Taiwan's fraud rings are known for being extremely innovative. Their latest tactic consists of making friends online, and then defrauding them. The police advises the public to never trust someone they have only met online.


A woman surnamed Chen and living in Tainan recently met a rich businessperson living overseas through the Internet. This rich businessperson used flattery and sweet talk to gain Chen's trust, and told her he was sending her a package filled with gold and jewels worth millions of US dollars as a sign of his love. He then informed her the package was stuck at Chinese customs, and told her she needed to pay US$7,000 to get it released.

He said he was in Yemen. He told you he was in Yemen? What else did he tell you? He said he was sending me jewelry but the package had to go through customs in China and the transit fee was US$7,000.

Chen trusted the businessperson, and went to a bank to remit the money. A bank employee noticed what she was doing on her phone, and called the police. The police arrived, and the woman discovered that it was all a scam.

The fraud ring simultaneously played the roles of a rich businessperson and a transport company to defraud the woman. Luckily, we and a Bank of Taiwan employee were able to prevent her from remitting the money.

This woman was lucky, but another woman who is also a resident of Tainan was not so lucky. She was deceived a total of seven times. Bank personnel and police officers were able to dissuade her from remitting money during the first three times. However, she then went to other banks and sent out money, doing this a total of four times. She gave away NT$1.36 million.

This woman tried to remit money seven times between the end of April and May. The police were able to intercept her three times, and we also notified nearby banks to enlist their help in stopping her. This woman then went to other banks that were unaware of the situation and remitted money.

The police say they try to dissuade would-be victims and raise public awareness of fraud, but some people still end up being deceived. The public is reminded that fraud rings are extremely innovative and constantly come up with new ways to defraud victims. The police are also working with banks to have employees inquire after people who make frequent remittances, especially middle-aged or elderly people who remit over NT$100,000.



台南一名陳姓婦人日前在網路上認識一名來自國外的富商，這名富商不斷用甜言蜜語取得婦人信任後，還特地寄了一個聲稱裝有黃金、珠寶的價值百萬美元的包裹要給婦人示愛，不過卻卡在中國海關，要求婦人必須要再繳交7000美金，才能夠領取包裹。

保七員警 vs. 被騙民眾表示：「他說是葉門。 (葉門的人？他怎麼跟你講？) 他說他要寄首飾包給我，但是我需要在中國轉海關，通行費7000元(美金)。」

婦人信以為真前往匯款，但因為低頭滑手機引起行員注意，通報員警到場了解，婦人才知道全部都是一場騙局。

保七第一大隊副大隊長 林元通表示：「詐騙集團一邊假扮富商，一邊假扮貨運公司，分飾兩角來詐騙婦人，幸好我們與台銀人員即時發現，這筆錢才沒有被騙走。」

另外，同樣是網路交友詐騙，台南另名婦人就沒那麼幸運。這名婦人前後被騙了7次，前3次金融機構和警方到場勸阻成功，但她竟跑去其它銀行依然匯款4件，總共被騙136萬元。

台南市新營中山路派出所長 謝東憲表示：「這名婦人她是從4月底到5月分，陸陸續續總共要匯款7次，我們警方攔截了3次，攔截後有通報周邊銀行，協助攔查。但這名婦人又到別的行庫去，就是不在我們這邊範圍，陸陸續續把錢匯出去。」

警方無奈說，都勸阻成這樣，也再三宣導，但還是有人受騙。警方呼籲，詐騙集團手法不斷推陳出新，除了呼籲民眾特別注意外，也協調金融單位注意民眾匯款時多"關懷提問"，特別是對於中、老年人突然匯款10萬元以上大筆金額，以免受騙上當。