A 68-year-old woman surnamed Zhuang in Chiayi County, Taiwan Province met a man who claimed to be an officer in Ukraine on the LINE dating app, and pretended to her that she would come to Taiwan to stay with her after the war with Russia was over, but because At present, she is short of money and needs to go to a bank near her home to transfer NT$100,000 to the bank account. Fortunately, the staff found that there was an abnormality and called the police, so the woman was not deceived.
According to the report, at 14:50 on the 14th, the woman surnamed Zhuang went to the Zhongpu Post Office in Zhongpu Township to remit the money according to the instructions of the fraud group. After the police patiently explained to the woman Zhuang that this was a fraudulent method of impersonating a foreign lover, the woman surnamed Zhuang suddenly realized.
Zhongpu police said that there have been various methods of fraud in recent days, and they will also commit fraud based on current affairs of the war. If people encounter fake foreign soldiers or professionals such as engineers and doctors, they should be careful when they approach Facebook or dating apps. , you should check with the police first to avoid being deceived.