On August 8, Weng mistakenly believed that he wanted to remit 500,000 yuan for AI investment, but the police and bank teamed up to dissuade him.

On August 8, Weng mistakenly believed that he wanted to remit 500,000 yuan for AI investment, so the police and banks teamed up to dissuade him. (Photo by reporter Qiu Junfu)

An 80-year-old man surnamed Li in Taipei City recently heard about "AI high-tech investment" from a friend and went to the bank to remit 500,000 yuan. The bank clerk noticed something was wrong and reported the police. The police arrived and found that Li Weng knew little about the investment content. In addition, the banker found that the capital amount of the investment company was obviously not proportional to the investment amount, so they contacted his family to come to the scene to persuade him. Finally, Li Weng gave up the idea of remittance and successfully kept his savings.

The Sanmin Police Station of the Songshan Branch of the Bei City Police Department recently received a notification from a bank within its jurisdiction that the old man surnamed Li was introduced by an unfamiliar friend to make profits by investing in high-tech products such as NFC and AI. He was tempted to remit 500,000 yuan to the friend for investment.

After the police arrived at the scene, they found that most of the information related to Li Weng's mobile phone was from foreign websites. When they further asked about investment products, profit methods and other details, Li Weng could not give a specific answer. He only said that detailed investment matters were handled by friends, which aroused the police's alarm.

The police immediately explained to Li Weng the common fake investment fraud techniques and cases. The bank clerk also reminded that after investigation, the investment company was only established last year with a capital of only 100,000 yuan.

At the same time, the police contacted Li Weng's family and rushed to join in the persuasion. After the police, bank and family members patiently dissuaded him, they gave up the remittance.

The police reminded that unscrupulous people often use AI, high technology and other hot topics to package investment targets, and then use high profits to attract people to invest money. You must be vigilant to avoid being deceived.

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