Recently, 82-year-old Wuhan citizen Zhou Daddy recently suffered a thrilling scam. Daddy Zhou received a call from a person claiming to be a police officer from Hainan, who claimed that Daddy Zhou was involved in a major economic case and would be arrested and imprisoned if he did not cooperate with the investigation.
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Daddy Zhou thought that he had not done anything wrong, so according to the other party's requirements, he collected all the bank account funds totaling more than one million yuan into a bank card, and installed remote control software in his mobile phone to let the other party operate remotely. However, Daddy Zhou soon found that his account balance was gradually decreasing, so he realized that something was wrong and hurriedly went to the Tenglong Police Station of the Huangpi District Bureau of the Wuhan Municipal Public Security Bureau to report to the police.
After investigation, the police found that the so-called Hainan police were impersonated by scammers. After the scammer defrauded Daddy Zhou's mobile phone control, he used more than 1 million yuan in the old man's account to buy 1,600 grams of gold, ready to be sent to other places through logistics. Of these, 400 grams of gold purchased on 27 September have been sent but not delivered, and 1,200 grams are being prepared for mailing.
The police immediately activated the police-bank cooperation mechanism, explained the situation to the bank and provided supporting materials, terminated the delivery of 400 grams of gold in a timely manner, and temporarily seized 1,200 grams of gold that had not been sent. Considering the risk of sending the gold directly to the elderly, under the coordination of the police, two lumps of gold totaling 1,600 grams were mailed to the police station, and then handed over to Daddy Zhou by the police.
The police reminded the general public that with the increasingly strict supervision, the channels for scammers to transfer and remit money are limited, and they have begun to use the defrauded funds to buy gold for money laundering and realization. Public security organs and government officials will not handle cases by phone or online, will not use online social platforms to send arrest warrants and other documents, and will not require the "screen sharing" function of mobile phones to be turned on. Anyone who asks for a transfer for fund verification is a scam! In case of inaccuracy, you should call the police in time or go to the nearest police station for help.