Shaoxing mother and son were defrauded of 1 million yuan by AI voice, and the police recovered the full amount within 18 hours

China News Service, Shaoxing, September 29 (Xiang Jing, Tong Yunfeng) According to news from the Shaoxing, Zhejiang police on the 28th, a mother and son in Zhuji, Shaoxing credulously believed in the forged voices of relatives and friends by scammers and transferred 1 million yuan to each other's account. Zhejiang police urgently launched an investigation and took 18 hours to recover all the funds.

On September 28, the caller (right) sent a banner to the police. Photo by Zhang Ting

At about 18:00 on September 23, the Zhuji Municipal Public Security Bureau received a call from Ms. Xu saying that she had just been defrauded of 1 million yuan by a scammer posing as a relative or friend. The local police immediately cooperated with the Shaoxing Anti-Fraud Center to activate the emergency payment stop mechanism, and the police in the jurisdiction simultaneously visited the door for verification.

On the evening of the day of the incident, Ms. Xu’s son, Mr. Li, received a friend request from a stranger. The other party’s voice sounded exactly like his uncle’s, and he falsely claimed that he urgently needed 1 million yuan to pay for goods.

According to reports, the other party refused voice and video calls many times and only communicated through text and forged voice messages. Because the voices were highly similar and his relatives had financial assistance in the past, Mr. Li put down his guard and informed his mother about the incident.

Ms. Xu was eager to help and transferred 1 million yuan to the bank account designated by the other party without further verification. Subsequently, the scammer continued to induce Mr. Li to transfer money to other accounts, but the other party always refused to answer the video call. Mr. Li was suspicious and called his uncle to verify, only to find out that he had been cheated.

After confirming that he had been deceived, Mr. Li immediately informed his mother to call the police. Due to timely reporting to the police and prompt handling, the 1 million yuan of funds involved in the case was successfully intercepted by the police.

The police checked the account involved and found that the bank card belonged to a woman from Jiangxi. Due to her need for currency exchange for cross-border business, she trusted unfamiliar currency exchange channels online, and the funds involved in the case flowed into her account.

After identifying the clues, the local police rushed to Jiangxi overnight to investigate and collect evidence. Through multi-party coordination, the defrauded funds of 1 million yuan were returned to Ms. Xu in full at noon on September 24. The whole process took only 18 hours. The case is still under further investigation.

The police remind: Before transferring money, be sure to verify the other party’s true identity through various methods such as phone calls, videos, and face-to-face communication. Do not trust others based on text or voice messages alone. (over)