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IG male netizen falsely claimed that a 51-year-old woman with lung cancer was charged nearly 10 million yuan in medical expenses

2023-02-01T03:17:19.040Z


There have been endless tricks of deception. Some people claim to be Korean men, and even imitate the tragic plot of Korean dramas, and use the sympathy of others to cheat huge medical expenses. Man scammed into dating 51-year-old woman on Instagram


There have been endless tricks of deception. Some people claim to be Korean men, and even imitate the tragic plot of Korean dramas, and use the sympathy of others to cheat huge medical expenses.

A man lied to meet a 51-year-old woman on Instagram and developed a relationship, and then falsely claimed that he had advanced lung cancer and needed medical expenses for an emergency organ transplant.

The male cheater first defrauded the female victim of nearly 7 million yuan, and then claimed that he was dying. He would return about 47 million yuan of inheritance to Mrs. Zhang, and actually deceived nearly 2 million yuan.

The female victim was defrauded of nearly 10 million yuan within 10 months before she became aware of the deception. The police classified the case as "obtaining property by deception", and no one has been arrested yet.


A 51-year-old retired woman surnamed Zhang met a male netizen who claimed to be from South Korea on social media Instagram earlier, saying that she was working as an engineer in Poland. Zhang and the woman were very speculative, so they used WhatsApp to chat further and develop further. Become an "Internet lover".

After getting to know each other for a while, the male netizen told Ms. Zhang that he was suffering from lung cancer, and it was in an advanced stage. He needed medical expenses for an emergency organ transplant, otherwise his life would be at stake.

Ms. Zhang, who was eager to save her boyfriend, was not afraid of fraud. From September 2021 to February 2022, she transferred more than 7 million Hong Kong dollars to 8 bank accounts 35 times.

By May 2022, the scammer claimed that he had only 3 months to live, and promised to transfer all assets (6 million US dollars, about 47 million Hong Kong dollars) to Ms. Zhang to repay the medical expenses, but demanded nearly 2 million administrative fees .

Under the instructions of the scammer, Ms. Zhang remitted a total of nearly 2 million Hong Kong dollars to two bank accounts nine times between May and July 2022.

Zhang Nv deposited a total of about 9.64 million yuan into multiple local bank accounts designated by the other party within ten months. However, the male netizen lost contact with the victim. Zhang Nv finally felt cheated earlier. A few days ago (January 13) Report for help.

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

Source: hk1

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