Core Viewpoint - The Shenzhen Municipal Financial Office issued a warning about the increasing risks of illegal fundraising activities, highlighting the deceptive nature and the various new schemes being employed by fraudsters to exploit the public and disrupt market order [1] Group 1: Types of Illegal Fundraising Cases - Case 1: "Agricultural Cloud Breeding" - A fraudulent scheme involving a "cloud breeding black pig" investment project that promised a fixed annual return of 60%, ultimately leading to the freezing of withdrawals and the closure of the app, with over 40,000 members and more than 1 billion yuan involved [2][3] - Case 2: "Medical Beauty" - A "beauty loan" scam where a beauty institution induced nearly 1,000 consumers to take out loans totaling 66.22 million yuan, resulting in a loss of 40.7 million yuan due to the company's collapse [4] - Case 3: "AI Computing Power Leasing" - A Ponzi scheme disguised as a cloud storage investment, promising returns of 15%-30% annually, but relying on new investors' funds to pay old investors [5] - Case 4: "RWA" - A scheme involving a "digital cultural tourism fund" that misused the concept of asset tokenization to lure investors into a fraudulent virtual currency scheme [6][7] - Case 5: "Fake State-Owned Enterprises" - A scam where a fake local investment company issued debt products under the guise of a city investment project, leading to average losses of over 200,000 yuan per investor [8] - Case 6: "Gold Investment" - A fraudulent "golden interest" scheme where a company falsely claimed to hold a trading license, resulting in investors losing money due to the lack of actual gold assets [9] Group 2: Characteristics of Fraudulent Activities - The fraudulent schemes often feature three main characteristics: the use of "agriculture + technology" as a marketing gimmick, strong online presence making it difficult to track funds, and multiple illegal risks including illegal fundraising and pyramid schemes [3] - The medical beauty sector has become a new hotspot for illegal fundraising, with fraudsters targeting young women and entrepreneurs by bundling illegal fundraising with beauty services [4] - High-tech concepts like AI and cloud computing are exploited by fraudsters to create false investment opportunities, promising high returns while engaging in illegal fundraising activities [5] Group 3: Regulatory Recommendations - The Shenzhen Municipal Financial Office emphasizes the importance of verifying the qualifications of financial institutions and suggests using five authoritative channels for checking the legitimacy of financial products and services [10][11]