Borrow 7,000 and repay 1.2 million! Taichung resident’s daughter fell into online loan scam

Taichung City's Xitun District Harbor Chief Yang Zhongyi issued a heartbreaking confession on Facebook yesterday, saying that his daughter borrowed 7,000 yuan through the Internet to buy game points (actually only received 4,200 yuan). More than 00,000, but the other party continued to harass him and maliciously ordered drinks from the store and delivered them to the service counter. He could not bear the harassment and reported the case. He hoped that the prosecutors and police would increase their efforts in cracking down on fraud. The Taichung District Prosecutor's Office emphasized that it will never tolerate the use of violence and intimidation to extract debts, and has directed the police to actively investigate.

It is understood that Yang Zhongyi’s daughter bought game points without telling her family. She borrowed 7,000 yuan through an online small loan advertisement, but actually received only 4,200 yuan. Later, because he kept transferring loans to pay off his previous debt, the other party contacted him to repay the money, urging him to remit a small amount of money each time. Because the director was worried about his family, he just wanted to help and repay the debt first, hoping that the matter would be resolved soon. Unexpectedly, after I transferred a sum, the other party came to urge me for another sum.

Until I discovered that the number of remittances was unusually large, I looked back and found that in just two months, more than 1.2 million had been remitted. This money put a lot of financial pressure on the family, and I realized that it was probably a fraud.

Yang Zhongyi said helplessly that until now, harassing calls are still coming, and even relatives and friends around him have received harassing and threatening calls. Recently, the other party has repeatedly used his own name to order drinks and meals, and asked the store to deliver them to the service office, which implicated the store. I hope that the other party can show their respect and stop harassing me, my family, relatives and friends. The case has been reported to the Sixth Precinct and we will cooperate with the follow-up investigation to clarify the incident and related funds.

The Sixth Branch of the Taichung City Police Department stated that it has collected relevant evidence such as loan contracts, remittance records, and communication conversations, accepted them in accordance with the law, and launched an investigation. It has initially learned that more than 1.2 million yuan was remitted before and after. Because this case involves multiple online lending platforms and multiple transaction records, a task force has been assigned to actively investigate, and is currently pursuing the direction of extortion, fraud, and intimidation to obtain money in accordance with the law.

The Taichung District Prosecutor's Office stated that it had immediately assigned Prosecutor Hong Jiaye to direct the Sixth Branch to actively investigate and fully clarify the case. We will never tolerate any illegal means to force people to repay debts or make huge profits. Those involved in the law will be investigated and dealt with strictly in accordance with the law and will not be lenient.