The "Guess who I am" telephone deception reappeared. Two women, aged 69 and 80, respectively received calls earlier. The two female victims went to the designated place according to the instructions and handed over 35,000 yuan and 70,000 yuan in cash to each other.
The two victims then successfully contacted their relatives, suspected of being cheated, and called the police on the 10th of this month.
The sixth team of the criminal investigation team of the Tuen Mun Police District investigated after receiving the report. After intelligence analysis and reviewing a large number of CCTV clips, the two suspects were finally identified and a 32-year-old local woman surnamed Xu and a 32-year-old woman were arrested respectively. A local man surnamed Zhang was suspected of "obtaining property by deception".
The case is now handed over to the Criminal Support Team of Tuen Mun Police District for follow-up investigation.
The operation is still ongoing and police are not ruling out further arrests.
The police arrested two men and women, both 32 years old, in connection with two "Guess who I am" phone scams. The picture shows the seized evidence.
(provided by the police)
As of the end of 2022, the police have received a total of nearly 28,000 fraud cases, of which about 10%, or 2,831 cases, are phone fraud cases, deceiving up to about 1 billion yuan.
The police pointed out 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. "Anti-Fraud Easy" consultation hotline 18222, or call the police for help.
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