SCAMMED!!! From the Front Page Sections, translated…
“You GOD DAMN COPS are, way too nosy, this is a matter of MY privacy!”, a retired school instructor with a doctorate went to the bank, and wired money into a “dead” account that’s not been active for over TEN years, as the officers tried consoling with her, that it may be the work of a scam ring, she’d still insisted, that she was, making a personal investment, refused to report it, until the police found that the account belonged to a homeless man, that was when, she finally, woke up, but, she’d already, lost over FOUR million dollars.
The Yuanling police and the bank personnel worked together, and helped this retired school instructor save over $1.5 million N.T. in her retirement, she’d written three whole thank-you cards to the local police, and assured them that they were, doing what they’re supposed to, helping the civilians, and hoped, that the superiors will commend the officers who’d helped her, that, was when the scams went into the light.
In the morning of November 17 of last year, this female retired school teacher went to Huanan Bank’s Yuanling Branch to make a wire transfer of $2.6 million N.T.s to Chao, a man who’s registered in Taoyuan, it’d alarmed the female banker, Yang; shed’ found, that this account hadn’t been “active” for over ten years, and listed as “dead”, and, from the day before, someone wired $1,000N.T.s into it via an ATM, then, withdrew $900N.T.s, and now, the long-time customer was, about to wire in a huge sum, and that someone had, made a withdraw, she’d, immediately felt, that this was, a dummy account for a scam ring.
The department manager, Huang, and the bank’s general manager, Jiang, after knowing it, they’d immediately called the local police. That very afternoon, the female detective visited the retired teacher at home, but the woman didn’t open the door, the police didn’t give up, consoled with her for three whole hours, but she’d, still, insisted that it was, a personal investment, and refused, to report it, and the families blamed the police for being too nosy, that they had, nothing else better to do.
The police said, that because the female instructor refused to report the case, they couldn’t, freeze her account, and the bank called to tell them, that a young man was accompanying Chiao to the branch in Taoyuan, to pick up the remaining amount; the police decided, to use this account, to temporarily, keep the money safe, and had the bank tell the persons making the withdraws, that they’d needed to let the SEC know about it, because they’re, withdrawing such a high amount.
But, afterwards, that young man still used the ATM card, and made a total of FIVE withdrawals in the amounts of $20,000N.T. each. At this time, the police were, more than certain, that the retired school instructor was a victim of the scam rings, and they’d found her to talk some sense into her, but, she’d still, refused to believe them, and refused, to call it in.
The police didn’t give up, and, based off of the surveillance of the banks, and the account information, they’d caught the fifty-three-year-old Chiao last Christmas, he’d admitted to being homeless, that he’d, sold his own account for $3,000N.T. to someone, along with his ATM card too, the police charged him as an accessory to fraud, and sent him to the local D.A.’s office.
And after the police told the female retired school instructor that Chiao was a homeless man, that was when she’d firmly, believed that she was, scammed, and told the police she’d made separate wires at the other branches of her bank, she’d lost a total of over four million dollars N.T., but thankfully, the police had, “frozen” her one million dollar, and, the half a million dollars she had yet to wire out, was, saved.
Yeah, this still just showed, how prone to scam artists people can be, and this, is a highly educated woman, a RETIRED teacher who’d met the scam artists too, so, anybody can be targeted these days, it’s just a matter of, whether or not you FALL for it!
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