Scams frequently appear on Momo. Some netizens were defrauded of nearly 3,000 yuan for a one-hour blind date.
Scams frequently appear on Momo. A netizen was defrauded of nearly 3,000 yuan for a one-hour blind date. Momo is An old domestic social software, it was born in August 2011, during the period of rapid development of the Internet industry. Scams frequently appear on Momo. A netizen was defrauded of nearly 3,000 yuan in an hour of blind date. Scams frequently occur on Momo, and a netizen was defrauded of nearly 3,000 yuan in one hour of blind date1
According to Red Star Capital Bureau, some netizens claimed that during a blind date on Momo App, they were defrauded of nearly 3,000 yuan in one hour. 3000 yuan. After searching, the reporter found that this incident was not an isolated incident. When typing "Momo was cheated" on the web page, more than 13,000 related search results were displayed.
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In response to this matter, Momo responded that the dating live broadcast room only provides a social ice-breaking platform between users, and the anchor Individuals who promise to successfully make friends and induce gifts are violations, and the platform will resolutely crack down and punish them. Currently, the platform has permanently banned the relevant anchors.
According to the Qichacha App, Momo is a mobile social application based on geographical location, and its affiliated company is Beijing Momo Technology Co., Ltd. The company was established in July 2011, and Tang Yan serves as the company's director Legal representative, chairman of the board and other positions.
According to Qichacha, the company has invested in *** 27 foreign companies, including Tantan Cultural Development (Beijing) Co., Ltd., Momo Film Co., Ltd., etc. The company is currently involved in more than 200 legal risks, including more than 80 judicial documents. Most of the cases are disputes over infringement of the right to disseminate works of information on the Internet, disputes over infringement of the right to produce audio and video recordings, etc.
Information shows that in December 2014, Momo was listed on the NASDAQ in the United States. On the tenth anniversary of its launch, in August 2021, the company's legal name was changed from "Momo Inc." to "Hello Group Inc." and a new Chinese name "Zhiwen Group" was launched. In February this year, Momo (Zhiwen Group) was rumored to have launched a secondary listing plan for Hong Kong stocks. Momo said it had no comment. Scams frequently appear on Momo. A netizen was defrauded of nearly 3,000 yuan in an hour on a blind date2
Recently, a netizen said that during a blind date on the Momo APP, he was defrauded of nearly 3,000 yuan in an hour. In response, Momo said that the dating live broadcast room is only a platform for social ice-breakers between users. The anchor's personal commitment to successfully make friends and induce gifts is a violation, and the platform will resolutely crack down and punish it. Currently, the platform has permanently banned the relevant anchors.
It is understood that the netizen posted on the Tencent News platform, "I went on a blind date on Momo and was defrauded of 2,900 yuan in one hour, and then was blocked by a female guest. "
The netizen said that on December 17, 2021, he entered a "Yelao room" according to Momo's message prompts. An anchor invited him on a blind date as a "Yue Lao". So the netizen started chatting with a female netizen in the live broadcast room of "Yue Lao". At this time, "Yue Lao" asked him to give the female netizen a gift, saying "this will win her favor."
< p> Under Yuelao's persuasion, the netizen started to buy gifts. According to a transaction record provided by him, he spent a total of 2,898 yuan in more than an hour. The netizen said: "I asked 'Yue Lao' at that time, why did you have to pay so much money? But 'Yue Lao' told me that the female netizen had paid a deposit of more than 5,200 yuan. If you are sincere, this little money is nothing. ? 'Yue Lao' also said that if he didn't continue to give gifts, it would mean that the blind date failed. "
When he finally refused to give gifts, "Yue Lao" said Tell him that the blind date failed, the gift was not returned, and he was blocked by "Yue Lao" and the female netizen. "Since the blind date failed, the cost of the gift should be refunded? Why should I be blocked? Isn't this fraud?" The netizen said that he had called 110 and 12315 to complain.
In response to the experience of the above-mentioned netizens, on March 6, Momo responded that the account of the anchor "Yue Lao" mentioned in the previous article has been banned.
Momo said: "The dating live broadcast room is only a platform for users to socialize and break the ice. The anchor's personal commitment to successfully make friends and induce to give gifts is illegal, and the platform will resolutely crack down and punish it. According to users Based on the information provided, we found that the host of the dating live broadcast room did make false promises and induce users to give gifts.
