["Buddha Jumps Over the Wall" scam] The police received a report today (22nd) from a 39-year-old woman who said she had received a call from a man earlier claiming that she needed to order a large amount of food and asked her to order "Buddha Jumps over the Wall" from a designated supplier on her behalf. Bag.
The victim then called the designated supplier to order food and transferred 30,000 yuan to the designated bank account. However, he lost contact with both the man and the supplier, suspected of being cheated, and reported the case.
After a preliminary investigation, the police classified the case as "obtaining property by deception" and handed it over to Team 5 of the Criminal Investigation Team of the Kowloon City Police District for follow-up. No one has been arrested yet.
The police appealed to restaurants not to advance payment easily when accepting large orders, and also reminded that when collecting deposits from calling customers, they should pay attention to whether the "available balance" has increased, and do not rely solely on "deposit slips" and "account balances". " and so on are considered successful transfers.
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 also call the police's "Anti-Scam Easy" 24-hour hotline 18222.
