A woman surnamed Yang was defrauded of 1.4 million yuan by mistakenly believing in a fake investment scam. The police blocked the fourth delivery and saved 800,000 yuan.

A woman surnamed Yang came forward to explain how she was defrauded out of 1.4 million yuan by mistakenly believing in a fake investment scam, and called on the public to be more vigilant. (Photo by reporter Lin Jiadong)

"Originally I just wanted to earn more pension, but I didn't expect that I would lose all my capital!" A retired cleaner named Yang in his sixties misunderstood the fraud group's false investment scam tactics and invested a total of 1.4 million yuan three times. When he wanted to withdraw 800,000 yuan in cash for the fourth time, he was dissuaded by the team members and the police. He helped the police arrest a rider and saved the remaining 800,000 yuan in pension.

A woman surnamed Yang appeared at the "Fraud Dashboard" press conference held by the Keelung City Police Department at 11 a.m. today to explain how she was defrauded of 1.4 million yuan. In August this year, she joined an investment group on LINE after meeting a netizen who claimed to be a "financial expert" on the mobile messaging software LINE. Since there are "teachers" in the group every day, there are also many "students" who share their profit-making experiences and screenshots. Watching others make a lot of money, she also followed suit.

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Mrs. Yang said that under the guidance of her "assistant", she downloaded a fake investment APP that claimed to be highly profitable. Under the guidance of the other party's words, she handed the cash directly to the "specialist" sent by the other party. She handed over the cash to the "specialist" three times in total. Each time she paid, the other party gave her a "cooperation contract" and a "financial deposit certificate", which convinced her.

Yang said that in early September, she saw the profit figures on the APP rising continuously. When she wanted to withdraw some funds, the other party delayed her withdrawal request for any reason, including "high deposit required first", "handling fees", "taxes", etc., and she was shocked to encounter a fraud alarm. After receiving the report, the Criminal Police Brigade of the Keelung City Police Department asked Ms. Yang to pretend to pay another 800,000 yuan in cash, and after meeting with the rider to withdraw the fraudulent money, they successfully caught the rider and investigated according to law.

Wang Dayu, deputy director of the Keelung City Police Department, said at the "Fraud Dashboard" press conference that Keelung City accepted a total of 159 fraud cases last month (a monthly increase of 1%), with a total financial loss of 25.55 million yuan (a monthly decrease of 49%); the type of fraud ranked first with "online shopping fraud", followed by investment fraud accounting for 9.4%; he Citizens are urged to stop cooperating immediately and call the police or call the 165 anti-fraud hotline for verification if they encounter situations such as "online investment groups are guaranteed to make profits", "join LINE groups to follow orders", "you need to get cash to deliver the specialist before you can make profits", "you want to withdraw the principal but are required to pay a deposit or tax first", etc.

In addition, Wang Dayu called on the public to be more vigilant as fraud tactics by pretending to be civil servants have been frequent recently and there are signs of resurgence.

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Wang Dayu (middle), deputy chief of the Keelung City Police Department, said that scams by impersonating civil servants have been common recently and there are signs of resurgence, and he called on citizens to be more vigilant. (Photo by reporter Lin Jiadong)