Yesterday, a resident of德州市 named Xiao Hong (a pseudonym) called the reporter and told the story of how he fell into a pyramid scheme not long ago and suffered for 15 days to the point where life seemed worse than death. "I felt like I was living in a den of devils for 15 days, and after escaping, I realized how wonderful the outside world is. I want to share my personal experience and download QQ expressions to tell people how sophisticated the tricks of those pyramid schemes are, so as to prevent more people from being deceived." Reporter Li Hongyan.
Xiao Hong sent his resume online for job hunting recently. Around October 5th, he received an interview notice from Xi'an, offering a basic salary of 4000-5000 yuan. The caller claimed to be the vice president of the company, surnamed Li, and also a native of禹城, 德州. The company was Xi'an Jiyuan Real Estate Co., Ltd. "He said the current security manager wasn't very capable, so he wanted to replace him. He saw my resume online and thought I was suitable in many aspects, and since we're both from 山东德州, he invited me to Xi'an for an interview." After several communications, Xiao Hong boarded the train to Xi'an and began his unfortunate 15-day experience.
Upon arrival in Xi'an on October 14th, Xiao Hong didn't meet Mr. Li but was deceived by a group of "Shandong natives" into a small house in the suburbs. Several people forced Xiao Hong to stay in the room and confiscated all his belongings. "A few people surrounded me and asked if I wanted to practice Sanda (Chinese kickboxing)." Xiao Hong said, "At this moment, a slightly older man walked out of the room and claimed to be my master."
Xiao Hong, who had been working as a security guard for many years, believed himself to have high vigilance and preventive awareness, thinking it would be hard for him to be deceived. However, this time their deceptive methods were truly sophisticated. "Among the people locked up with us, there were representatives from all walks of life," Xiao Hong said. "We waited for an opportunity inside, unable to communicate verbally. We exchanged glances when they weren't paying attention, but we couldn't let them find out."
On October 30th, taking advantage of their preoccupation with something else, Xiao Hong and two others managed to escape using brute force. They encountered an old man and used his phone to call the police. Subsequently, Xiao Hong cooperated with the police to raid one of their hideouts and rescued nearly a hundred people.
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