E Jing Chu Network message (Chu Tian Metropolis Daily) (reporter Changhua Wu, correspondent Yeping Gong) - A ridiculous fraud SMS actually induced a Wuhan building materials merchant to remit a huge sum of one million yuan into their account! Fortunately, before the swindlers could take out this huge amount of money, the Hanyang police had already arrived at the account opening bank overnight and promptly froze this amount with the help of the bank.
Yesterday, Mr. Liu, a building materials merchant from Wuhan, came to the Economic Investigation Brigade of Hanyang District Public Security Bureau, bringing a banner and a thank-you letter. He held the hand of Captain Hongkun Tang, moved to tears: It's all my fault for being negligent at that time, I didn't expect the money could be recovered...
Last month, Mr. Liu urgently needed funds for turnover, so he borrowed one million yuan from his friend Mr. Yuan. A few days later, Mr. Liu suddenly received an SMS which read: The account opening bank has been changed to ×× Bank, the account number is 622700××××9822, the account name is Wang Huan, please reply by SMS after transferring the money.
At that time, Mr. Liu was just preparing to repay the borrowed one million yuan, and upon seeing the SMS, mistakenly thought it was sent by Mr. Yuan. At around 4 pm on the 25th of last month, Mr. Liu went to the bank to make the transfer and sent an SMS to notify Mr. Yuan, but did not receive any response.
At around 7 pm that evening, Mr. Liu received a call from Mr. Yuan, learning that Mr. Yuan had not changed the account, and realized he had been scammed. Mr. Liu immediately reported the case to the Economic Investigation Brigade of Hanyang Public Security Bureau.
The police quickly ascertained that the scammer's account was opened in Loudi, Hunan Province, and the large sum of money had not yet been transferred. Captain Hongkun Tang of the Economic Investigation Brigade of Hanyang Public Security Bureau immediately prepared the legal documents to freeze the account, leading two officers to set off overnight and arrived at Loudi at around 7 am the next morning, freezing this amount as soon as the bank opened.
This case is still under further investigation.
The police reminded the public again: Do not believe any consumption, deduction, lottery win, or tax rebate information notified by phone or SMS, and do not remit money to any account because of such information. If you have any doubts, you must consult face-to-face at the public security organs or bank counter.
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