The blurb may be revised before the story begins, but the core anti-scam premise will stay the same.
Tang Yuan never imagined that the anti-fraud app she'd casually downloaded to help out with community work would become sentient!
Sentient anti-fraud app: "Your face is dark with ill fortune. You won't live much longer. If you want to survive, you have to work with me to spread the word about fraud prevention!"
Tang Yuan: "? With all due respect, you sound like a scammer to me!"
After figuring out that the anti-fraud app wasn't lying, Tang Yuan, a graduate of the animation department at Beijing Film Academy, returned to her old field. She turned all kinds of scams into animated shorts and posted them on Douyin, while using the app's "Nearby Unlucky People" feature to find victims and patiently warn them:
"That's a pyramid scheme! Don't believe a word they say!"
"Isn't this a pig-butchering scam? They're after your money!"
"That's a textbook Ponzi scheme. You'd have to be crazy to trust him!"
At first, no one paid attention to her animations, and the victims being brainwashed were stubbornly unconvinced.
"That company is completely legitimate. How could it be a pyramid scheme?"
"Get lost! What pig-butchering scam, what cow-butchering scam? What would a little girl like you know?"
"What are you talking about? You're keeping me from making money!"
But then, one day, her anti-fraud animation was reposted by the authorities, and she even became an officially endorsed "Anti-Fraud Ambassador." The entire entertainment industry scrambled to lend their voices to her animations.
Scammers would come up with a new type of con, only to find a cracked version of their painstakingly developed scheme on Douyin a few days later.
The turnaround was so fast it was as if someone on their team had gone behind their backs.
Scammers, gasping for oxygen like Sa Beining: I have something to say, but I don't know if I should say it.
The victims who hadn't believed her before were now full of regret, beating their chests and stamping their feet.
"They really were running a pyramid scheme/a pig-butchering scam/a Ponzi scheme! If only I'd listened to that girl! Boohoo, my money!"
[Reading Guide]
1. This story was probably written in a fit of anger after people close to the author got scammed.
2. Remember, there is no such thing as free money! Keep greed out of your heart, and scams will stay far away.
3. Anti-fraud apps really do help! Remember to download one!
4. I haven't decided on the male lead yet. He'll probably just be a background character...
Theme: Never believe that money will fall from the sky.