Burst
Written by: Shao Peilin and Huang Weimin
2020-09-11 10:49
Last update date: 2020-09-11 12:20
An 18-year-old female college student turned into a "secret agent" to cheat, and 3 women and 1 man were recruited to lose more than 2.4 million yuan!
Last month, the police received a report from two people that they had received a call from the mainland police who claimed to open an online financial account and presented a large amount of cash. The fraudsters disappeared after obtaining a huge sum of money.
After investigation, the detective arrested the 18-year-old female fraud involved in the case yesterday (10th). She claimed that she had defrauded as a "special agent" and deposited part of the crime proceeds into her personal account.
The police claimed that two other people were deceived, but they did not report the incident. The police did not rule out that more people were arrested, and urged the public to immediately close the line after receiving the relevant call. "If you are scammed, you should close the line!"
The Regional Crime Squad of East Kowloon took over the investigation and arrested the 18-year-old woman involved in the case in Kwai Chung at 8 am yesterday (10th). She was reported as a university student.
(Photo by Huang Weimin)
Chief Inspector Mok Ziwei, Third Team of Crime Squad, Kowloon East Region, said that in August this year, the police received 2 reports of telephone deception. The first one occurred on August 15 when a victim was reported in Kwun Tong. An unfamiliar call was received in the residence, and the other party claimed to be a mainland policeman, falsely claiming that the victim had committed a crime in the mainland.
Because the victim was extremely frightened, he followed the scammer’s instructions to open an online banking account at a bank, and gave the account number and password to a female scammer who claimed to be a "secret agent," and lost his life savings.
Another case occurred on August 17, when the victim received a scam call at her residence in Causeway Bay. The victim followed the instructions to show a large amount of cash to the bank in the district and handed it to the female swindler.
Later, the two victims, aged 84 and 77, revealed that they had been deceived. One was an elderly person living alone and the other was living with his son. The two reported to the police on August 20 and 28.
The Regional Crime Squad of East Kowloon took over the investigation. The 18-year-old woman involved in the case was arrested at 8 am yesterday (10th) in Kwai Chung. She reported that she was a college student. The detectives seized a mobile phone, an Octopus, a deposit slip and a bankbook at the unit.
The police found that the arrested person was related to two other fraud cases. The methods used to escort the victim to open an account at the bank and withdraw large amounts of cash directly from the counter. However, the two victims did not report to the police.
The total losses in the 4 cases exceeded 2.4 million, and the single losses ranged from 120,000 to 1.5 million. The locations of the incidents included Sau Mau Ping, Kwun Tong, Tseung Kwan O and Wan Chai.
Mo Zhi, the arrested female college student claimed that she cheated as a "special agent." She deposited part of the criminal proceeds into her personal account. It is known that she has no record.
The police do not rule out more arrests.
Mo Ziwei stated that some scammers falsely claimed that they had been used to defraud as a "secret agent" and that they would be held criminally responsible for assisting and participating in the fraud.
"In case of electric scams, just close the line!" He continued, when citizens receive phone scams and calls from strangers, regardless of any lies or identity fraud, the public should ignore the other party and immediately close the line. If in doubt, they should report to the police. For help.
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