谷歌已努力删除这些应用程序，但该公司表示，两名被告设法使用“新别名和基础设施”创建更多应用程序，并对其身份和活动进行“多次重大失实陈述”。

谷歌的诉讼表明，全球范围内的杀猪骗局持续上升，这些骗局已经欺骗了数以万计的受害者在网上进行欺诈性投资。

根据美国联邦调查局最近发出的警告，在受害者通过虚假网站进行多项加密货币投资后，他们发现任何提款或兑现投资的请求都被拒绝。 诈骗者甚至要求受害者额外投资、缴纳税款或费用以获取金钱。 一旦受害人的资金耗尽，诈骗者就会切断联系并带着钱消失。

在亚洲，自 Covid-19 大流行以来，这些欺诈者变得更加普遍。 大量骗子来自中国大陆，例如， 在东南亚的大院内运营 并试图用虚假的投资计划来欺骗全世界的人们。

谷歌在诉讼中声称，这两家中国应用程序开发商会向受害者发送“任性”的短信，作为“发起对话”的一种方式。 在与受害者交换了最初的消息后，被告“将对话转移到了 WhatsApp 等其他消息平台”。

诉讼称，他们还会在网上发布宣传欺诈性投资应用程序的视频。 当受害者将钱存入声称提供高回报的应用程序后，这些虚假平台将阻止他们通过各种计划提取资金。

谷歌表示，孙和张的应用程序，包括一款名为 TionRT 的应用程序，该应用程序冒充加密货币交易所，给每个受害者造成了 100 美元到数万美元的经济损失。

诉讼称，谷歌还声称，在调查其计划过程中，该公司“遭受了超过 75,000 美元的经济损失”。

北京最近加大了对亚洲生猪屠宰活动的打击力度。 2023年， 缅甸 中国国家电视台中央电视台在一月份的一份报告中称，在一次联合执法行动中，当局向中国同行移交了 44,000 多名涉嫌网络诈骗的人。

据官方媒体新华社本月早些时候报道，上个月又有 807 名嫌疑人在缅甸被捕，其中包括 455 名缅甸公民和 354 名中国公民。

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