A new trick of second-hand phone dealers: targeting the pocket money of every child.

I never expected that second-hand dealers have come up with a new trick to sell mobile phones, and this time they are targeting the pocket money of young children.

Here's what happened. The other day, when Tony was browsing videos for topics, he found a very strange video.

Its title is like this ↓↓↓

At first, just looking at the title, Tony thought it was some kind of abstract video. So, as a well-known online history appraiser, I decided to click in and see what it was like.

But after watching the whole video, I was completely confused. It was neither abstract nor made any sense. Coupled with the colorful wrapping paper and the chatter of the AI voiceover during the packing process, for a moment, I began to wonder if my appreciation of abstract art had declined?

To save you the precious one minute and more of your life, I'll summarize the content of the video's script for you:

"A minor child wants the anchor to give away a mobile phone and keeps saying nice things to the anchor. The anchor was almost moved to tears. Then, when the anchor clicked on the child's profile, he found that the child hadn't even followed him. So the anchor angrily said that if you don't comfort me in the comments section and give me a follow and a like, I won't pack gift boxes for you anymore. If you make me happy, I'll try my best to fulfill whatever wishes you have."

Finally, the real intention was revealed. "All the phones in Sister Guoguo's store are genuine original ones, and there are also plenty of matching small gifts."

As a digital enthusiast, the keywords in it, such as "give away a mobile phone", "give a follow", "genuine original phone", etc., made me feel something was very wrong.

Could this be some new way of attracting traffic or an online scam? Not only did I think so, but the top comments in the comment section were also reminding everyone that "there is no free lunch in the sky".

However, isn't this way of deceiving too simple? Will anyone really fall for it?

You'd be surprised. There were actually quite a few people in the bullet comments and comments who believed Sister Guoguo's words.

Some people even shared their experiences. They believed it at first, followed for several days, but never got the promised mobile phone.

From their remarks, you can probably tell that the people who believe Sister Guoguo are mostly young, probably minors.

So, just as I mentioned at the beginning, Sister Guoguo is targeting young children.

Moreover, after some research, I found that Sister Guoguo's videos have a certain pattern. Most of the covers and packaging colors they use are very bright.

We adults might find them too gaudy and have no desire to click, but it's different for children.

Many studies have shown that children have a stronger perception of colors and are more likely to be attracted by these bright colors.

Coupled with attention-grabbing titles like "confuse kids", "minors' privacy", "girls don't deserve love", it's really easy to make young children want to click in and have a look.

This also reminds me of the scam routines I've heard about online. The first step is to screen out people who are easy to deceive.

Sister Guoguo's way of making videos is actually similar. Children who click into the video and watch it through are very likely to send her private messages asking for or buying a mobile phone, which facilitates their next move.

Moreover, like many traffic-attracting accounts, Sister Guoguo's account description also shows how to add her on WeChat and the name of the mini-program for selling mobile phones.

Originally, I should have stopped here, but out of intuition, Tony searched on Douyin again. As a result, I found a "Guoguo Universe".

It turns out that "Sister Guoguo" has a lot of accounts, and the content they produce is the same. The ultimate goal is "Kids, add me on WeChat and you can get the same mobile phone as in the video!"

Only then did we realize that the impact of this might be greater than we thought, because they are casting a wide net.

Some of the accounts may not belong to the "Guoguo Universe" mentioned in this article.

What's even more outrageous is that the attention-grabbing titles of "Sister Guoguo" on Douyin often use statements like "Buy an iPhone 14 for 200 yuan" and tag #Students.

Imagine, if you're a student who doesn't know much about digital products and really want a mobile phone but don't have much money, wouldn't you be attracted by such videos?

Of course, as a professional media person, even though I've discovered all this, I can't say that "Sister Guoguo" is deceiving kids.

So I decided to get involved myself.

I found a small account and pretended to be a minor child who wanted to buy a mobile phone, and added "Sister Guoguo".

First of all, there's no such thing as buying an iPhone 14 for 200 yuan.

I asked "Sister Guoguo" if she had any cheaper iPhones. She said: "Sweetie, we have a special offer iPhone Xs Max here."

At this time, "Sister Guoguo" didn't know that behind this little sweetie chatting with her was me, an old "sweetie".

Since you've called me sweetie, what else can I say.

"How much is this special offer iPhone Xs Max?" "Sweetie, it costs 1150 yuan."

Well, if I didn't know much about it, I might have paid the 1150 yuan readily.

But I know too much about digital products. This iPhone Xs Max, with a replaced battery and screen and obvious wear on the frame, would only sell for a few hundred yuan at most on the second-hand platform.

"Sister Guoguo" actually asked me for 1150 yuan...

There was no other way, guys. I had to bite the bullet and take the plunge.

But when I was about to pay, I found out that this special offer model didn't come with the beautiful packed gift box we mentioned before. If I wanted it, I had to pay an extra 100 yuan.

Since I was already here, I had no choice but to spend the extra 100 yuan.

So, what was it like after I got it?

The appearance of the whole packaging box was like this. This time I chose the pink theme, so the packaging box and all the accessories inside were pink.

Besides the phone itself, there were also a data cable, a charging head, a power bank, fake AirPods Pro, a phone case, and all kinds of small hairpins.

You know what? If I were a little girl, I'd be really happy to see these things.

But if you ask me if these things are worth 100 yuan, the answer is definitely no, because:

"The power bank doesn't have the 3C certification."

"The charging head is worthless."

"The volume of the two earphones is not the same."

Yes, that's right. The volume of the left and right ears of their fake AirPods Pro is inconsistent. The volume of the left ear is significantly lower than that of the right ear. I even thought my left ear's hearing had declined.

What's even more ridiculous is that the volume on the earphone pop-up interface keeps jumping, and even if you put the earphones back in the charging case, it will still keep playing music.