The virtual currency investment scam reappears.
A 48-year-old woman surnamed Wu called the police on the 24th of last month, saying that she had responded to a stranger’s message on the social platform Instagram earlier, invested in virtual currency through an online platform, and deposited a total of about 9.23 million yuan in 32 times. 26 local bank accounts.
Wu Fu later suspected that she had been cheated, so she called the police for help.
After investigation, the police classified the case as "obtaining property by deception" and handed it over to the eighth team of the criminal investigation team of Kwai Tsing Police District for follow-up. No one has been arrested yet.
It is understood that the victim is a middle school teacher. She was contacted by a scammer claiming to be a virtual currency investment expert earlier through Instagram. The two parties then communicated through the communication program LINE. The scammer persuaded the victim to register an account on an investment platform website. , and began to follow the instructions of the investment platform to invest in virtual currency claiming high returns.
From October to December last year, the victim transferred money to the scammer several times. Among them, 2.3 million yuan belonged to the victim, 3.5 million yuan was lent by family members, and 3.3 million yuan was mortgage income.
Later, the victim was desperate and asked her husband for help to report the incident and call the police.
The police reiterated that anyone who commits the crime of "obtaining property by deception" under Section 17 of the Theft Ordinance, Chapter 210 of the Laws of Hong Kong, is liable to a maximum penalty of 10 years' imprisonment.
Police appeal to members of the public to call the "Anti-Scam" 18222 hotline if in doubt.
Lured by 260,000 rewards, a middle-aged woman fell into a virtual currency investment scam and lost 2 million yuan. The virtual currency trading platform AAX collapsed. The police arrested two men involved in fraud. The mastermind fled overseas with 230 million yuan.
