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Middle-aged woman fell into online love and lost 20 million police: Someone reported missing boyfriend refused to face reality

2020-12-24T16:13:57.270Z


The police recorded more than 10,000 technology crimes in the first ten months of this year, with losses close to 2.5 billion yuan, many of which involved social media crimes. There were 748 online romance scams, an increase of 50% year-on-year, with losses amounting to 178 million yuan.


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Written by: Kong Fanxu

2020-12-25 00:01

Last update date: 2020-12-25 00:01

The police recorded more than 10,000 technology crimes in the first ten months of this year, with losses close to 2.5 billion yuan, many of which involved social media crimes.

There were 748 online love scams, an increase of 50% year-on-year, and the loss amounted to 178 million yuan. The biggest loss came from a 46-year-old woman who was misrepresented by an "Italian businessman" who was willing to provide 7 million euros allowed her to invest, but she had to pay the handling fee first. She eventually remitted nearly 20 million yuan, sad and hurt.

Police psychologists pointed out that the victims generally have a career foundation and a good education, but they want to talk to someone because of their loneliness. Once a victim reported that his "boyfriend" was missing, the police officers insisted on living in fantasy after repeated persuasion. "Qu Yu thinks that money is of course a loss, but it hurts the most before losing contact with one's soul."

↓Screenshot of the police's 2018 ``Beware of Dating Trap'' promotional video↓

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A 15-year-old girl and an 85-year-old grandmother were cheated of money by ``British professionals''

The police recorded 1,538 cases involving social media in the first ten months of this year. Among them, about half and 748 were online romance scams. The victims lost 178 million yuan. Eight and a half of them were women, aged between 15 and 85. Both the smallest and largest victims were deceived in similar ways. Both of them knew "Professionals in England" from the Internet. The scammers claimed to be engineers and project managers respectively. They also falsely claimed to give gifts, but they had to remit money first. The two victims Yan listened to detect deception afterwards.

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The victim of the biggest loss this year was a 46-year-old middle-aged woman. She met an "Italian businessman" in the dating program. The scammer said she was willing to provide 7 million euros for her to invest, but she had to pay a handling fee first. The victim Remittances were sent to overseas banks 28 times without prejudice, totaling nearly 20 million yuan.

Senior Inspector (Network Intelligence Unit) of the Cyber ​​Security and Technology Crime Investigation Bureau, Poon Lexin, said that the police found that fraudsters recently lured victims with high-return investment profits, claiming that they can crack the results of gambling website lottery, and request victims to download fake investment apps. Little profits trick the victim into making a big bet, then withdraw the withdrawal.

Police psychologist: The victim is saddest when he loses contact

Feng Haojian, a police clinical psychologist, pointed out that in the past, the victim had contacted the case and reported that his "boyfriend" was missing. When the police officer told the truth about the deception, the victim was living in his own fantasy world. People know that they are deceived and want to maintain their "relationships." "He thinks that money is of course a loss, but the most heartbreaking is the loss of spiritual contact." He reminds the public that the holiday season is approaching and they tend to feel lonely, but don't fall into the scam.

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With regard to compensated dating scams, there were 676 cases in the first ten months of this year, with losses of 24.7 million yuan. The victims were aged between 12 and 73.

At the end of July this year, a man in his 30s met a "Taiwan model" living in Hong Kong on a dating app. The other party claimed that he could provide aided dating services after meeting his "manager". The victim followed the "manager" instructions twice. The transfer of nearly 1 million yuan to three bank accounts was the biggest loss this year.

Another victim was deceived and bought 348 rechargeable cards in just 11 days and lost 930,000 yuan.

In the first ten months of this year, more than 10,000 technology crimes were recorded in Hong Kong, with losses close to 2.5 billion yuan, many of which came from social media crimes.

(Photo by Kong Fanxu)

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