The old woman (left) was almost cheated of 300,000 yuan.

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[Reporter Hong Dinghong/Kaohsiung Report] Fraud groups are ubiquitous, infiltrating singing software, tricking a 71-year-old woman into making friends, and attempting to defraud 300,000 yuan. Fortunately, the old woman asked the police in time, and no remittance was cheated.

At around 1:00 pm on the 16th of this month, a 71-year-old woman surnamed Ying, accompanied by her son, went to Zuoying Police Station, Zuoying Sub-bureau, Kaohsiung City, and asked about fraudulent methods. Dating fraud 300,000 yuan.

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It turned out that because the old woman loves to sing, she specially downloaded a mobile phone software that allows her to enjoy other people and share her own singing videos. Then she met a Korean who claimed to be an engineer in Turkey. Because they were similar in age, they both loved singing and became "good friends" soon.

A few days ago, the Korean man said that he would go to Taiwan to find an old woman, and at the same time he wanted to remit 300,000 yuan to her, asking the old woman to provide her personal information and account.

The old woman had a different intuition, so she consulted with her son, and found that the other party used simplified Chinese characters, and the meaning of the words was not smooth, so she hurriedly consulted the police.

The old woman shed tears when she learned that it was a trick of a fraud group, because she was serious about making friends, but the other party turned out to be a fraud group.

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