How to Protect Your Money in WeChat Wallet

Although the WeChat Wallet function has brought to users great convenience, there're also risks. It somehow makes it easy for frauds to access to your WeChat account and take money from your 'Wallet', even the money you deposit in the bank!

To avoid risks, some important things you need to keep in mind when using WeChat Wallet (or Alipay and other online payment options).

Check strangers'identities

Be cautious when adding strangers to your contact list, as it increases the risk that your bank account can be hacked and wiped clean. Defrauders can also steal your name and profile picture, and then add your friends using a fake account. You will never find out, because you're blocked. So warn your friends if the fake "you" intend to borrow money from them.

Change your pin regularly

Change your pin as frequently as possible, especially if you are using your wallet account regularly. Avoid using birthdays, names, and other personal indicators.

The Benefits of WeChat Pay

1. Transfer of account

Go to bank to transfer of account is one of the most painful things you need to do?

Sometimes it's not a large account to transfer, but you still need to go to bank. It's so annoying! But if you have Wechat, to transfer account you just need to use your finger!

Input how much do you wanna transfer, and then input the password. It's done! So easy and convenient!

2. Recharge your telephone number

And then you can input your telephone number and choose how much you want to recharge. That's a very easy way to recharge. You don't need to go to the Bussiness Hall of China Mobile or China Unicom anymore once you have the Wechat pay. You can do everything in your house.

How to Use Mobile Top Up on Wechat

Running out of credit on your mobile can be frustrating and inconvenient most of the time. Good news is that WeСhat Wallet allows you to top up your account at any time, provided you have Wi-Fi access or a friend to help you out. The process is very simple.

When you open your WeChat Wallet select 'Mobile Top Up', you will be redirected to the next screen where you enter the details.

You can now enter the phone number you need to top up. The icon on the far right allows you to select a phone number out of your contacts list. Then you need to select the amount you would like to top up your account with (note WeChat charges a small service fee).

After entering your password the money will be added to your mobile credit.

How to Send Red Packet in Wechat

The hongbao is a traditional gift in China, which literally translates as red envelope. Such envelopes contain money and are gifted to friends and relatives on festive occasions. WeChat expands the idea of hongbao and not only allows you to send a red envelope to an individual, but to create envelopes and send them into a group- just like a lottery.

1) When you open your WeChat Wallet select 'Red Packet'.

2) Then you have a choice of random amount or identical amount, depending if you want the receiving side to each get the same share out of the packet or an amount depending on their luck.

How to Order a Taxi Using Your WeChat

Getting a taxi in the streets of Beijing can sometimes be quite challenging especially during late hours when taxis are in high demand. Here are step by step instructions on how to order a taxi using your phone! Note that this service requires talking to the driver over the phone and entering the address using Chinese characters.

Order Taxi

Start by selecting the function ‘order a taxi’

Identity Check

First notice the icon in top left corner. After clicking on it you will be directed through a quick identity check. Enter your mobile phone and wait for a code to be sent to your mobile phone.

How to Find Nearby New Friends in WeChat

Are you looking for a chat? Well the 'People Nearby' function serves just for this purpose. Find people, who are also feeling like chatting or just search for new friends. Before you start make sure your location services are on and that WeChat is allowed to use your location.

Where is it
In your 'Discover' tab on WeChat click on 'People Nearby'

How to Add Friends on WeChat

To begin adding friends in WeChat, start in the 「Contacts」 tab and press the icon at the top right. You can then add friends to WeChat via the following ways:

1) Search by your friend's WeChat ID or phone number.

2) Add from mobile contacts. You can see which friends are already using WeChat from your phone's mobile contacts then add them.

3) Add from social media networks, including Google and Linkedin.

4) Add via Friend Radar. Easily add friends who are in your immediate vicinity so that you don't have to waste time getting people's numbers.