Yesterday (5th) at about 1 am, the police received a report from a 59-year-old local woman, saying that she had responded to a stranger's recruitment information on a social platform earlier, and acted as an "online salesman" to click on the shopping platform to push up the price. Merchants fame to earn commissions.
According to the instructions, the victim successively deposited a total of about 539,200 yuan into 24 accounts designated by the other party in batches for shopping on the platform, after which the other party disappeared.
The police classified the case as "obtaining property by deception" and handed it over to the Yau Tsim District Criminal Investigation Team for follow-up.
The police pointed out that the job advertisements of scammers generally claim to be "quick money", "high labor", "same day pay" or "work at home"; the age and education requirements for applicants are low or no work experience and resume are required; And the actual position or work content, and only provide instant messaging software or mobile phone number contact method.
Some scammers even pay commissions after the victim's initial deposit to gain the trust of the victim.
Police appeal to members of the public to call "Anti-Scam 18222" if in doubt.
Scam │ A 26-year-old Indian male lost 3,000 yuan in facebook recruitment information. A 27-year-old man received a commission of 1,500 yuan, but he took away 70,000 yuan. Then there was a 41-year-old male scam A 5,000-yuan commission finally lost $21,000. Reported to the police, and then a 49-year-old man lost 300,000 yuan in an online scam.
