Health & retirement

Gift seminars and purchase rebates

Free gifts, trips or talks attract attendees, while personal attention and rebate promises sell overpriced products.

An older woman using a phone beside a laptop outdoors

If you have one minute

Pause, then verify independently.

Gifts tied to expensive purchases

Before paying

Separate attendance from purchasing

See verification steps →

If you paid or shared details

Stop extra purchases to unlock rebates

See response steps →

Start with these three signs

  • Gifts tied to expensive purchases
  • Pressure to buy without time to review
  • Only verbal rebate or product claims

How the situation unfolds

  1. Contact

    Community flyers, sales event invitations or wellness groups.

  2. The lure

    Attend free, receive purchase rebates and enjoy member benefits.

  3. The demand and outcome

    Repeated gifts and family-like attention build trust. Event pressure prompts large purchases with unverifiable rebates or benefits.

Verify these things before paying

  1. Separate attendance from purchasing
  2. Ask trusted family to help check
  3. Verify products, prices and written rebate terms

Already engaged or paid?

  1. Stop extra purchases to unlock rebates
  2. Collect event and sales claims
  3. Report concerns to market or consumer authorities

Contact your payment provider and local police promptly. The responsible institution must confirm whether a payment can be stopped, disputed or returned.

Keep these records

Event invitations and promotion
Salespeople and venue details
Products and rebate claims
Orders, receipts and payments

Keep originals and organise working copies. Never give strangers verification codes, banking passwords, private keys or seed phrases.

Original references

  • China Government WebsitePublisher location:Mainland China · Simplified ChineseOpen the original reference ↗https://app.www.gov.cn/govdata/gov/201912/03/451583/article.html

This page summarises public prevention guidance to help recognise methods. It is not an enforcement conclusion about a particular incident. Check the source page for its original title. Procedures and reporting routes vary by jurisdiction. Compiled October 2026.