'Slaughtering pigs' scam targets single seniors
News from this newspaper (Reporter Sun Ying) The "killing pig" scam, which uses the guise of dating and marriage, to defraud the victim and then commit fraud, has also begun to attack single elderly people.
The Xicheng Court held a press conference a few days ago and disclosed a number of typical cases involving pension fraud.
One of the single elderly people was defrauded of more than 290,000 yuan when he was in love with a so-called "ministerial cadre" at dusk.
At the briefing, Wang Qi, vice president of the Xicheng Court, said that according to the statistics of the cases heard by the court in recent years, the main types of pension frauds are "investment and wealth management", "housing for pensions", "insurance agency", "wenwan collection", "health care" 8 common scams: health care, street superstition, evening love, and care and assistance.
Among them, the "Twilight Love" scam is a type of "killing pig". Criminals use the characteristics of single elderly people's lack of emotion and loneliness to make friends through the Internet or text messages to develop into a "love relationship", and then fabricate various reasons to ask for money.
Aunt Zhang, who lives in Xicheng District, has been living alone since her daughter got married. On an online dating site, she met Mr. Wang, a cadre from a ministry in Beijing who claimed to be single for many years.
Aunt Zhang felt that Mr. Wang's conditions were good. The two had been chatting through QQ. Although they had never met, they soon started talking about marriage.
Mr. Wang told Aunt Zhang that the marriage of the cadres of the ministry requires a political review. After the two get married, he can help Aunt Zhang's daughter to solve the work of the ministry, but these need to be "paid" with money, and he can't get his salary temporarily. I hope Aunt Zhang Pay some money up front.
Aunt Zhang was a little hesitant at first, but Mr. Wang promised that the more than 1 million deposits in his name after the marriage would be the common property of the two.
Not long after, Aunt Zhang suddenly received a call from Mr. Wang's secretary "Xiao Sun". The other party said that Mr. Wang was hospitalized due to a sudden illness, and asked Aunt Zhang if she could pay for some medical expenses and hospitalization expenses.
The anxious Aunt Zhang couldn't help but give "Xiao Sun" more than 100,000 yuan.
However, every time Aunt Zhang proposed to visit Mr. Wang, the secretary "Xiao Sun" refused for various reasons. Aunt Zhang had some doubts and went to the public security organ to report the case.
After investigation, it was found that the cadre of the ministries and commissions that Auntie Zhang was dealing with was actually Wang, an unemployed person who lived in Jiangsu.
After the trial by Xicheng Court, Wang was sentenced to 6 years and 6 months in prison for fraud and fined 7,000 yuan; at the same time, Wang was ordered to refund more than 290,000 yuan.
Guo Qiuyang, the person in charge of the Criminal Court of Xicheng Court, said that in this case, the liar fabricated the seemingly "high-level" identity of the leader of the ministry, which attracted Aunt Zhang's favor.
But in fact, Aunt Zhang only listened to the "one-sided words" of the liar from beginning to end, never verified Wang's identity information and work situation, and never even met face to face.
The majority of middle-aged and elderly people must be cautious when meeting strangers through the Internet and text messages. Don't believe anyone's rhetoric without real evidence in dating and dating.