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A piece of gold leads to a case of international students being deceived

2025-07-04   

Recently, the public security organs in Jiangsu Province disclosed a case of impersonating the public security, procuratorial and judicial organs to commit fraud, exposing the new tricks of criminals and reminding the public to pay attention to identifying abnormal transactions with unknown sources of funds to ensure property safety. I didn't ask about the price, didn't choose any styles, and didn't inquire about any discounts, but I had to purchase 450000 yuan worth of gold bars all at once. ”On February 25th this year, the Qinhuai Branch of the Nanjing Public Security Bureau in Jiangsu Province received a report from a gold shop in its jurisdiction. The shop assistant said that a woman's behavior was suspicious and she looked flustered when buying large gold bars. After receiving the alarm, Xu Xiang, a police officer from the Crescent Lake Police Station of Qinhuai Sub bureau, went to the scene to understand the situation: Guo from Liaoning claimed to have come to Nanjing for tourism with his husband and went out for a walk while buying gold bars for collection. Tourists usually buy small pieces of gold jewelry, but it is not reasonable for them to directly purchase large gold bars. ”Xu Xiang believed that the parties involved may be suffering from fraud, so he inquired in detail. The police found that the 450000 yuan they purchased for gold was actually received just two hours ago. Why did Guo receive a large transfer? Why buy gold bars with all the received funds? Currently, there are many cases of victims being defrauded by telecommunications networks through mailing gold. Faced with these doubts, the police have decided to further investigate. Locking the transfer identity, the police launched a fund tracking operation to dissuade Guo from fraud and verify the source of the money he purchased for gold. At first, Guo's resistance was evident. After being guided by the police, Guo revealed, "He is my friend. He borrowed 450000 yuan from me three years ago, and this is the debt that the other party repaid." Guo said that he has He's contact information in his phone. The police immediately dialed He's phone number. Excuse me, is it Mr. He? Why did you make the payment to her? ”When asked by the police, He gave completely different reasons: "Guo needs money and borrowed 450000 yuan from me." Their statements were contradictory. We infer that the two are not friends and are likely to be the 'upstream and downstream' of fraud, "said Xu Yin, deputy director of the Yueyahu Police Station. In order to uncover the truth, the police changed their investigation direction and started tracing from bank transfer records. They quickly contacted the anti fraud center of the sub bureau to investigate the source of the funds. The Anti Fraud Center has activated a verification mechanism and found that the funds were transferred to him by He's parents. Subsequently, Ms. Kong, the mother of He and a resident of Jiujiang, Jiangxi, received a phone call from the Nanjing police. After confirming the identity of the police officer, Ms. Kong stated that He was a 19-year-old international student who went to Australia a few days ago. The child claimed that the school required parents to transfer money and provide proof of deposit to ensure that the family had financial strength, so she transferred 450000 yuan to him. Separated by thousands of miles to dissuade, the victim revealed the truth of the case. Upon learning that He may have been victims of fraud, He's parents immediately contacted their child. However, by this time, He no longer answered their parents' and police calls. Mr. He's parents were extremely anxious and contacted the local police through friends in Australia to find him in the student dormitory. At first, I was wondering if my son's card had been stolen, so I asked him to show me the deposit information. ”Ms. Kong sent a WeChat message to her son requesting a screenshot of the deposit. She found that the screenshot showed 450000 yuan still in the account. Did the police make a mistake? Ms. Kong's mind was filled with doubts. We are very certain that the money in He's account has been transferred to someone else's account. "Faced with the police's response, Ms. Kong conducted multiple verifications on the deposit screenshot sent back by her son and found that the screenshot was synthesized through technical means. Son, Mom is particularly worried about your safety. We don't blame you for what happened! ”Faced with his mother's patient persuasion, He finally revealed the truth. Originally, shortly after arriving in Australia, He encountered fraud. On February 23rd, due to unpaid bills, He purchased a new phone card. On the packaging of the phone card, there was a "customer service phone number", so he called to find out why the machine had been shut down before. After the phone was connected, the other party claimed that He was suspected of money laundering and other crimes, and threatened that He would be arrested and possibly deported back to China. They also presented him with forged wanted notices and embassy approvals. Studying abroad is not easy, and He was worried that it would delay his future, so he believed the other party's words. Unexpectedly, they encountered fraud by impersonating the public security, procuratorial, and judicial telecommunications networks. After conducting a thorough investigation, it was found that the fraudster had actually committed a "double ended fraud". In order to ensure the safety of funds, the Qinhuai Branch Anti Fraud Center quickly suspended payments to Guo's bank account. The Yueyahu Police Station summoned Guo to the Law Enforcement and Case Management Center for review in accordance with the law. Why did Guo help overseas fraudsters transfer funds? Unexpectedly, she was also a 'victim'. Guo confessed that after seeing an agricultural assistance advertisement on a short video platform, he immediately followed the agricultural assistance "mentor". Under the guidance of the mentor, Guo installed a poverty alleviation and agricultural assistance software. The 'mentor' said that they can help him apply for a 'targeted poverty alleviation' fund of 2.79 million yuan, but Guo needs to go to another city to purchase gold packaging. This' mentor 'transferred over 2900 yuan in fees to Guo and instructed him to go to Nanjing to buy gold. Faced with great temptation, Guo had already lost his mind and provided his identity documents and bank card as required by the "mentor", and came to Nanjing in advance to wait for the "instructions". After receiving the transfer from He, Guo went to the offline gold store to purchase gold bars according to the "instructions" and requested to take them away on the spot. After a thorough investigation by the police, it was found that the "mentor" was a fraudster who attempted to launder the stolen money through gold transactions. Guo also became a complete tool for fraudsters to launder money. After investigation, Guo's behavior violated the relevant provisions of the Anti Telecom Network Fraud Law and was punished with confiscation of illegal gains and a fine in accordance with the law. In this case, the criminals carried out "two pronged fraud". On the one hand, they impersonated the public security, procuratorial and judicial authorities to defraud international student He of 450000 yuan and transfer it to Guo's bank account; On the other hand, it also deceived Guo into purchasing gold to achieve the purpose of offline money laundering and transfer of stolen funds. The rapid investigation of the case is due to the effective operation of police enterprise cooperation and linkage. The Nanjing police regularly provide anti fraud training for enterprises in their jurisdiction and actively create a public awareness and prevention atmosphere. ”Qian Xuning, Deputy Director of Qinhuai Branch of Nanjing Public Security Bureau, said that we will adhere to the principle of prevention first, continue to improve the linkage mechanism between police enterprises and police banks, achieve accurate early warning, and effectively protect the people's wallets. At present, the public security organs have returned 450000 yuan to the families of the victims, and the gold shop staff who reported the case in a timely manner have also received a reward for their bravery. (New Society)

Edit:XINGYU Responsible editor:LIUYANG

Source:people.cn

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