" You can open a store without a source of goods and earn 15% profit ." A woman believed the online propaganda and fell into an e-commerce fraud trap, and was defrauded of 290,000 ringgit (about 65,300 US dollars) of her hard-earned money!
The Women and Children Assistance Bureau of the MCA Terengganu State Committee received a report from the victim, revealing that the scammers were professional in their methods of committing crimes, making the victims gullible and deceived, and losing huge amounts of hard-earned money in a blink of an eye, which was shocking.
The director of the bureau, You Huiwen, pointed out that Huang Peijin, the chairperson of the Women's Group of the MCA Gua Muang Division, and Chen Qiuzhong, the chairman of the Chinatown Rural Development and Security Committee, accompanied the victim to the police station to report the case the day before yesterday.
At the same time, the director of the Terengganu MCA Legal and Public Complaints Bureau, Ou Weirun, pointed out that in the recent cross-border e-commerce fraud cases, the fraud group used the " cross-border e-commerce without source " method to deceive under the guise of high profits and low-cost publicity. The victims invested a lot of money because they mistakenly believed the promise of commissions from online sales.
" It is understood that the fraud group contacted the victims through Facebook, using methods such as " you can open a store without a source of goods " and " low cost, high profit " to promote, and added " free teaching, free platform " and other methods to attract people who want to start a business at a low cost. "
He said that the fraud group first sent someone to contact the target person, and after gaining the victim's trust, they claimed that they could set up an online store for thousands of ringgits and get a 15% profit, easily increasing their income.
" The victim completed the operation under the guidance of the other party and received an order the next day. After the order was completed, it was settled in US dollars. The victim later found that the order price was getting higher and higher, the redemption time was getting longer, and a large amount of money was required. " “ So the victim wanted to close the online store, but the other party said that all transactions must be completed first and the goods must be shipped on time. ” Au Wai-chun called on the public to be vigilant and not to trust so-called get-rich-quick or high-return investment plans, especially when encountering investment invitations from unknown persons on the Internet. They should verify from multiple sources and seek professional advice to avoid being deceived.
He said that the Terengganu MCA Legal Bureau will assist the victims, fully cooperate with the police investigation, provide legal aid to the victims, and call on the public to actively report similar fraudulent activities .