According to police data, four out of every ten crimes in Hong Kong this year are fraud cases, among which cases of impersonation of officials have increased significantly. Miss A's full name and ID number, and even showed her an ambiguous public security card and police warrant card. Miss A believed it and borrowed money from a friend to "bail out", and was eventually defrauded of about 600,000 yuan.
Online romance scams involving investments are on the rise.
In the largest online romance scam this year, a 51-year-old female director of a secretarial company met a "handsome man" about 30 years old on a social platform and developed an online dating relationship with her. The fake virtual currency investment platform invested in Tether and was eventually defrauded of 16 million yuan.
The cheater told the ID number and the female clerk was stunned
The Police Anti-Fraud Coordination Centre is launching the anti-scam publicity of "Happy, Anger and Sorrow" to analyze how swindlers exploit the human weakness of fear, ignorance, loneliness and greed to deceive.
The unfortunate victim, Miss A, who was involved in the fake official deception case, was a clerk of about twenty-three years old.
She told the story of being deceived through video at the press conference.
She said that she received a strange call in December last year. The other party claimed to be a staff member of Shenzhen Hubei Mobile Company, claiming that her mainland mobile phone number was involved in money laundering activities. Miss A said she did not have a mainland mobile phone number, and the other party immediately gave her full name and Hong Kong ID card. number, and said that the public security will contact her to investigate.
Miss A said that she hung up when she received the call, and then listened to her explanation because the other party reported her personal information.
Later on the same day, I received a call from a self-proclaimed Shenzhen public security officer, requesting a video investigation via video call. During this period, a self-proclaimed Hong Kong police officer intervened. Two swindlers wearing masks showed an obscure public security certificate or A warrant, and two documents purporting to be related to her money-laundering case, threatened her not to tell anyone about the case and to leave her home and rent a hotel to continue the video investigation.
The first time I made a cut call (phone), but after I called him, I got my ID number, so I listened to him.
Miss A
The victim, Miss A, said that the fraudster reported her ID number, and also produced a public security certificate and a police warrant, which made her believe that the other party was talking.
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The victim was asked to enter the bank password and the victim borrowed money for "emergency" and was eventually transferred 595,000
A left home as instructed and rented a room in a nearby hotel, then called the scammer to continue the video call. During the call, there was another woman who claimed to be a prosecutor of the Shenzhen Procuratorate.
The other party first asked A to search for the caller's number on the Internet. A checked and confirmed that it was Luo Wu's number, so he believed what he said.
The fraudster stated that she would be interrogated by video, and provided Miss A with a website, where A followed the instructions and entered information such as her bank account number and password.
After Miss A entered her bank information, the fraudster asked her to deposit 480,000 yuan into her bank account as bail and had to wait in the hotel for one night. A borrowed 400,000 yuan from her relatives and friends and deposited it into her account. Three warning text messages, "they (the swindlers) have been linked with the bank," were ignored, and 595,000 was eventually transferred away.
A reported the incident to a friend, who thought she had been deceived and called the police for help.
(provided by the police)
Victim: The other party likes and dislikes
Miss A recalled the incident, saying that at first the swindler only claimed to be assisting in the investigation, etc., and then she was suddenly told that she had been involved in the crime, and her attitude suddenly changed; , the bad guys", I just hope to solve the incident as soon as possible and leave, so I follow the instructions to send money.
They liked and disliked, and they would drag me back to the mainland for a few days, and I wouldn't let me go until I was tried... At that time, I wanted to deal with the matter rather than leave the money.
Miss A
After the incident, fortunately with the support of her family and friends, Miss A pointed out that she will soon get out of the haze.
(provided by the police)
51-year-old female director was deceived by "Junnan" to invest in Tether and was defrauded of 16 million
In addition, online romance cases involving investments have also attracted the attention of the police. In the middle of this year, the police received a report from a 51-year-old female director of a secretarial company, saying that one day they suddenly received an invitation to make friends. Judging from the photo, it was a 30-year-old woman. Year-old "handsome" Chinese man.
The victim accepted the invitation of the other party and became friends that night. The other party said that he was good at investing in virtual currency.
The man first talked about the victim with great care, and even learned from the conversation that she was single, and immediately proposed a relationship, which quickly became an online couple, but the two never met or made a video call.
The man claimed to be familiar with investment, and introduced an online virtual currency investment platform to the victim, claiming that he could get rich, and taught the victim to use the platform to buy Tether.
At the beginning, the victim's personal account received a return on investment, so he increased the investment amount without fear of fraud, and invested 16 million yuan within 4 months.
Although the victim's platform account showed a profit, but when he wanted to withdraw money, he was informed by the customer service that there was an inflow of illegal funds from overseas.
▼Police analysis of deception techniques▼
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