On October 19, a woman in Qinhuangdao, Hebei, said that a stranger asked her to add them on WeChat on the pretext of "having an emergency." After she replied with a single word, her account's social functions were restricted for "gambling-related" activity; after two unban cycles she was reported again, and the other party threatened, "Send money and I'll let you go." The platform's manual review still found a violation, and after she called the police, the authorities have not yet opened a criminal case because there was no actual financial loss.