The recycling trucks in Yilan County are no longer silent, and recently began to play a warm-hearted promotional audio file.

(Provided by Yilan County Police Department)

[Reporter Cai Yunrong/Report from Yilan] The recycling trucks in Yilan County are no longer silent, and have recently started broadcasting warm voices.

Affected by the epidemic, the number of investment fraud cases in Taiwan has risen. The county government and 12 townships and cities in the county cooperated to set up the "Fraud Fighting Yilan Team" and recorded anti-fraud propaganda audio files. It’s a lie”, and it was played by recycling trucks in various townships and cities, allowing the public to take out their garbage and strengthen their awareness of anti-blocking and fraud.

After the outbreak of the epidemic, people went out less, and fraudulent groups used the Internet and telephone to defraud investment under the guise of defrauding, and related cases in Taiwan are on the rise.

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Taking Yilan County as an example, in 2020 there were 133 fraudulent investment cases, with a defrauded amount of 67.38 million yuan. In 2021, there were 311 cases, with a total amount of 192 million yuan. In 2022, there were 455 cases, with a total amount of 510 million yuan, with the highest amount reaching 30 million yuan.

The Criminal Division of the Yilan County Police Department stated that most of the victims are elders. In order to allow the anti-fraud propaganda to accurately reach this age group, the police cooperated with the county government and 12 township and city offices, and took advantage of the county magistrate Lin Zimiao’s gentle and friendly qualities to ask her to record Shout out warmly and let the recycling car play.

The recording pointed out that investment is a popular fraud method recently, especially people who don’t know the Internet, invite investors to invest in soaring stocks, futures, and virtual currencies, and want to make a lot of money together, but in fact they are cheated by others, and they can’t get it back; remind folks, Good investments that guarantee high profits and low risks are deceptive. If you have any questions, please call the 165 special line for inquiries.

Yilan County Police Chief Lin Wuhong said that he will continue to develop more innovative anti-fraud promotion methods, based on the principle of age division and audience focus, to accurately target the concept of fraud prevention to the audience. He also appealed that fraudulent groups often take advantage of people's greed, Speculation and curiosity carry out fraud and lure the public into being deceived. Please be vigilant.

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