Beijing Panasonic range hood repair On March 12 at about noon, the owner Mr. Zhou was in the office of a limited company in Xingxian, Dalì, contacting customers using QQ when one "customer" requested that Mr. Zhou cover a 30,000 yuan goods payment on their behalf and then automatically initiated a QQ video call to communicate with Mr. Zhou. Seeing in the video that it was a familiar client from Jiangsu, Mr. Guo, Mr. Zhou believed without any doubt. This "customer" provided an account number for the transaction, under the name Zhang ×××. About half an hour later, the owner instructed a colleague to transfer 30,000 RMB to this account at a certain bank in Dalì Town. Then he called client Guo to ask if the payment had been received. However, Mr. Guo said he never asked Mr. Zhou to pay the 30,000 yuan goods payment. It was only then that Mr. Zhou realized he had been scammed.
According to the police, such fraud cases all occurred during the day, which is convenient for the victims to go to the bank branch to handle remittance and transfer services; the target victims are selected from the friends list of the stolen QQ accounts; after locking onto the victim, the suspects use the pre-arranged image of the QQ owner to have a video chat with the victim, making the victim believe they are chatting with a relative or friend; after gaining the victim's trust, the suspect will borrow money by claiming business needs such as adjusting stock, capital turnover, or urgent need, and requests the victim to transfer the money into the account provided.
On March 9 at around 3 PM, the owner Mr. Wang reported to the police: While surfing the internet at a furniture factory in Jiǔjiāng Town, he used QQ to video chat with a worker named Zeng × from a certain company. Zeng × claimed he urgently needed money and asked him to lend some funds temporarily. Seeing it was an acquaintance and also a business partner, Mr. Wang transferred 10,000 yuan online to the account specified by Zeng ×. Not long after, Zeng × said borrowing such a small amount wasn't enough and again requested Mr. Wang to transfer 40,000 yuan. Feeling suspicious, Mr. Wang verified Zeng ×'s identity and uncovered the scheme, but the 10,000 yuan had already been taken by the other party.
The Foshan Daily reports by Zheng Cheng of the Yangcheng Evening News and correspondent Miao Sen: Recently, Foshan police issued a warning: A new type of crime involving stealing QQ numbers, chatting to build rapport, and pretending to be relatives to defraud money has succeeded multiple times, with ten victims falling prey, including one female victim who lost 50,000 yuan. According to information obtained by the police, this new form of crime where QQ numbers are stolen and impersonated as relatives began early this year. In less than two and a half months, there were already 10 cases, with 10 people being defrauded. There was one case each in January and February, but since entering March, the cases have suddenly surged, with eight cases occurring in just half a month, six of which happened in the Dalì, Huangqi, Yanbu, and Jiǔjiāng areas of Nanhai.
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