Phone scams abound. A 28-year-old man surnamed Wang was arrested in connection with 9 “Guess who I am” phone scams. The 9 elderly victims lost a total of 970,000 yuan. The man is being detained for investigation. According to sources, the arrested man is Wang Jinyang, a former District Councilor of Outlying Islands. During the operation, the police seized a mobile phone. The case is still under investigation and further arrests are not ruled out.
Kwun Tong Police District Chief Inspector Wu Mingfeng pointed out that a 90-year-old woman reported to the police on May 30 and received a call from an unknown person who falsely claimed that it was her son and demanded a bail of 300,000 yuan due to a criminal case. And someone would come to collect the money. The woman handed over 300,000 yuan to the man who came to collect the money on the same day. She mentioned the incident to her family afterwards and she was suspected of being cheated. She called the police for help.
When the police investigated a case of unpaid fines on Monday (5th), they found that a 28-year-old man was suspected to be related to the phone scam. It was initially believed that the man pretended to be an elderly “son friend” to collect “bail money” from the old woman , the man was arrested on charges of obtaining property by deception.
9 elderly victims aged 71 to 93
After the second team of the Police Serious Crime Squad took over the investigation, they initially believed that the 28-year-old man was related to the remaining 8 telephone deception cases. By the time the report was received on June 5, the nine elders lost a total of 970,000 yuan.
Initially responsible for collecting money and later changing to arrange members to collect money
The police investigation found that the illegal group posted recruitment advertisements on online social platforms, and hired downline members who were responsible for collecting money at the door with a daily salary of 1,000 to 1,500 yuan, and then handed over the fraudulent money to the group after receiving the money. Wu Mingfeng added: “The arrested person was initially hired by the fraud group as a collection role. Over time, the role of the arrested person became more and more serious. He became an online member of the group and arranged for offline members to collect money.”
The police appealed to the public to remember the three treasures of anti-fraud, including receiving the line, verifying, and asking for help, and reminded the public not to be used by criminals for short-term interests and join fraudulent groups.
2023-06-07 20:30:30
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