Another citizen fell into the fraud case of an online bill brusher. The police received a report from a 48-year-old man last Friday (20th), saying that he had responded to a job offer from a stranger earlier and acted as a bill brusher on the website platform. Click to buy luxury goods to push up the merchant's reputation to earn commissions.
According to the instructions of the scammer, the victim deposited about 4.47 million yuan in 34 times into multiple bank accounts designated by the other party for shopping on the platform.
However, the victim subsequently tried to withdraw money from the online shopping platform to no avail. He suspected that he had been cheated, so he called the police for help.
After preliminary investigation, the case was classified as "obtaining property by deceit", and it was handed over to Team 4 of the Criminal Investigation Team of Tuen Mun Police District for follow-up. No one has been arrested yet.
The police pointed out that the scammers’ job advertisements generally claim to be “quick money”, “high labor”, “same day pay” or “work at home”; applicants have low age and education requirements or no work experience and resume; And the actual position or work content, and only provide instant messaging software or mobile phone number contact methods.
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.
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