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New scam trick has been reported that aims to steal your phone and banking information. The fraud group used a program to produce a fake transaction confirmation page to convince the seller-- it is so well designed that it is indistinguishable from a real one. The suspect also used a signal jammer during the meet-up to prevent the seller from verifying the payment on their own phones. The group had swindled 15 iPhones and the victims' personal information with the scheme.
The police is searching the residence of the fraud suspects. They have found a modified pistol in the car of the main suspect. Starting from May, several victims have reported that they've been swindled out of their iPhones. After a few months of investigation, the police locked their focus on a group of fraud suspects led by one surnamed Lin. The group members are suspected to have pretended to be mobile phone buyers in their schemes. On October 15, the police apprehended a total of 6 suspects.
Our investigation revealed that members of the fraud group find iPhone sellers on the internet, and bid for their phones (in order to arrange meet-up).
The police said that Lin arrange meet-ups with the phone sellers, and claim to transfer the fund with a fake bank app. In order to prevent the buyer from verifying the transfer, the suspect also used a signal jammer to block the internet signal of the buyer. The fraud group had swindled a total of 15 iPhones.
The app will display a page that claims the transfer has been completed, with information on the total amount, where it was transferred from, and the account that it was transferred to. The page is indistinguishable from that of a bank phone app.
The police said that the fake bank app used in the scheme was written by software engineers that the fraud group had hired, and it is designed to look exactly like that of a local bank, which is indistinguishable to the sellers. The police also found that the suspects had managed to illegally obtain the sellers' information, and used it to register on Taiwan Pay, a mobile pay platform, in order to completely empty out the fund in their bank account. The police is currently verifying the exact number of victims. All six suspects will face legal process for violation of the Organized Crime Prevention Act.
