New Online Fraud Technique Emerges|老銀樓跨足網購 30萬金飾"貨到付款"遭搶

A Kaohsiung jeweler recently established an online presence, and a customer placed an order and requested to pay using "cash on delivery." When the package arrived at the designated address, it was robbed. The loss to the jeweler was nearly NT$300,000. The police have arrested one suspect and one more is at large.


The delivery worker enters the jewelry store, and attaches delivery labels to packages containing gold items with a value of NT$300,000. Recently, a man surnamed Ye placed an online order for these items, and requested that the jeweler deliver the items to an address in Taichung's Beitun District. When the three packages arrived at the designated address, a person holding a gun stole them.

He changed his mind right before the delivery, saying he was afraid we were a fraud ring. He said he was afraid to remit the payment to us. Since the customer is always right, we acceded to his request and used President Transnet to deliver the items cash on delivery.

The jeweler says the store policy is to collect a deposit for online orders. However, this customer said he was going to get married shortly and even video chatted with the store to win its trust and convince it to allow cash on delivery. The loss to the jeweler is approximately NT$300,000. It suspects this is a new type of online fraud and has already reported the case to the police as well as notified other jewelers.

He placed an order with this jewelry store, and then he stipulated the delivery address. When the goods arrived there, they were snatched.

The Taichung City Police Department says it has arrested one suspect and one remains at large. It confirms they used the technique of placing an order and then stealing it when it arrived to defraud the jeweler, but it does not yet know who actually placed the order. Meanwhile, other jewelers say they require credit card payments or ATM transfers before online orders are sent out, and won't send anything out until they confirm the money has been received.



宅配人員來到店內，將送貨明細貼在已經裝金飾的盒子上，這些金飾價值約30萬元，由1名自稱姓葉的男子透過網路向店家訂購，要求業者幫他運送到台中北屯區，只是貨到台中後，才送到指定地址，就出現一名持槍歹徒指定要銀樓配送的這3箱貨品，將東西搶走。

銀樓業者 林老闆表示：「出貨前他臨時就變卦了，他說他擔心我們是詐騙集團，他不敢匯錢給我們，我們店家是以客為尊，後來就遵照那個消費者的意願，所以就用黑貓宅急便貨到付款。」

業者說，本來店裡接受網購得先跟收訂金，但男子自稱急著結婚，還開視訊取信他們才配合「貨到付款」，卻損失近30萬，懷疑這是新型的犯罪手法，趕緊報警也同步通報同業留意。


台中市警五分局副分局長 劉永昌表示：「他跟這個銀樓的業者下訂，下訂以後，他約定交貨的地點，然後到現場去，趁這個驗貨的時候，將這個貨物強行取走。」

台中警方宣布抓到1名嫌犯，也證實是嫌犯向業者下訂後再行搶的犯罪手法，只是目前仍有1人在逃，還得等對方落網後才能確認下訂的男子是誰，但其他銀樓表示，若接受網購，都會要求先信用卡付費或是ATM轉帳，確定金額入袋後才會出貨，也能避免發生爭議。