China News Service, April 7. According to Hong Kong's "Ta Kung Pao", a woman in Hong Kong suffered a telecom fraud. Since the middle of last year, she and her family were defrauded of 65 million yuan (Hong Kong dollars, the same below) within 10 months.

The scammer was exposed after trying to defraud her husband again.

This case is temporarily the telecom fraud case involving the most money in Hong Kong this year.

　　Yang Zhenyu, Senior Inspector of the Sham Shui Po Police District Serious Crime Squad, said that on April 3, he received a report from a 40-year-old woman surnamed Shen, saying that she received a call in June last year, falsely claiming that the woman was involved in a case of publishing false information about the new crown vaccine. In the case, the scammer provided a website purporting to be the "People's Procuratorate" website and asked the woman to enter her bank account and other information.

　　The woman believed it to be true, and from June to September last year, according to the other party's instructions, she met with four fraudsters five times. Malicious program intercepts its online banking password.

　　During the last meeting, the scammer handed the woman a false business contract, claiming to help her explain to the bank that she had legitimate business dealings with the collection company to avoid the bank's scrutiny.

　　The whole process of deception took place from June last year to March this year. The woman transferred a total of 46 million yuan of security deposit in 14 times to a designated account in the contract. The woman did not know that there was a fraud, and was still instigated by the swindler to deceive her mother. , claiming that her husband had a problem with the turnover of business funds and defrauded some of the money.

　　After that, the scammer also pretended to be a judge of the so-called "Supreme People's Procuratorate" and called the woman to send money again. The woman said that she had no money to send, so the scammer turned to the woman's husband, saying that she was involved in a case that the husband felt suspicious. , and reported the incident on April 3.

　　The woman lost a total of $65 million, including a loan from her mother and a mortgage on a house in the woman's couple's name.

　　Investigations by the Hong Kong police revealed that the fraudsters involved and the victims did not know each other.

As for the number of people involved in the scammers and whether there are other victims, it remains to be investigated.

　　Lu Hongji, senior inspector of the Anti-Fraud Coordination Center of the Commercial Crime Investigation Division, pointed out that the fraudsters used the epidemic as a cover in recent years, respectively alleging that the victim had visited some high-risk areas or was listed as a close contact, participated in the smuggling of anti-epidemic items, and smuggled vaccines from the mainland. Hong Kong and the mainland spread fake news about the Hong Kong epidemic as an excuse for deception, defrauding victims of their savings.

He appealed to the public to be careful not to be deceived if they receive such calls.