The police received a report from a 29-year-old woman yesterday (76th), saying that she had received a call from a fraudster earlier, and the other party claimed to be the son-in-law of the informant, because he was arrested by the police and asked the informant to pay a bail of 10,<> yuan.


After receiving the report, officers of the Crime Wing of Western District and the Aberdeen Division Task Force launched a joint arrest operation and arrested a 46-year-old local man surnamed Tao on suspicion of "obtaining property by deception" and "attempting to obtain property by deception" when the suspect attempted to collect cash from the informant, and the case was referred to the Division 4 of the Criminal Investigation Unit of Western District District for follow-up. The operation is still ongoing and the police do not rule out more arrests. In the case, the informant lost a total of 10,<> yuan.


The police are highly concerned about telephone scams and have the following appeals:

(1) Never deposit money into a stranger's account or keep it in a public place;

(2) Do not hand over your bank account number and Internet Banking password;

(3) If the caller claims that he has threatened his children, relatives or friends, please report to the police immediately;

(4) Do not believe the words of fraudsters, and call your children, relatives or friends for verification when necessary;

(5) Do not disclose the names of children, relatives or friends to callers;

(6) Remind the elderly around them of the above anti-deception information, especially some elderly who rarely read newspapers and watch TV;

(7) If you have any doubts, you can call the "Anti-Deception" consultation hotline 18222 or call the police for help.

The Police remind the public that any person who commits the offence of "Acquisition of property by deception" under section 210 of the Theft Ordinance (Cap. 17) shall be punished by imprisonment for 10 years.

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