An 18-year-old mainland girl studying an associate degree in Hong Kong fell into the double trap of online love and fake police earlier. She really wanted to help the "Shanghai Public Security" to lead the bad guys out of the hole. , In the end, the film was used by the swindlers and asked the parents to pay 5 million yuan in ransom. Fortunately, the detectives of the West Kowloon Regional Crime Unit took 22 hours to find the female victim after many hardships and explained to her that she was deceived, so as to prevent her family from incurring losses. .
Accompanied by the police today (3rd), the female victim appeared to speak out, telling her personal experience, telling the tricks of swindlers, explaining why she believed in the process, and hoped that mainland teachers and students who came to Hong Kong should be careful.
The female victim was arrested on October 1 on suspicion of wasting the police. It is reported that after the police investigation, she was considered to be the victim of the case, so they decided to acquit her.
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The fake police first deceived the female victim of 250,000 yuan
Senior Inspector Law Kaixian of the West Kowloon Crime Squad said that the 18-year-old female victim surnamed Zou met a fraudster on the Internet a year ago.
The other party claimed that the female victim was involved in a criminal case, and was asked to transcribe the repentance letter many times, and finally asked her to remit money to escape the crime, and was eventually defrauded of 250,000 yuan.
After the parents found out, they arranged for their daughter to drop out of school and return to the mainland. However, last Friday (September 30), the female victim received a call again, asking her to participate in a "secret operation", taking photos and videos disguised as being imprisoned, and sending them to the gangsters for action.
The scammers sent the video to the parents of the female victim and demanded that the parents pay a ransom of 5 million yuan.
Since the case involved imprisonment, the police attached great importance to it, and the Kowloon West Regional Crime Squad took over the investigation. It was found that the female victim had checked into a hotel room in Mong Kok that day, which was believed to be the place where the film was filmed. The female victim left after a short stay. The suspected case was He wrote, directed and acted himself, dressed himself in tomato juice as blood, as if he was being violently treated, and sent a selfie video to the scammers.
After 22 hours of tracking, the police found that the female victim was still able to walk freely in the Tsim Sha Tsui area while she claimed to have been kidnapped.
On Saturday (October 1) afternoon, the officers were in Mong Kok District, Zou Nv. She was uninjured. She was arrested on suspicion of wasting police force. She was later released unconditionally because she believed that she was the victim of the case.
The cases were listed as "wasting police force" and "obtaining property by deception".
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Fake police kept in touch with female victim for a year
Superintendent Zhong Yalun of the Police West Kowloon Regional Criminal Headquarters said that the most difficult part of the case was to track down the whereabouts of the victim. He hoped to track down his whereabouts for 22 consecutive hours. Because it was late at night, it was difficult for CCTV to capture his figure.
In addition, the victim was instructed by the swindler to walk on the street in a remote place, and he was not allowed to sit down. The victim walked around aimlessly, and even took a taxi to Hong Kong Island, which made it difficult for the police to track down.
In addition, the swindler in this case was not in Hong Kong. He contacted the victim in Mandarin, and grasped the weakness of the victim's character, and then used a long line to catch big fish. It took a year to understand the background of the victim and become familiar with everything about her. Taking advantage of her introverted personality, she made up a fake story, accusing her of causing 16 victims, and finally making the victim blame herself, fully cooperating with the liar's strategy.
The victim in the case, surnamed Zou, appeared at the press conference to tell her experience of being deceived. She pointed out that at first, the deceiver showed the relevant official documents, police number and arrest warrant, and also had a video call. After seeing the other party's appearance, she believed it more. After contacting each other, the other party also shares things in life and builds friendship with each other.
Screenshot of the video of the female victim covered in tomato juice.
(Photo by Lin Zhenhua)
Listen to fake police at the mercy of making abused films to "help catch bad guys"
The fraudster claimed that she had been in a high-risk area and asked her to hand over her personal information. She also claimed that she was involved in a criminal case, and the investigation had reached a preliminary conclusion, falsely claiming that Nv Zou failed to properly handle personal information and caused 16 deaths due to her mistake. The masses were deceived, and she felt remorse and guilt for the incident, and wanted to make up for her mistakes.
Because she was studying in Hong Kong, the fraudster asked her to hand over a security deposit of 250,000 yuan. She believed it to be true and remitted the money to the other party.
Later, the swindler pointed out that she installed monitoring software on her mobile phone, instructed her to take a selfie video to trap some criminal gangs, and even asked her to pre-record a video of her safety, but she did not expect it to be used for extortion.
As for why she was deceived, she explained that the other party falsely claimed that she would make up for her faults, assist the police in investigating the case, and asked her to sign a non-disclosure agreement, not to mention the incident with others.
Because she believed the words of the liar and believed that filming the video would help the police to investigate and lead out criminal gangs.
Within 22 hours of her disappearance, the other party asked her to keep changing places and not to have contact with others, so she walked on the street for 22 hours.
Later, the police found her on the street and showed her the photos and videos she had taken, accusing the scammers used to extort 5 million yuan in cash from her mother, and asked her to listen to the voices the scammers used to blackmail her mother.
The female victim, Zou, called on teachers and students from mainland China to be careful about falling into the scam at a press conference.
(Photo by Lin Zhenhua)
She appealed to all students and family members who came to study in Hong Kong to be vigilant after knowing what happened to her, not to trust people on unfamiliar phone calls, not to disclose their identity information and family information at will, and not to open unfamiliar online links at will , if you encounter problems, seek help from family, friends and the police.
Last year, a total of 87 mainland teachers and students in the West Kowloon Region were defrauded and involved 73 million yuan
Chief Inspector Wong Mei-yu of the Crime Prevention Office of the West Kowloon Region said that in 2021, 87 of the deception cases received by the West Kowloon Region were related to impersonating officials and involved students or teachers from the Mainland who came to Hong Kong, involving a total of $73 million.
From January to August 2022, there were a total of 55 reports of the same cases and methods, involving a total of 61 million yuan.
Chief Inspector Wong Mei-yu of the Regional Crime Prevention Office of Kowloon West (left), Superintendent Chung Ya-lun of the Police West Kowloon Regional Crime Headquarters (middle), and Senior Inspector Law Kai-yin of the West Kowloon Crime Squad (right) explained the case.
(Photo by Lin Zhenhua)
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