Mistrusting Facebook One Page Ads! A 73-year-old woman went to the Farmers Association to get 100,000 yuan to buy health care products.
Quick Look
- A 73-year-old woman wanted to withdraw 100,000 yuan to buy health food advertised on Facebook.
- The clerk of the Nanzhuang Township Farmers Association noticed something suspicious and reported it to the police.
- After the police and clerk dissuaded her, the woman canceled the withdrawal and no property damage was caused.
AI-generated summary
Why It Matters
Yesterday morning, the old woman browsed a one-page advertisement on Facebook. After seeing a message about selling healthy food, she immediately joined the other party's LINE to inquire about purchasing. The seller claimed that "payment must be made first before the goods will be shipped." The old woman believed it and followed the instructions to the farmers' association to withdraw cash.
Shopping for health food online was in danger of being scammed, and a 70-year-old woman went to the farmers' association to get money but was blocked. (provided by police)
A 73-year-old woman went to the Nanzhuang Township Farmers Association at around 8 a.m. on the 12th and wanted to withdraw about 100,000 yuan in cash from the counter. Due to her strange look, the clerk learned that the old woman wanted to withdraw money to buy health food advertised on the Internet. After the clerk informed the police, Huang Zhihui, director of the Nanzhuang Branch of Toufen Branch, and police officer Xie Yucong immediately rushed to the scene and worked together with the clerk to persuade the woman to save her savings.
Toufen police pointed out today that the old woman browsed a one-page advertisement on Facebook yesterday morning and after seeing a message about selling healthy food, she immediately joined the other party's LINE to inquire about purchasing. The seller claimed that "payment must be made first before the goods will be shipped." The old woman believed it, and followed the instructions to go to the farmers' association to withdraw cash. The farmers' association staff noticed that the transaction was suspicious and worried that the woman would fall into a trap, so they immediately activated the joint police-farmer prevention mechanism to notify the police.
After the police arrived at the scene, they patiently broke down the common online shopping fraud techniques with Ms. Qiu, pointing out that fraud syndicates often use social platforms to publish advertisements, and then induce victims to conduct private transactions through LINE and require remittances in advance or large sums of cash in person. After joint persuasion by the police and farmers' association members, Ms. Qiu finally came to her senses and decided to cancel the withdrawal without causing any property losses.
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Open Questions
- The specific identity and location of the fraud group
- Have the Facebook ad and LINE sellers been traced?
- Did the old woman ever make a payment with the seller?
