China News Service, September 22. According to the US "World Journal" report, the Brooklyn Benson Hehua News Agency in New York, the United States has a long history of fraud cases. Community safety seminars are held in the clubhouse.

He said that due to the reduction in the number of people going out due to the new crown pneumonia epidemic, people are more inclined to use the Internet or social platforms to make friends. They should beware of "love scams" and don't turn their heads and give money to strangers they know on the Internet.

  Nogor said that mobile phone fraud is often targeted at the elderly, and the usual routine is to pretend to be a government or city official or a Chinese consulate.

Scammers can often name their family members and ask for money on the grounds that they are arrested and imprisoned or admitted to hospital.

He said that no police station or hospital would threaten people with money, and they would not ask for money over the phone. As long as the people heard the other party mentioning key words such as gift cards, prepaid cards, and charge cards, they would be able to determine that the other party was. Scammers.

  If the people transfer money to the other party for the first time, the first-time scammers will definitely find other reasons for the victims to transfer money to them again.

At this time, the public must remember that if the first payment cannot solve the problem, the second and third times will not work. Don't blindly listen to the other party and be deceived again and again.

  On the other hand, the new crown pneumonia epidemic has reduced opportunities for people to go out to socialize, and more people like to use social platforms to make friends, causing the crime of "love fraud" to become rampant.

After the other party and the party establish a relationship, they often use a lot of excuses to ask for money, such as family members who are in urgent need of money, want to invest, or bring a sum of money to meet at the agreed place.

  He said that the other party usually speaks loudly, and it costs tens of thousands of dollars at a time. Although it cannot be said that the other party is definitely lying, the vast majority of cases are fraud cases.

  Regarding the victims, Nogar said that because many scammers are not in New York City or even in the United States, the investigation authority of the New York City Police has been blocked.

However, he emphasized that people still have to report to the police and are obliged to let the police know about community crimes and pass the news to more people to take precautions.

In addition to reporting to the police, he also recommends filing a complaint on the website of the US Federal Trade Commission, where officials from the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) will intervene in the investigation.

(Yan Jieen)