A 56-year-old woman fell into the trap of "investment advertisement" and made a mistake on the Internet. In order to pay the security deposit, he borrowed about 5.5 million yuan from the bank, and was defrauded of about 16.6 million yuan.
After that, the scammer lost contact, and the female victim suspected that she had been deceived and reported the case, but no one has been arrested yet.
It is reported that the female victim is a vice president of a company.
The police received a report from a 56-year-old woman surnamed Chen on Monday (3rd), saying that she obtained investment information through a “LINE” advertisement on July 20. After the advertisement link linked her to a fake website, the website asked her to provide her personal information and information. Phone number, someone will contact her later to provide cryptocurrency investment advice.
Later, she received a call from a man who claimed to be a cryptocurrency expert through WhatsApp. He introduced him to buy cryptocurrencies on a fake online platform. From July to August this year, 10 times this year, it will be worth about 8.8 million. Yuan of "Ether" and "Tether" were transferred to 8 different cryptocurrency accounts designated by the scammers.
Afterwards, the scammers demanded a security deposit from the woman to withdraw the full principal amount.
The woman borrowed about 5.5 million more from the bank.
Together with the savings, the woman transferred a total of about 7.8 million yuan to the fraudster's electronic and encrypted currency account. However, he lost contact with the fraudster later, suspected of being deceived, and reported the case.
The total loss of the informant totaled about 16.6 million yuan.
After preliminary investigation, the case was classified as "obtaining property by deception" and was handed over to the Eastern District Police District Criminal Investigation Team for follow-up. No arrests have been made so far.
