In view of the recent increase in phone scams, in order to prevent more people from being deceived, law enforcement departments launched anti-fraud law enforcement operations codenamed "Meng Fist" and "Bei Lou" on July 29, and successfully disrupted two local fraud syndicates. Seventeen people were arrested on suspicion of "obtaining property by deception", including 15 men and 2 women, one of whom was a minor. The arrested persons are believed to include many key members of the fraud group. According to preliminary investigations, the two fraud groups are related to multiple "guess who I am" and impersonating official scams, involving a total of approximately HK$27 million in fraud.
Among them, in Operation "Punch", the police, through intelligence analysis and in-depth investigation, identified a local fraud syndicate involved in the "Guess Who Me" scam. It is believed that the scammers randomly called the victims, pretending to be their children or friends, and Falsely claiming that he was arrested or hospitalized due to an accident, and asked the victim for money as an emergency. The police then launched a law enforcement operation on July 30 and arrested a member of a syndicate responsible for collecting fraudulent money from victims in Sau Mau Ping. They also raided the syndicate's lair and arrested a total of 4 men and 1 female (17 to 37 years old). , including the backbone of the group, the errand boys responsible for collecting the fraudulent money, and the "Ai Shui Zi". It is believed that some of the arrested people have gang backgrounds.
The fraud group has a careful division of labor and is believed to be related to at least 6 similar fraud cases in July. The victims are aged between 60 and 89, most of whom are elderly. It is believed that the defrauded people took advantage of their care for family and friends to lower their vigilance. The losses ranged from HK$50,000 to HK$260,000, and the total amount of fraud involved was about HK$500,000. Law enforcement authorities believe that some syndicate members made relevant fraudulent calls from overseas and recruited errands to collect the money as a way to "get quick money". They also arranged "water surveillance" nearby to increase the difficulty of the investigation.
During Operation "North Tower", law enforcement authorities targeted another fraud group. It was believed that the fraudsters used random calls to falsely claim to be mainland law enforcement officers, claiming that the victim had committed a criminal offense in the mainland and needed to undergo a fund review, and then arranged for fake "Special agents" come to the victim's door to sign a confidentiality agreement and collect the fraud money by transfer or cash for investigation purposes. During the process, the scammer may produce forged documents from Hong Kong law enforcement agencies and mainland public security agencies. However, the quality of the documents varies, so it is difficult to identify them carefully. The authenticity can be known.
The police then launched an operation on July 20 and arrested 11 men and 1 woman (aged 19 to 62) in various districts, including 3 fraudsters who pretended to be secret agents, and 9 puppet household registration holders. According to preliminary calculations, the fraud group is related to 11 similar cases this year. Victims aged between 20 and 87 lost HK$260,000 to HK$8.5 million respectively, with a total fraud value of HK$26 million. One of the 43-year-old female clerks handed over 1.9 million yuan in cash and transferred 6.6 million yuan into three puppet accounts according to the instructions. She was the victim with the largest loss.
During the operation, law enforcement authorities seized a batch of mobile phones suspected to be related to the case, some clothes suspected to be worn by the arrested persons when committing the crime, and a batch of suspected forged documents. Among all the arrested persons, 4 arrested men are currently being detained for investigation; the remaining arrested persons have been released on bail pending investigation and must report in early September.
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