In the past two days (29 to 30 days), the New Territories South Police District has launched an operation code-named "Sky Mirror" to crack down on phone scams. A total of 12 men and 2 women were arrested. They were suspected of "obtaining property by deception", involving a total of 17 million yuan .
Deng Jingbin, director of the first team of the Serious Crime Unit of the Tsuen Wan Police District, said that he noticed the increasing trend of telephone scams in the area, so he took the operation code-named "Sky Mirror", and arrested 10 men and 2 women, aged between 18 and 52. They are respectively members of two fraudulent syndicates, providing accounts for scammers to collect money and deal with criminal proceeds.
They were involved in 27 fraud cases involving fake officials with similar tactics. They all claimed to be officers of the Mainland Public Security or the Department of Health, and used different excuses to ask the victims to hand over their account information and transfer money to designated accounts.
The age of the victims ranged from 19 to 80 years old, and the single amount involved ranged from 17,000 yuan to 3.5 million yuan, with a total amount of 17 million yuan involved.
During the operation, officers seized some bank documents and multiple mobile phones, which were suspected to be related to the case.
The 12 arrested persons were arrested on suspicion of "obtaining property by deception". They have been released on bail pending investigation and must report to the police in late January.
Tsuen Wan Police District earned the nickname "Sky Mirror" arrest operation and arrested 14 men and women.
(Photo by Luo Minyan)
Inspector Li Xinlin, head of the second team of the Serious Crime Unit, briefly described another "Guess who I am" case, saying that the police arrested an 18-year-old surnamed Du and a 20-year-old in Mong Kok and Sheung Shui the day before yesterday (29th). A man surnamed Li, both unemployed, falsely claimed to be the son of an 80-year-old man on the 6th of this month. Because he was involved in a criminal case and needed to pay bail, he pretended to be his son's friend and defrauded him of 30,000 yuan.
The old man later sought evidence from his relatives, only to realize that he had been deceived, so he reported the crime.
The two arrested men are now being detained for enquiries.
Li added that in the past two months (November to December 30), the New Territories South Police District cracked a total of 28 fraud cases and arrested 39 people, aged from 15 to 52, all of whom tricked the victims into depositing money into Specify the account, or go to the designated location for transaction.
She reminded the public to pay more attention to and share anti-fraud information with the elderly around them. If you receive a call from your family member who needs financial assistance, you should keep calm and ask the relevant family member for verification, or call the police at Anti-Scam 18222 for help.
In addition, when the age is approaching, gangsters will have various methods of making quick money, such as deception and burglary, etc. Citizens should be more vigilant and aware of anti-theft; young people should not be used for making quick money, including assisting in collecting object.
Obtaining property by deception is punishable by up to 10 years in prison; conspiracy to defraud and money laundering is punishable by up to 14 years in prison.
