Rescue Taiwan's "General Sam"?
In recent years, fraud has become more and more common, and various fraud techniques have emerged in an endless stream. However, many of them are annoying and funny. What makes people angry is that they defraud victims of a large amount of property. What is funny is the methods used by some fraud groups, which makes people unable to help themselves. Shout out: "Is this okay?"
Recently, such a fraud case occurred in Taichung City. A woman in her 60s surnamed Zheng met a man on social media last month (June) who claimed to be "General Sam" of the special organization. ”, was assigned to Ukraine for special tasks.
Claims to be trapped in the Ukraine-Russia battlefield and needs Bitcoin
The woman and the other party exchanged messages for several days, and it actually progressed to the point where they called each other "brother and sister." And this "General Sam" saw that the time was ripe. The war between Ukraine and Russia was stalemate, and Ukrainian personnel suffered heavy losses. It was about to be his turn to fight on the front line. .
But this "General Sam" told the woman that he was worried that his life would be in danger after going to the front line. He hoped that his "lovely sister", a woman surnamed Zheng, could help him buy 5,000 US dollars, about NT$160,000 in Bitcoin, and transfer it to to the designated account so that he could buy a flight ticket back to Taiwan to reunite with Mrs. Zheng.
Woman’s 160,000 deposit insurance was defrauded
The Taiwanese general was sent to Ukraine to perform a special mission, but he was afraid of the war and wanted to "desert". He even needed Bitcoin to buy a ticket. The audience who heard this already knew that this was a "love scam", and the plot of the process was even more relevant. Most people can easily see through this.
However, the woman surnamed Zheng fell deeply into the sweet talk of the other party. On the 5th of this month, when she rushed to the bank to withdraw money and prepare to buy Bitcoin, fortunately, the bank staff noticed something was wrong and quickly called the police. Finally, the police from the Central City Sixth Precinct gave earnest advice. , only then did she realize that she had almost been deceived.
Fraudulent tactics emerge in endlessly
Although this sounds like a ridiculous story, in fact, these types of fraud methods are emerging in an endless stream, and they are not limited to the cryptocurrency field. The meme often seen on the Internet is "I am a North African general and I need to raise funds to fight back. If I can Send me the money, and you will be rewarded with coins when the job is done." I originally thought it was just a joke by netizens, but I didn't expect that this kind of scaremongering would actually almost deceive people.
According to statistics from the Police Department, Taiwan received more than 500 cryptocurrency-related fraud cases in 2023, and there were even more other types such as stock and love fraud, with the cumulative amount of fraud reaching billions of dollars. Faced with this type of fraud, , the most important thing is to stay vigilant and never trust information from unknown sources. No matter how the other party's identity is described, you should verify its authenticity, especially when it involves money transactions, you need to be extra cautious.
