Guess who I am｜Arrested for playing family

The police detected 3 "Guess who I am" tele-scams that occurred between November and December this year. The 3 victims were senior citizens aged between 72 and 84. They received phone calls from scammers, falsely claiming to be the victim's family members He was arrested by the police and demanded a bail ranging from 30,000 to 150,000 yuan. The 3 cases involved a total of 250,000 yuan.

After investigation, the police arrested two local men, aged 17 and 27, yesterday (29th). The 27-year-old man was involved in two cases.

The two arrested persons are being detained for investigation, and the police are investigating the two cases. It is not ruled out that more people will be arrested.

Chief Inspector Lu Langcheng of the Criminal Investigation Team of the Tseung Kwan O Police District (left), Chief Inspector Han Chenghao of the Criminal Intelligence Unit of the East Kowloon Region (middle), and Chief Inspector Lin Yingpin of the Second Team of the Criminal Investigation Team of the Wong Tai Sin Police District (right).

(Photo by Liang Weiquan)

The 72-year-old female victim of the first case received a call from a self-proclaimed "lawyer" earlier, saying that the victim's son was arrested by the police in a criminal case and needed 150,000 yuan in bail. The victim then went to a restaurant in Tseung Kwan O and handed over 150,000 yuan to liar.

In another case, the victim received a call from a friend claiming to be his child, saying that the victim’s child was arrested and asked for a bail of 70,000 yuan. However, the victim was unable to go out due to inconvenient mobility. Go to the ATM and withdraw the 70,000 yuan from the account.

After an investigation by the East Kowloon Criminal Department of the police, a 27-year-old man surnamed Cao Wuye was arrested in Quarry Bay yesterday on suspicion of "obtaining property by deception".

Inspector Lv Langcheng, Chief Inspector of the Criminal Investigation Team of the Tseung Kwan O Police District, said that the investigation revealed that the arrested person was instructed by a friend to collect fraudulent money. The police are still investigating whether there is an "online" behind the case, or whether there are fellow parties in charge of different positions. It is not ruled out that there may be more people were arrested.

As for the third case, the 84-year-old local male victim living in Wong Tai Sin District received a call from a scammer at noon on the 9th of this month, pretending to be his son-in-law, claiming to be arrested by the police, and asking the victim to hand over 30,000 yuan in bail to his friend.

The victim prepared 30,000 yuan in cash. On the same day, a local man went to his residence to withdraw money and left.

After the police checked the closed-circuit television and conducted an investigation, the Criminal Department of the Wong Tai Sin Police District and the East Kowloon Regional Intelligence Unit arrested a 17-year-old male student yesterday. He was suspected of "obtaining property by deception".

The case was handed over to the second team of the Criminal Support Team of Wong Tai Sin Police District for follow-up.

In the first 10 months of this year, telegraphic fraud surged by 170% compared with last year, involving nearly 70 million yuan

Chief Inspector Han Chenghao of the Criminal Intelligence Unit of East Kowloon Region pointed out that in the first 10 months of this year, telephone fraud cases, especially "guess who I am" fraud cases, surged, with 637 cases more than last year, an increase of more than 170%; the amount of fraud involved increased 54 million yuan, reaching nearly 70 million yuan.

It is understood that in the past, most of the phone calls involved in phone scams came from overseas, but recently more calls came from within the country, targeting the elderly in the form of "blind hair".

Han Chenghao said that although the amount of individual cases against the elderly is "not very huge", it is also the savings of the elderly's hard work.

He appealed to the elderly and their family members to pay more attention to the police's anti-fraud information, so as not to allow scammers to take advantage of it; he also reminded young people not to engage in illegal activities for money, and to beware of seemingly legal but suspicious activities, such as door-to-door visits for rewards." to collect money owed to debtors” because they may in fact be receiving fraudulent or other illegal payments.

The police reminded that if there is a case involving bail money, the public should check with the relevant police station to avoid being deceived; if the public has any doubts, they should call the "Anti-Scam Easy 18222" hotline for enquiries.

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