PANews reported on January 17 that according to the official account of the Shanghai headquarters of the People's Bank of China, the Shanghai headquarters of the central bank issued a risk warning on preventing new types of fraud such as "digital RMB investment cash back, paid promotion", and recently received reports from the public that some criminals have issued false announcements in the name of the Shanghai headquarters of the People's Bank of China, claiming that "investing 1 million digital RMB can get a cash back of 1.04 million", "paid recruitment of digital RMB pilot promoters", etc., deceiving the public and causing adverse social impacts.
The Shanghai headquarters of the People's Bank of China has never issued any announcements such as "cashback for investment in digital RMB" or "paid recruitment of digital RMB pilot promoters", never opened a "digital bank", never organized the registration or subscription of "digital assets", invested in "digital RMB platforms", or issued "digital asset dividends", etc. Relevant units, enterprises and the general public are requested to be vigilant, strengthen identification, and guard against being deceived.