A 31-year-old local woman met a man who claimed to be the illegitimate son of the late gambling king Stanley Ho through the dating app Tinder earlier this month. online lover.
The woman thought she was in love with a rich man, but she fell into an online romance scam and was ignorant for a while, and she was defrauded of 565,000 yuan.
(CyberDefender screenshot)
According to the news, the female victim was a salesperson. After she fell in love with the "gambler's illegitimate child", she immediately obeyed her online "boyfriend".
The other party claimed that business turnover was difficult and asked for financial assistance.
The woman was not afraid of fraud and immediately gave money to support "Ai Lang". On the 7th and 8th of this month, she deposited 565,000 yuan into different local bank accounts in 4 installments, but none of the accounts belonged to the man's name.
The female victim later discovered this online relationship, but it was only her wishful thinking. Only when she unilaterally paid her love and money for free, and the man lost contact, did she believe that she had fallen into the love trap of the "Hong Kong version of Tinder scam king" , the money paid could not be recovered, so I had to call the police for help.
The police uploaded the relevant case information on the social media Facebook page "CyberDefender", reminding the public to be careful when making friends online.
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(Screenshot of "Tinder Fraud King")