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Written by: Sin Bo Li
2021-04-29 07:00
Last update date: 2021-04-29 07:00
A 90-year-old woman was defrauded of a telephone fraud case earlier, and was defrauded of 250 million yuan, the highest amount in history. "Hong Kong 01" found that the actual amount may be more than 30 million yuan, totaling more than 280 million yuan.
The reporter came into contact with the victim, Mrs. Hu. Her husband passed away 30 years ago. She is an invisible rich man. He used to form a company with the late An Zijie, former vice chairman of the CPPCC National Committee.
After the incident, Mrs. Hu filed a petition in the High Court, requesting Standard Chartered Bank to disclose the information of the fraudsters.
Mrs. Hu did not want to talk more about what happened, and told the reporter of "Hong Kong 01" that "I am not comfortable."
The story of this century scam case is very different. The 19-year-old PolyU male student arrested by the police claimed to have been a victim. The scammer used to pretend to be a "secret agent" and accompanied Mrs. Hu to the bank to remit money.
And as early as last year, someone published a missing person notice in the Red Cross, looking for the victim's husband who has been dead for 30 years.
Filing a request for Standard Chartered to disclose information about scammer
The victim of the mountaintop phone scam that caused a sensation in the city was once misrepresented as Kwong Xiaoqing, the wife of the founder Guo Desheng of Xindi, but the Guo family of Xindi denied it in a statement.
The reporter of "Hong Kong 01" confirmed from multiple channels that the 90-year-old victim of the electrical fraud was Mrs. Hu, who lived in the Villa on Binji Road on the top of the mountain.
The reporter learned that apart from calling the police for help, Mrs. Hu also filed a petition in the High Court, requesting an order for Standard Chartered Bank to disclose the account information of fraudsters.
The amount involved is 30 million yuan more than the 250 million yuan announced by the police
It is understood that the money involved is about 30 million yuan more than the 250 million yuan announced by the police. The electronic fraud remittances include Hong Kong dollars and US dollars.
The reporter inquired with Mrs. Hu. She did not want to talk more about the incident, and only said to the reporter that "I am not comfortable."
Mrs. Hu filed a petition in the High Court, requesting Standard Chartered to disclose the account information of the fraudsters.
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Invisible rich, non-giant rich 250 million yuan is not a small number
The 90-year-old victim of the electrical fraud case was Mrs. Hu. Her husband made an early career, but died 30 years ago, leaving behind shares of several companies, a large house on Binji Road on the Peak, a famous car and a large amount of cash.
But on the whole, Mrs. Hu's wealth is not among the richest in Hong Kong. I believe that the 250 million yuan deceived is not a small amount for Mrs. Hu.
Mrs. Hu, the 90-year-old master of the 100-million-dollar electronic fraud case, had been in business with the late An Zijie, vice chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, and set up a company to do business with her husband died 30 years ago.
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Xianfu and the late vice chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference start a company
Before his death, Mr. Hu owned a large share of a listed company in Hong Kong in the 1970s and was one of the important shareholders. The directors of the same period included the late national leader, National Vice Chairman An Zisuke, and the "doll face king". Said Zhou Wenxuan.
Mr. Hu's business once included real estate, shipping, chemicals, etc.
During his lifetime, Mr. Hu established a number of scholarships in a university in Hong Kong in his own name, and these scholarships still benefit the students.
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The facts of the case are bizarre, and there have been many opportunities to see through the fraudsters
This sensational case of a billion-dollar electronic fraud that caused a sensation in Hong Kong is very strange.
Mrs. Hu received a call from a mainland official in August last year, stating that someone had stolen her identity, so she checked her bank account and asked her to transfer the deposit to a designated account, claiming that it would be returned in May this year.
Later, scammers pretended to be "secret agents" and "mainland police" and went to Mrs. Hu's villa to provide a dedicated phone for contact.
One of the scammers even asked Mrs. Hu and her personal driver to send money to Standard Chartered Bank together.
Mrs. Hu felt that scammers could tell her personal information without any fraud. She transferred 250 million yuan in 11 times within five months.
Mrs. Hu's domestic helper once felt suspicious and notified her daughter, but the daughter did not call the police immediately. Instead, her relatives and friends followed Mrs. Hu to the bank.
The bank staff also became suspicious of the huge remittance and asked about the purpose of the remittance, but Mrs. Hu said that it was used to purchase the Peak Property, which ultimately failed to prevent the fraud from happening.
The police arrested a 19-year-old PolyU first-year male student who pretended to be a "secret agent" and claimed that he had been a victim of electronic fraud.
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PolyU boys pretend to be "secret agents" claiming to have been victims
Until March 2 this year, after lobbying by her daughter, Hu finally called the police accompanied by a lawyer.
After the police investigation, the fraudster's account was frozen for more than 9 million yuan.
The second team of the Central Police District Crime Squad arrested a 19-year-old man surnamed Huang in Tianshuiwei District on March 25 on suspicion of "obtaining property by deception."
It is reported that the arrested man is a first-year male student of PolyU. He claimed to have been a victim. He was later used as a "secret agent" by fraudsters. He has been released on bail pending further investigation and will report to the police in late April.
The case is still under investigation, and it is not ruled out that more people have been arrested.
In the case of a billion-dollar electric scam, the 90-year-old bitter owner Hu's loss increased to 280 million yuan.
Last year someone published a bizarre notice of missing persons, looking for Mrs. Hu's husband who died 30 years ago.
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Last year someone posted in the newspaper looking for Mr. Hu died 30 years ago
Mrs. Hu’s husband has been dead for 30 years, but last year someone suddenly published a missing person notice in the Red Cross, looking for Mr. Hu, making public his birthplace, and referring to him as a former businessman and living on the top of the hill in Hong Kong.
The person who posted the newspaper claimed to have the last name Liu and his original last name was Hu.
It is currently unknown whether the tracing is related to the fraud.
Electric fraud cases have risen significantly in the past two years, and the amount of loss has hit a new high
According to the police, there is a clear upward trend in phone fraud in 2020. The number of related cases has risen from 648 in 2019 to 1,193 in 2020, an increase of more than 80%.
The amount of losses during the same period rose from about 150 million yuan to about 570 million yuan, a nearly three-fold increase.
In the first quarter of this year, there were 200 electrical fraud cases with a loss of 353 million yuan; there were 169 electrical fraud cases with a loss of 54 million yuan in the same period last year.
The police urged that if citizens suspect that they have been deceived, they should immediately call the police's 24-hour fraud prevention hotline 18222 for enquiries.
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