"Netizens" asked her to invest 90,000 yuan in cash, and the police arrived while she was making the payment.

Recently, Li, a woman from Nanchuan District of Chongqing (pseudonym), was hoping to hand her 90,000 yuan to Chen, whom she met online, and then make money through him by realizing “investing and profiting with sure gains and no losses.” However, the sudden appearance of police officers made her realize that she was about to be scammed.

It turned out that Li had met a “Chen surnamed” netizen online. After the two got familiar through chatting, Chen recommended a “high-yield” investment and wealth-management software to Li, and also asked Li to help operate her account “to achieve quick profits.”

Subsequently, Chen invited Li to join the investment. He told Li that she must make an offline cash handover through designated staff, so that the cash could be used to buy “appreciating foreign currency” on the platform. Under Chen’s guidance, Li firmly believed that the investment was sure to be profitable, so she prepared to take out her savings of 90,000 yuan, withdraw cash from the bank, and wait for the other party to come deliver the money.

Just as Li was fantasizing about making a big profit, the Investigation Center of the Nanchuan Public Security Bureau in Chongqing received an early-warning order. Residents in the jurisdiction were being targeted by telecommunications-related network fraud; they had already withdrawn cash and were preparing to hand the money to the scammer within a residential community. At this moment, the Investigation Center immediately initiated interception work and carried out case-signal sorting, while the police quickly rushed to the designated area to set up surveillance and interception.

A man who came to withdraw money.

After investigation, police became alerted to a man who got out of a yellow taxi. He was wearing a cartoon plush cap and carrying a women’s shoulder bag, meeting with a woman holding an eco-friendly paper bag. While the two sides were coordinating the cash handover, the police quickly took the man under control and successfully intercepted the fraud-related funds of 90,000 yuan.

The man admitted without reservation that he had acted as the offline cash-withdrawal person for the fraud. Only then did Li, who had been preparing to hand over the money, realize she had been the victim of a scam and had almost lost 90,000 yuan to the fraud. At present, the case is still being further investigated and prosecuted.

Police returned the 90,000 yuan to Li.

The police remind the public: investment and wealth management involves risks. Any claims such as “low risk and high returns” or “sure gains with no losses” are fraud. Do not overestimate your own vigilance and do not underestimate scammers’套路 in any investment or wealth-management activity.

Upstream News reporter He Yan Photo provided by the Nanchuan Public Security Bureau