The platform has permanently banned him in accordance with relevant penalty principles, and it is recommended that users be more vigilant. , be careful when giving rewards. If you encounter false promises or inducement to give gifts, you can click the report button in the live broadcast room. The platform customer service will verify and deal with it as soon as possible. If fraud is involved, the platform recommends that users call the police, and we will fully cooperate with the police to investigate and collect evidence. ” >
On February 15, the Supreme People's Court announced the "Regulations of the Supreme People's Court on Several Issues Concerning the Application of Law in the Trial of Online Consumption Dispute Cases (1)" (hereinafter referred to as the "Regulations"). The "Regulations" emphasize the need to consolidate platform responsibilities for e-commerce, online live marketing and other platforms. Among them, Article 11 stipulates the situation where operators on the platform open online live broadcast rooms to sell goods, clarifying that if the staff of the operators on the platform make false propaganda, etc., the operators on the platform must bear the liability for compensation.
According to data, Momo is an old social networking software in China. It was born in August 2011, during the period of rapid development of the Internet industry.
At that time, the communication dividends brought by Weibo and Momo’s unique positioning allowed Momo’s users to grow rapidly. Three years after its establishment, in September 2014, Momo’s monthly active users had reached 60.2 million ; It took Momo 4 years to go from 60 million to 100 million monthly active users. By May 2018, Momo’s monthly active users exceeded 100 million.
In December 2014, Momo was listed on the NASDAQ exchange in the United States. The issue price was US$13.5. It closed at US$17.02 on the first day of issuance, an increase of more than 26%. In 2018, it rose to a maximum of $48.766, an increase of 261% from the issue price.
The financial report shows that Momo’s total net revenue in the third quarter of 2021 was 3.759 billion yuan, a decrease of 0.2% compared with 3.767 billion yuan in the same period last year. This is also the seventh consecutive quarter of revenue decline since the first quarter of 2020. In the first three quarters, Momo’s net revenue was 10.901 billion yuan, a year-on-year decrease of 2.9%. From a profit perspective, Momo achieved a net profit of 396 million yuan in the third quarter of 2021, compared with a net profit of 456 million yuan in the same period last year, a decrease of approximately 13%. Net profit in the first three quarters was 1.329 billion yuan, compared with 1.452 billion yuan in the same period last year.
As of the closing of US stocks on March 4, Momo closed at US$7.75 per share, a decrease of 9.04%, a drop of 42.59% from the issue price, and a total market value of approximately US$1.526 billion. Scams frequently occur on Momo, and a netizen was defrauded of nearly 3,000 yuan for an hour of blind date 3
The well-known social software Momo has been involved in another scandal recently.
Some netizens revealed that he was cheated out of 2,900 yuan an hour during a blind date on Momo, and was then blocked by a female guest. The netizen said that he had previously entered a "Yue Lao's room" for a blind date based on Momo's message prompts. The "Yue Lao" kept asking him to give gifts to female guests, saying that this would win his favor.
Momo responded that the dating live broadcast room is only a platform for social ice-breakers between users. The anchor’s personal commitment to successfully make friends and induce gifts to be given is illegal, and the platform will resolutely crack down and punish it. Currently, the account of anchor "Yue Lao" has been banned.
It is worth noting that on Momo, all gifts need to be purchased through Momo coins. 1 yuan can buy 10 Momo coins, and 30 yuan can buy 300 Momo coins. Momo coins, 50,000 yuan can buy 500,000 Momo coins, and there are two ways to purchase: Alipay and WeChat.
It is not new to experience dating fraud on Momo. Earlier, news about Momo’s “alumni” being defrauded out of RMB 550,000 and “pig-killing plates” hunting single older women sparked controversy online. Entering "Momo fraud" into a search engine reveals 151,000 related content in the past year.
In recent years, Momo has fallen into growth difficulties. Young people have turned to other social software, and old users have difficulty monetizing.
The financial report shows that its parent company Zhiwen Group has experienced seven consecutive quarters of year-on-year revenue decline.
Perhaps, the hard-to-kill dating fraud is just the tip of the iceberg. The difficulties and challenges faced by Momo are far greater than imagined.