Chinanews, August 4, according to the US "World Journal" report, a few days ago, a Chinese in New York, the United States received a fraudulent call and was almost fooled. On the phone, a number of fraudsters pretended to be investigators of the immigration bureau, immigration officers, and municipal police officers. They "designed carefully" each link and asked the victim to hand over the so-called "immigrant bail."
Recently, Ms. Dong, a Chinese who has just graduated from university, received a phone call with a Washington DC number. "After the call, the other party said that he was an investigator from the Federal Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). He knew my full name and said that I was suspected of violating immigration laws and needed to cooperate with the investigation. He also said that my case is very serious and that if it is true, I will be Arrest and deportation."
Immediately afterwards, the "investigator" transferred the call to the "immigration officer". The "immigration officer" told Ms. Dong that the case could not be brought to anyone. If someone calls during the call, they must tell him immediately, and they cannot use text messages or text messages. Talk to other people through social media and other methods.
Ms. Dong said that she was very nervous at the time and somewhat doubted the authenticity of the other party. But the other party seemed to feel it and asked Ms. Dong to open the official website of the relevant department to check the phone number. After seeing the same number, Ms. Dong's suspicion was mostly eliminated.
The "Immigration Officer" asked Dong Anni not to be nervous, and then asked her for some specific information, including the time and identity of the first and last entry into the United States, current immigration status, etc., as well as personal information, including ID number, address, bank Account, deposit amount, credit card, etc.
"He said that I was suspected of breaking the law because I didn't report the'Alien Registration Number' in time, and guided me to read related articles on the Internet." Ms. Dong said, "During the period, an unfamiliar number called me, and the immigration officer asked me to I used Google to check the phone number, and when I found out that it was from the New York City police, I became more nervous."
When the number was called again, she followed the instructions of the "Immigration Officer" to answer the phone, and the siren could be heard on the phone. "The other party said that they have an arrest warrant for me." She said, "After learning that I was talking with the Immigration Bureau, the'policeman' asked me to continue to cooperate with the investigation, and said that the Immigration Bureau should send him an email as soon as possible, otherwise it would I will be arrested immediately and let me tell the immigration office of his name."
After Ms. Dong resumed the conversation with the "Immigration Officer", the other party said that if the immigration bond is paid, she can be temporarily not arrested. If she is not guilty after the investigation, the bail will be refunded.
"At this moment, it occurred to me that I had seen in the news that the New York City Police would not cooperate with the Immigration Department, so I quickly searched the Internet and found that I was probably in a scam. So I found an excuse and hung up the phone. "Later, Ms. Dong immediately consulted a lawyer, who made it clear that this was a phone fraud.
According to the police, almost all phone frauds end up asking potential victims to pay money or give out personal information, and remind the public that no government agency will ask the public for personal information through the phone, let alone inform the arrest by phone. Or ask for money. (Zhu Lei)