The "Guess who I am" phone scam has not stopped, and many elderly people have lost their "coffin book" by mistake.
A 20-year-old unemployed young man who was recruited by a fraud group was suspected of participating in two related tele-deception cases, which caused a total loss of 90,000 yuan to two elders. When he tried to receive fraudulent money from one of the victims, he did not expect that the other party had already He and his family learned that they were cheated and called the police, and the young man involved was arrested by the ambush police.
Inspector Lu Yongyu, head of the first team of the serious crime team of Sha Tin Police District, explained the case.
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Inspector Lu Yongyu, head of the first team of the serious crime team of Sha Tin Police District, explained the case. The police received a report last Saturday (26th). Bail was urgently needed. The victim believed it was true and gave 70,000 yuan to the scammer. After discussing with his family, he realized that he had been cheated, so he reported to the police for help. Until yesterday (28th), the scammer called the victim again to ask for bail Jin, the victim called the police again, and the police immediately made an ambush deployment. When the two met, they arrested a 20-year-old unemployed youth on the charge of "obtaining property by deception".
Lu also said that after investigation, the police found that the arrested youth was involved in another similar fraud case. On the 10th of this month, a 78-year-old man was defrauded of 20,000 yuan by the same method. The police initially believed that the fraud group was in the Social platforms recruit contacts and let them come forward to receive fraudulent money and hand it over to the syndicate. Taking the arrested youth as an example, they received rewards ranging from 2,000 to 4,000 yuan. The operation is still going on, and it is not ruled out that more people will be arrested.
Lu pointed out that from January to November this year, more than 90 cases of the same type of deception targeting the elderly occurred in the Sha Tin Police District. The total amount of deception was as high as 30 million yuan. If you receive a call from an unknown person, you must verify the identity of the other party. I reiterate that the police will not ask the public to pay a deposit or transfer money to a private account. If you have any doubts, please contact the police or call the anti-fraud hotline "18222". Shatin Police District continues to strengthen anti-fraud publicity .
