The top ten scams in Jianghu usually refer to wind, horse, swallow, bird, porcelain, gold, comment, leather, color and hanging:
- Wind (bee): refers to gangs committing crimes, swarming like bees and then dispersing.
- Horse: that is, one person commits fraud alone. For example, someone dresses up as a senior monk or Taoist priest and uses some tricks and special costumes to deceive superstitious people.
- Yan (Yan): Refers to using beauty to deceive, both men and women can do this. For example, some female swindlers in the late Qing Dynasty relied on their own cultivation and knowledge to attract the Eight Banners disciples, and used various complaints to make them pay for their lives. In fact, they were setting up a trap to defraud money.
- Que (queen): It is to take advantage of people's inadequacy to defraud, and it is mostly committed by gangs.
- Porcelain: That is, touching porcelain, deliberately creating the illusion of an accident, taking advantage of the victim's sympathy and fear of trouble, and causing him to lose money and eliminate disaster.
- Jin: Refers to a magician such as a fortune teller who defrauds victims of money by using tricks such as formulating words and saying that they can solve disasters and solve problems.
- Comment: It refers to a eloquent storyteller who adds fuel to the fire and makes up nonsense in order to attract an audience in order to gain money.
- Pi: Those who sell fake medicines, boasting that the medicines can cure various diseases, and deceive poor people who cannot afford medical treatment.
- Cai: It is a magic trick, using some seemingly magical performances, such as flying pigeons on sleeves, etc., To make the audience believe it is true, thereby cheating money.
- Hanging: Refers to street performers who win applause and reward money from the audience through performances such as crushing rocks on their chests, thrusting swords into their throats, etc. Sometimes they also take the opportunity to sell so-called "elixirs" to defraud money.
I hope everyone can learn from the past and use it today to raise awareness of fraud prevention.
