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Written by: Shao Peilin and Chen Xiwen
2021-05-15 14:47
Last update date: 2021-05-15 14:50
The scammers used cash rebates to attract college students to apply for credit cards, but afterwards took the card owner's personal information. Five college students eventually lost 60,000 yuan due to cash advances.
According to the police, five college students had introduced a 21-year-old man through a friend, who claimed to be a salesperson of a credit card company, who could help the victim apply for a credit card and receive a cash rebate of 2,000 to 3,000 yuan.
The victim did not apply fraudulently and handed in a copy of his ID card and credit card verification code. Afterwards, the victim was notified by the bank that the credit card was overdrawn by about 10,000 to 15,000, and the total loss was about 60,000.
The fraudster disappeared, and the victim called the police.
As of yesterday (14th), the police arrested the man. He was reported as a financial practitioner. The police said the case is still under investigation.
Chief Criminal Inspector Guan Hongshan of Tsuen Wan Police District explained the facts of the case this afternoon (15th) that the five victims (between 19 and 21 years old) were all university students and lost a total of about 60,000 yuan.
The five victims were introduced by friends to the arrested man in June last year.
At that time, the man claimed to be a salesman of a credit card company, and said that he could help the victim to apply for a credit card and obtain an instant cash rebate.
Inspector Yuen Siu-kee of the Tsuen Wan Police District Criminal Investigation Team pointed out that the victim followed the man to the relevant credit card center to apply for a credit card. After they completed the application, the credit card was issued on the spot, and the man gave an instant cash rebate of about $2,000 to $3,000. , To the victim through cash and transfer.
After that, the man asked the victim to provide a copy of the ID card and the verification code issued by the credit card center, and handed it over to him for record purposes. At that time, the five victims handed it over according to the instructions.
The victim's credit card was caught by a cash advance scammer and then lost contact
After the incident, the five victims were notified by the credit card center that their accounts had recorded cash advances of between HK$10,000 and 15,000, and the victims immediately contacted the man to find out the situation.
At that time, the man involved said that he would be responsible for paying off the money and saying that the other party did not need to worry. However, at the end of April this year, they lost contact with the scammers, so they called the police for help.
After in-depth investigation by the police, a 21-year-old man named Feng was arrested in the suspect’s Ma On Shan apartment at about 10 am yesterday (14) on suspicion of "obtaining property by deception." The arrested man has been released on bail pending further investigation. You must report to the police in mid-June.
After investigation by the police, it is initially believed that this case was not a syndicated deception. It is believed that the arrested man operated the deception on his own.
The arrested man was reported as a financial practitioner. The police are now knowing whether the suspect is an employee of the credit card center and the flow of funds for the fraud.
As for the credit card application procedures of the victims, there is not much difference from the general application procedures. Yuan Zhaoji pointed out that the victims are generally not familiar with the process or have never applied for a credit card in the past.
According to the police, the traps for quick money are ever-changing. In this case, the scammers used cash rebates to induce the victim to apply for a credit card, thereby further defrauding the victim's personal information.
The police urged citizens to pay more attention to similar crimes, check credit card bills regularly, and report any suspicious transactions.
The public should also carefully protect their personal information, including credit card information.
Anyone who commits the crime of “acquiring property by deception” under Section 17 of the Theft Ordinance, Chapter 210 of the Laws of Hong Kong, is subject to a maximum penalty of 10 years’ imprisonment.
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