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Written by: Ling Yide
2021-05-05 14:06
Last update date: 2021-05-05 15:00
A retired seventy-year-old woman in Sorrento Peninsula fell into a phone scam and lost 20 million yuan.
The police received a report from a 70-year-old woman on April 16 that she had received a call from a stranger earlier. The other party claimed to be a mainland law enforcement officer and that the informant was involved in a criminal case and requested the informant to hand over bank account information. To assist in the investigation.
The old woman surrendered the relevant information as instructed, and later found that about 20 million Hong Kong dollars in her account had been transferred to multiple local accounts. She was suspected of being deceived and reported.
It is understood that the victim is a retired person living in the Sorrento Peninsula.
She received a call from a man at home in March, who claimed to be a mainland official, claiming that she was suspected of money laundering and asked for account information and passwords.
The old woman provided 7 bank account information to the scammers. The scammers claimed that the money in the account would be temporarily transferred for investigation, and asked the owner to keep it secret, not to disclose it to anyone, and not to check the account.
The old woman was found to have been deceived about a month later and reported on April 16. A total of more than 20 million yuan has been transferred from four bank accounts.
The seventh team of the Yau Tsim Police District Criminal Investigation Team took over the investigation. The case was classified as obtaining property by deception. No one has been arrested yet.
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