18- year - old Chinese school girl abducted by virtual
The 18-year-old chinese student missing in a well-planned "virtual kidnapping" earlier this month has been found safely but her family has lost more than a $210,000 in the fraud.
After a friend of the young student worried about her safety, she reported her disappearance to the police in the early hours of September 8.
The detective was told that she was confined to an unknown location.
The video and pictures of her abduction were sent to her family in China through the social app, followed by a fraudster posing as a Chinese a Chinese policeman asked his family for money, claiming to receive the money before releasing the student.
At a news conference circulate a notice the case, the state police said the girl's parents had remitted over $213,000.
New state police, with the help of the Australian federal police and the Chinese police, launched an investigation into the case, and a week later found the Chinese in Paimon (Pyrmont) near Sydney's Chinatown school girl, She was in good condition.
Police are questioning a 22-year-old boy in the case, and investigations are continuing.
Bennett (Darren Bennett), the detective chief of the criminal investigation team of the new state police department, today warned students and residents of the new state against "virtual fraud" warning.
SP Bennett Press Conference on Virtual Kidnapping of Chinese Students
"Less than two months ago, New State police warned society about'virtual kidnapping' against Chinese students studying in Australia ," he said. "
"These scammers appear to be continuing their activities and again pillaging vulnerable individuals in the community who do not have direct physical contact with their families. "
"In this incident, the police were told that the woman had received an e-mail from a person posing as a Chinese policeman in July, claiming that her personal data had been illegally used on parcels intercepted abroad. "
Chief Superintendent Bennett confirmed that the Chinese school girl's parents had remitted more than A $213,000 to overseas bank accounts after seemingly "virtual fraud" extortion.
In a picture sent to the parent, another person was seen in the room where she was detained.
"From the Chinese Consulate General in Sydney, the New State Police has assured that no person from Chinese authorities, such as the police, the procuratorate or the court, will contact the students by mobile phone and ask for payment or transfer ," Bennett said. If this happens, it's a scam. "
The police are still investigating the case.
New state police said in july that eight chinese students living in sydney had been "virtual kidnapped" for fraud. Such frauds cost victims' families more than $3 million this year alone.
The so-called "virtual fraud" involves persuading students to pretend to be kidnapped and then sending pictures and text messages to their parents for ransom.
Among them ," routines "include posing as Chinese embassies and consulates in Australia, the Chinese police or Interpol, calling Chinese students in Australia by technical means using the telephone number of the relevant institutions, falsely claiming that the person or his parents are suspected of serious crimes, if they do not cooperate with the" investigation "will be wanted or arrest, and" case needs "and other reasons to control and guide the person to take pictures or videos of his being tied up, beaten, crying to his parents for rescue. Later, the fraudsters coerced the client to leave his current address, stay in the hotel, and cut off communication channels such as mobile phones and social app, so that he could not contact his family or relatives. During the period of "missing contact" between the client and the outside world, the fraudsters falsely use the client's social app or mobile phone to contact the parents of the client, falsely claim that the child was "kidnapped ", and send pictures or videos recorded in advance to prove the authenticity of the" kidnapping ", and defraud the parents of a huge "ransom ". Because fraudsters can accurately understand and tell parents and children's privacy information, and there are related pictures, videos "as evidence ", parents often believe it, resulting in significant property losses.
Such cases have not only occurred in Australia more than two years ago, but have also been reported in the media in Canada and Britain. This year, however, such cases have been more frequent in Sydney, with a higher number of victims and frauds.
The Australian Competition and Consumer Affairs Commission (ACCC) released a report called "targeted fraud "(Targeting Scams) in June this year, which revealed that in 2019, the loss caused by impersonating" Chinese authorities "fraud was the highest in all countries government fraud.
