The Agriculture and Finance Bureau cooperates with the Police Department of the Ministry of the Interior to curb fraud. As long as the credit department of the Agriculture and Fisheries Association observes that a customer is suspected of being defrauded, they will take the initiative to care. As of August this year, the fraudulent amount of up to 80.33 million yuan has been successfully blocked.

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[Reporter Yang Yuanting/Taipei Report] Let farmers' hard-earned money not be defrauded!

The Agriculture and Finance Bureau of the Agriculture Committee cooperates with the Police Department of the Ministry of the Interior to curb fraud. The credit department of the Agriculture and Fisheries Association will take the initiative to care if they observe that a customer is suspected of being defrauded. As of August this year, it has successfully blocked up to 80.33 million yuan in fraud. The amount increased by 184% compared with the same period last year. The largest amount blocked was Taichung City, which amounted to 16.96 million yuan. The highest amount of a single block was in Pingtung Zhutian Township Farmers Association, with an amount of 5 million yuan.

Among the cases successfully blocked this year, the Agricultural Finance Bureau stated that some farmers wanted to renovate agricultural warehouses and posted on Facebook to seek manufacturers, but received unfamiliar messages from self-proclaimed contractors, saying that early remittances could save construction costs. He followed the instructions to remit money to the peasant association as the advance payment for the agricultural warehouse. After being inquired by the teller, he noticed something different. Another teller noticed that the people were in a panic filling out the remittance slip, and said that he received a call from LINE who claimed to be his nephew, claiming that he was in arrears. Loans are in urgent need of turnover, all because the tellers are alert to prevent fraud.

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The Agricultural and Financial Bureau further pointed out that there are still many customers who said that they joined investment groups, or met netizens through communication software, and constantly promoted their investments under the guise of making friends. These are all investment fraud traps used by fraudulent groups. Feeling suspicious, I took the initiative to report to the police in the jurisdiction to come to the scene for assistance. After patient analysis and explanation by the police and the teller, the fraud was successfully blocked.

According to the statistics of the Police Administration of the Ministry of the Interior, from January to August this year, there were 95 credit departments of agricultural and fishery associations, which successfully blocked 158 fraud cases through notification, and the blocked amount was 80.33 million yuan; by county and city, the number of blocked cases was Changhua. There are many counties and New Taipei City, but Taichung City ranks first with 16.96 million yuan, Changhua County ranks second (13.79 million yuan), and New Taipei City ranks third (12.27 million yuan). For 24 companies, the maximum amount for a single block is 5 million yuan from the Zhutian Township Farmers' Association of Pingtung County.

The Council of Agriculture stated that criminals take advantage of human weakness, and fraudulent methods are changing with each passing day. If they advertise high profits, steady profits without loss, and the source of profits are unknown, it is a warning sign of fake investment and real fraud. And should be careful to verify, do not rashly remit money.

In addition, the employees of the Credit Department of the Agriculture and Fisheries Association are familiar with the local conditions due to their geographical relationship. For people in rural and fishing villages, especially the middle-aged and elderly people who have unusual remittances or withdrawals, once they notice any difference, in addition to reporting to the police, it is easier to contact their families for confirmation. , to work together to prevent financial fraud and protect the property safety of farmers and fishermen, and also listed the anti-fraud implementation results as a bonus item in the assessment of the Agriculture and Fisheries Association. The Committee of Agriculture stated that it has asked the Agriculture and Fisheries Association to ask questions about the implementation of concerns to reduce the loss of people's property. Employees, reward and praise to enhance the effectiveness of the care and questioning at the counter.