Under the frequent "rubbing" of the Russian-Ukrainian conflict hotspots by the Taiwan authorities, there has been an incident of "Ukrainian officers courting and cheating money" on the island...
On the 16th, a number of Taiwan media reported on this fraud case of "advancing with the times", which made many netizens on the island feel speechless: "In 2022, there are still people who have been deceived like this, sober up, Ukrainian officers are fighting, and they will not Chinese." "People are too late to fight, and they still fall in love with you..."
Screenshot of the taiwan media "ETtoday News Cloud" report
Comprehensive Taiwan's "Lianhe Pao", "Mirror Weekly", "ETtoday News Cloud" and other Taiwan media reported on the 16th and 17th that the victim of this case was a 68-year-old woman surnamed Zhuang in Chiayi County. A few days ago, she met a man who claimed to be an army officer in Ukraine on the dating app LINE, and the two called each other husband and wife after online chat.
According to reports, the "Ukrainian officer" pretended to Zhuang that when the war between Ukraine and Russia was over, he would come to Taiwan to "look like her." But at present, he is short of money due to the war, and hopes that Zhuang will first go to the bank near the residence to remit 100,000 New Taiwan dollars (about 22,300 yuan) to fund him.
It can also be seen from the chat records of the two that the fraudsters who call themselves "Ukrainian officers" use Chinese to affectionately call Zhuang "wife" and "dear wife", and also ask Zhuang to "remember to send a screenshot of the receipt after payment to the headquarters so that the headquarters can confirm your payment".
Scammers pretending to be "Ukrainian officers" to cheat, image source United News Network
For this set of statements, Zhuang mou undoubtedly had him, and on the afternoon of the 14th, in accordance with the instructions of this "Ukrainian officer", he went to the post office to send money.
However, when the post office staff inquired about the purpose of Zhuang's remittance, they saw that her words flickered and noticed that there was a difference, so they immediately reported to the local police station. The police arrived at the scene to understand the situation and found that this was a common love scam.
In this regard, the police explained to Zhuang that such situations belong to the fraud method of "impersonating a foreign lover". Zhuang suddenly realized that he had been deceived.
Police and bank staff successfully blocked Zhuang's remittance, picture source United News Network
After this fraud case of "advancing with the times" was reported by the Taiwan media, many netizens on the island were greatly speechless, and some people pointed out that the "Ukrainian officers" Chinese so slippery, which was obviously wrong. "I don't believe Ukrainian officers Chinese so good." "Ukrainian officers write LINE with Chinese but they are also too versatile."
Others said that real Ukrainian officers should be busy fighting and probably wouldn't have time for love. "People are too late to fight, and they still fall in love with you..." "In 2022, there are still people who have been deceived like this, soberly, Ukrainian officers are fighting, and they will not Chinese."
However, some Netizens also pointed out that although the fraud methods are old-fashioned, it is the elderly who have been deceived this time, and they do not understand the situation, and remind "children to pay more attention to the elders in the family."
It should be mentioned that in recent years, there have been many cases of "love fraud" on the island, and the victims are both women and men.
According to the United News Network, in February this year, a 66-year-old woman surnamed Jane met her boyfriend who claimed to be British on the Internet, who told her through LINE that she was in urgent need of medical expenses because of illness, and hoped that Jane would send money to him for medical treatment. When Jane went to the bank to remit money, the staff reported to the police, and the police judged that it was a common love fraud method used by the fraud group, persuaded to stop it, and successfully kept her hard money of more than NT$10,000.
The fraud syndicate cheated Jane through LINE, picture source United News Network
In January this year, a 55-year-old man surnamed Zheng in Kaohsiung City met a female netizen nicknamed "Yiyi" on the dating app, and after the 2 people talked for a while, the other party said that they wanted to meet, asking Zheng to buy 2,000 New Taiwan dollars (about 446 yuan) game card points, fortunately, the supermarket clerk found that Zheng's behavior was different and reported to the police, and then successfully blocked the fraud. In September last year, a 44-year-old man in Taoyuan City met a "foreign netizen" and fell in love, and then the netizen said that he had no money to ask the man to remit about NT$20,000 (about 4464 yuan) for living expenses, but fortunately the bank staff and the police blocked it in time...
In response to these "love scams", the Taiwan police have repeatedly reminded that nowadays, online dating is prevalent, and related fraud cases are emerging in an endless stream, and people should be cautious about online dating. The police also said that if it involves money transactions, it is very likely that it is fraudulent, and if the public feels that there is a difference, they should call the anti-fraud hotline to seek verification to avoid feelings and property.
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