The man entered the supermarket to buy something, and after buying a box of cigarettes, he not only did not pay, but also used the routine of "finding change for one hundred yuan" to defraud the boss of 84 yuan. Recently, the Chengguan Police Station of the Beipiao City Public Security Bureau successfully cracked 5 cases of "100 yuan to find change" fraud, and the offender Meng Mou was arrested.
"This deception is very simple, that is, the use of addition and subtraction to stun the person, so as to be deceived." An informed police officer said when introducing the case to reporters.
It is understood that on the evening of January 27, the operator of a supermarket in Beipiao City rushed to the Chengguan Police Station of the Beipiao City Public Security Bureau for help, saying that a customer "forgot to pay" after purchasing something, hoping that the police could help find it.
It turned out that a middle-aged man with a foreign accent had previously shopped in his supermarket. The man first bought a bottle of mineral water, paid the boss 2 yuan, and then took out a 100 yuan denomination note, saying that he wanted to buy a pack of cigarettes.
"The pack of cigarettes is 16 yuan a box, I was just about to take the money, to find him change, he took the 100 yuan back, took out another 1 yuan and handed it to me, let me first find him 85 yuan change, and then began to pick out the goods, looked at it for a while and said that there was no picture, and then hurriedly left." The operator recalled that by the time he reacted, the man had long since disappeared, and in the end, he not only lost a box of cigarettes, but also "put it in" for 84 yuan.
After the police learned about the situation, they were keenly aware that this matter should not be as simple as forgetting to pay, and the operator was likely to encounter a typical "100 yuan to find change" scam.
The police immediately divided into two routes, one to find the man's absconding route, and the other way, to visit other shops in the jurisdiction to ask whether there was a similar situation. After extensive work, it was found that 4 other shops had experienced similar situations, all of which were near the local bus terminal.
The police analyzed and determined that the case should be the same person's work, so they quickly carried out the case collusion, quickly determined the man's hiding place, and successfully arrested the offender Meng Mou.
In the face of a large amount of evidence, Meng truthfully confessed that he had wandered from other places to Beipiao City and committed 5 times of fraud in the form of "finding change for 100 yuan", defrauding cash and cigarettes and other items worth more than 100 yuan in total.
It is reported that at present, Meng mou has been administratively detained by the Beipiao City Public Security Bureau for seven days in accordance with the law.
The police remind the majority of merchants that in the process of selling goods, they must be vigilant, pay attention to guard against such fraud, and beware of economic losses.
【Source: Yandu Morning News】