Another restaurant mistakenly booked the "Buddha Jumps over the Wall" fraud case. A 42-year-old woman in charge of the restaurant surnamed Yuan called the police today (16th), saying that she had received a call earlier, and the other party claimed that she needed to book a table at her restaurant to organize After two days of activities, restaurants are required to order "Buddha Jumps over the Wall" food packs from designated suppliers.
The restaurant then called the fake supplier to order food and remitted $212,000 to his bank account.
However, the victim subsequently lost contact with the other party and suspected that he had been deceived and called the police.
The case is temporarily classified as "Obtaining Property by Deception" and is being followed up by the Yau Tsim District Criminal Investigation Team No. 3. No arrests have been made so far.
The police appealed to restaurants not to easily advance payment when accepting large orders.
In addition, if you receive a telephone order from a group or private organization, you can search for the contact information of the group or private organization and contact the relevant organization directly.
If you have any doubts, you can call the police "Anti-Scam" 24-hour hotline 18222.
The restaurant owner received fake orders to book "Buddha Jumps over the Wall" and was defrauded of 290,000 yuan
