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With the rapid advancement of technology, our lives have undergone tremendous changes. Smartphones have become essential in our daily lives, and many of these smartphones come equipped with WeChat. WeChat has become the most popular social networking app nowadays, with over a billion users. It indeed brings great convenience to our lives by **enhancing communication between us and our friends. WeChat, as a social networking app with over a billion users, brings convenience to its users, but it also presents certain risks. The large number of WeChat users has attracted many scammers, who are constantly coming up with new tactics. Many people have already been deceived on WeChat; one such trick involved swapping QR codes in order to steal money, resulting in people losing the hard-earned money to scammers. Now, another new scam has emerged on WeChat: fake transfers. Many people have fallen victim to this scam, so be sure to inform your relatives right away. We all know that WeChat Pay has a feature that allows for re-sending transfer requests. When sending money to friends, we sometimes repeat the transfer message several times in order to remind them to receive the funds; although only one transfer is actually made, it seems like multiple transfers have been sent. Many scammers take advantage of this flaw by repeating such transfer requests when making payments to merchants, and many merchants have already fallen victim to this trick. Now, WeChat has fixed this vulnerability; a message can only be sent once, and another attempt to send it must wait five minutes before it’s possible. Nevertheless, everyone should remain cautious. There is another scam in which the scammers set the transfer settings so that the recipient can receive the money only after 24 hours; during this time, the transfer can be revoked. Many merchants assume that the money has been received, only to find out later that they have been blocked. It is important to double-check matters related to payments in order to avoid financial losses. Lan’ao Group warns that a new scam has emerged on WeChat; many people have already fallen for it. Tell your relatives right away to prevent the scammers from taking advantage of them.