Officers from the Guangming Police Station of the Magong Police Sub-bureau went to the supermarket and successfully prevented foreign workers from being defrauded.

(Provided by the Magong Police Sub-bureau)

[Reporter Liu Yuqing/Penghu Report] In recent years, fraud has been rampant, even foreign fishermen. Police officers Lu Zhenguo, Zheng Zhiyuan, and Xue Nianzhu from the Guangming Police Station of the Magong Police Sub-bureau received a report from a supermarket clerk when they were on patrol a few days ago. Foreigners wanted to buy huge amounts of game cards, so they rushed to the scene immediately to find out, and successfully prevented migrant workers from being cheated of their hard-earned money.

According to our understanding, the foreign worker wanted to buy 17 APPLE STORE point cards (each worth NT$6,000) totaling NT$102,000. Due to the huge amount of points purchased, the clerk suspected that the foreigner was being defrauded. Immediately notify the police station to send personnel to deal with it.

The police arrived at the scene immediately after receiving the report. It was learned that the foreigner was an Indonesian immigrant worker. The immigrant worker seemed panicked and at a loss when he saw the police and had difficulty communicating with the police.

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After the police appease the immigrant worker, the immigrant worker showed the conversation message on his mobile phone to the police officer to check. The police found that the immigrant worker accidentally fell into the trap of a fraud group when making friends on the communication software LINE and asked to buy at a supermarket. The fisherman did not suspect him, but fortunately, the super shop clerk was alert and immediately notified the police to arrive at the scene, and successfully stopped the fraud and kept the hard-earned money of the migrant workers for several months. Afterwards, the police invited an interpreter to the scene to educate the migrant workers about common problems. Fraud.

He Mingxiang, director of the Magong police branch, said that due to the development of Internet information, there are frequent cases of fraudulent groups stealing Facebook, using LINE to make friends, and fraudulent investment fraud, and the targets of fraudulent groups are not limited to Chinese people, and even foreign migrant workers may become The public should be more vigilant against the target of fraud, and check carefully. You can call the 165 anti-fraud hotline or 110 to report the case for verification, and keep in mind the principle of "first calm down, second verification, and third help", so as not to miss the moment and be deceived by mistake. Avoid becoming a fat sheep in the mouth of fraudulent groups.

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The Magong police branch asked for a translator to explain the fraudulent methods to the foreign workers.

(Provided by the Magong Police Sub-bureau)