There is another case of restaurant accidental deception. The swindler pretended to be a school staff to contact a restaurant owner of a restaurant in Yau Ma Tei and asked to order a large number of group meals. Later, he asked the restaurant to order an expensive food package "Buddha Jumps over the Wall" from a designated food supplier. After paying large sums of money, the scammer loses contact.
"Hong Kong 01" interviewed the owner of the restaurant and told the story of being deceived, hoping that the industry will take a warning.
The recently deceived shop was a noodle shop in Yau Ma Tei. The owner of the shop, Mr. Tian, revealed that on June 29, a man who spoke impure Cantonese called the shop with an anonymous phone number, falsely claiming to be a school employee, hoping Book for 3 consecutive days (July 1st to 3rd), bid 5,000 yuan a day, and order 50 meals per day.
Mr. Tian showed the menu to the other party, but the other party did not specify the content of the order, but the store owner sent it to a middle school.
Mr. Tian continued to forward the meal order to his father for follow-up.
After a round of negotiation, the scammer canceled the original order and instead asked the store to order the "Buddha Jumps the Wall" edible package from a designated food supplier, claiming that the ingredients were purchased from the Education Bureau, so the store did not need to process the ingredients and make the food. Instead, they asked the store to help order the ingredients, and said that they could earn about 1,000 yuan in price difference.
The next day (30th), Mr. Tian followed his father's instructions and remitted the money in three installments to the accounts of two food suppliers, which were actually private bank accounts provided by swindlers. About 290,000 yuan.
During the period, the fraudster repeatedly provided his father with fictitious account records and order receipts, claiming that the money had been transferred to the store.
His father did not worry about any fraud and remitted the money again.
Two days later (July 1), the store checked the bank deposit and found that the scammer did not truthfully remit the money, and also lost contact with the "customer" and the food supplier, and the other party's phone could not be connected again. , Tian's father and son knew that they had been deceived and called the police.
The Police received a number of similar scam cases (screenshot of the Anti-Deception Coordination Centre online)
More than 16 cases of the same type of fraud in 2 months, more than 1.6 million
According to the police, from May to July this year, the police received at least 16 fraudulent cases involving fake school staff ordering expensive food on behalf of the police, and the highest loss in a single case was over HK$300,000.
The police also reminded that in order to reduce the suspicion of the restaurant, the fraudsters deposited the blank or invalid cheque into the account of the restaurant through the bank's ticket machine and made false transfers.
The restaurant only noticed that the "Account Balance" showed an increase, but did not notice that the "Available Balance" reflecting the actual deposit had not changed.
He also appealed not to pay for goods easily. If you receive a call from someone claiming to be a school staff or teacher, you can go to the Education Bureau website to search for the school's contact number and make direct inquiries.