Ms. Zhuang was defrauded out of 1.3 million yuan by a fake prosecutor. The police arrested two riders and seized cash and other related evidence. (Photo by reporter Lu Yunfeng)
The woman surnamed Zhuang fell into the trap of a fake police officer. The other party first defrauded her out of 1.3 million yuan by saying "account anomaly alert, criminal case, property supervision" and other tactics. After knowing the truth, she asked for another 880,000 yuan. The New Taipei City Police Yonghe Branch was informed and set up a task force. They went to the temple where the two parties were trading and posed as a believer to ambush. They arrested the driver surnamed Wu and the wanted monitor surnamed Peng, and transferred them to investigation after questioning. This successfully prevented Zhuang from being deceived again.
An investigation by the Yonghe Branch found that the unemployed 36-year-old Zhuang received a call from a fraud group late last month. The caller pretended to be a commissioner of the Financial Supervisory Commission and lied that her bank account involved unknown financial flows and was listed as a warning account. She then transferred the call claiming to be an officer of the Kaohsiung City Criminal Police Brigade. The caller also claimed that Zhuang was involved in a money laundering fraud case and needed to prepare an online telephone report record. The call was then transferred to a fake prosecutor who pretended to be involved in a criminal case and needed to pay a deposit to remove the warning account, otherwise she would be named as a defendant.
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It is known that Ms. Zhuang was brainwashed by the fraud group into believing it was true. She first followed the other party's instructions to go to a park in Zhonghe, New Taipei, and handed over 1.3 million yuan in cash to the driver sent by the other party. After returning home, when she discussed with her family, she realized something was wrong and discovered that she had been deceived. She immediately reported the case to the police for help.
According to the investigation, the fraud group saw that Zhuang's daughter had been deceived, and then asked Zhuang's daughter to pay another 880,000 yuan on the grounds of "supervising property." The police task force grasped the information about the agreement between the two parties and immediately deployed an investigation. At the end of last month, they were arrested in a palace in Zhonghe. The temple pretended to be worshipers and took advantage of the transactions between the two parties to arrest the 19-year-old driver surnamed Wu and the 22-year-old monitor surnamed Peng. They seized mobile phones, cash and other related evidence. After investigation, it was also found that Peng was suspected of being a wanted person for theft issued by the Hsinchu District Prosecutor's Office.
The police pointed out that Wu and Peng were transferred to the New Taipei District Prosecutor's Office for investigation under the Fraud and Money Laundering Prevention Act. Peng, who was wanted for theft, was transferred to the Hsinchu District Prosecutor's Office and will continue to pursue other accomplices.
The police reminded that prosecutors and police agencies will never handle cases over the phone and ask people to hand over cash, accounts or property. If you receive suspicious calls such as "criminal cases", "accounts under supervision", "property supervision", etc., you must stay calm, hang up the phone immediately, and call 165 anti-fraud hotline or 110 for verification. Do not follow the other party's instructions to pay money to avoid suffering property losses.
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The police pretended to be believers and laid an ambush, taking advantage of the transaction between the two parties to arrest two suspects. (Photo by reporter Lu Yunfeng)
Ms. Zhuang was defrauded out of 1.3 million yuan by a fake prosecutor. The police took advantage of the confrontation between the two parties to arrest the driver surnamed Wu who made the withdrawal. (Photo by reporter Lu Yunfeng)
