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A 19-year-old female college student fell into a fake official phone scam and lost her parents 4 million yuan

2023-01-11T09:49:54.190Z


A 19-year-old female college student fell into a phone fraud case by mistake. She was deceived by scammers who falsely claimed the Department of Health and the police, and borrowed 4 million from her parents for the other party's asset review. After the huge sum of money was transferred, the girl realized that she had been cheated and called the police for help. According to the police,


A 19-year-old female college student fell into a phone fraud case by mistake. She was deceived by scammers who falsely claimed the Department of Health and the police, and borrowed 4 million from her parents for the other party's asset review.

After the huge sum of money was transferred, the girl realized that she had been cheated and called the police for help.


The police said that they received a report from a 19-year-old woman on Sunday (8th), saying that she had received a call earlier. The caller claimed to be an employee of the Department of Health and a police officer, saying that she was involved in a money laundering case and asked her to provide bank account information. to cooperate with the investigation.

The female victim later discovered that the deposit of about 4 million yuan in the bank account had been transferred from November to December last year. She suspected that she had been cheated, so she reported the case for help.

After preliminary investigation, the case was listed as "obtaining property by deception" and was handed over to Team 6 of the Criminal Investigation Team of the Kowloon City Police District for follow-up. No one has been arrested yet.

It is understood that a 19-year-old girl is studying at university. On November 10 last year, she received a phone call from a scammer claiming to be an employee of the Department of Health, saying that she was under quarantine order.

The victim stated that she was not under control, and the scammer then relayed that her personal information might have been stolen, and referred her to the police (another scammer) for follow-up.

The swindler then pointed out that the girl had participated in money laundering activities in China, and then handed her over to two other swindlers and falsely claimed for further investigation.

The girl followed the instructions to transfer the 4 million Hong Kong dollars she had borrowed from her parents to her own bank account, and handed over her electronic bank password for asset review.

Later, she noticed that between the end of November and the beginning of December last year, there was an unauthorized transfer to the bank account of the scammer. She was startled to be cheated, and the scammer could not be found anymore, so she called the police for help.

The police remind the public that law enforcement officers in the Mainland will not call the public in the form of a pre-recorded voice, nor will they ask the public to hand over personal information or money to prove their innocence by phone or online.

Anyone claiming to be a Mainland government or law enforcement agency and asking the victim to hand over bank or personal information is considered a fraudulent act.

Source: hk1

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