Burst
Written by: Yang Wanting
2020-03-27 23:39
Last updated: 2020-03-28 00:21A 92-year-old man lost 6 million in a phone fraud. Fortunately, the police blocked the remittance in time. The police arrested two men and women for obtaining property by deception. The police received a report from a 92-year-old man on the 15th of this month, claiming that he had earlier received a call from a self-proclaimed Mainland law enforcement officer, saying that it involved a criminal case in the Mainland. Thaksin thought it was true, and the other party sent someone to the house to show the man the suspected forgery warrant and documents, asking him to transfer about 6 million Hong Kong dollars to a local bank account.
The old man did not hesitate to cheat, remit the money as instructed, and later suspected cheating and reporting to the police. After receiving the report, the police, with the assistance of the Anti-Fraud Coordination Center, made a payment stop request to the bank to block the transfer of about 6 million yuan in time.
The Central Police Division of the Central District took over the investigation and arrested a 20-year-old local man and a 22-year-old local woman in North Point and Tseung Kwan O districts this (27th) morning respectively for allegedly obtaining property by deception. Detention investigation.
Police urge members of the public to be more alert to telephone fraud. If they are suspected of being deceived, please call the "Ease of Prevention of Fraud" hotline 18222 immediately.
Fraud Anti-Fraud Coordination Center