This is still, NOTHING N-E-W, as the scam artists had, posed themselves as D.A.s, and what nots, and yet, there are still, victims!!! From the Front Page Sections, translated…
The Chinese media reported, that this group of scam artists falsified themselves as public servants, demanded the victims to transfer their money into a “Safety account”, Mrs. Yang, because she’d placed her complete trust in the public servants, was scammed for a very high amount.
The reports pointed out, that last November, Mrs. Yang got a call, told her that the phone under her name had been sending out huge amounts of illegal messages, and someone had, called it in. Mrs. Yang denied her involvement right away, and the caller asked her to call up the police substation in Shanghai, and Mrs. Yang called the number the scammer gave to her, and, she was passed around, and at the end, she’d received calls from an “Officer Ho” and a “Lieutenant Hsu”, told her, that someone HAD, notified them, that her number was sending out huge amounts of illegal messages, and that she was suspected of being involved in child trafficking and money laundering too.
“Captain Hsu” told, that one of the criminals claimed that Mrs. Yang was an accomplice, and, she was afraid, and although she’d tried to explain, but, “Captain Hsu” threatened, that if she doesn’t tell him where the money went, he will arrest her.
And so, Mrs. Yang gave the information on all her bank cards to the scam artists, and, at this time, there was another, “Judge Lo” who’d told her, that in order to see if there are money laundered from her accounts, they’d needed to clear out all the bank accounts in her name, to wire all her money into an appointed account, and, after the money gets wired, then, they will be able to, clear her name.
Mrs. Yang transferred a total of six times, a total of nearly eight million RMB to the accounts, then afterwards, she’d tried to contact the person, but, the person turned off his cell phone, and that was when she thought she’d been, scammed, and called the police.
And, this, is how those scam artist can, prey on the fears of people, because these scam artists zoomed in on our fears of being in trouble with the law, and utilized it to scam us, and this woman was overwhelmed by her own fears, that she’d, forgotten, to check the facts, that was why, she’d ended up, losing so much of her money!