Every day, in a villa in the Philippines, 23-year-old Xiaoli and her fellow Axiang make a lot of phone calls. For the most part, she will be violently hung up. Few are willing to listen to her. That is her goal.
In Nanchong, thousands of kilometers away, a sophomore girl, Xiaofang, unfortunately became her target. On the phone
, she pretended to be a policeman from the Nanchong Public Security Bureau. With the cooperation of Axiang, Xiaofang slowly believed that she was suspected of a child abduction case. During the subsequent investigation by colleagues who pretended to be "Shanghai Police", other members passed Technical means stole 260,000 yuan of cash in Xiaofang's bank card.
And this money is Xiaofang's father's death pension.
Xiaoli said that after discussing with Axiang, she couldn't bear to defraud Xiaofang's money. She once asked the person in charge to give up "this order", but was rejected. "I deceived her so much money. I feel that she is very pitiful. After returning from the Philippines, I often think of this incident."
target
This is a morning in early July 2017.
The hour hand is pointing at almost 9 o'clock, 20-year-old Xiaofang is still lying on the bed in the dormitory. She is a sophomore in a college in Nanchong. It is rare that she has no class in the morning, which allows her to sleep in.
At this time, in a villa in Cebu City, the Philippines, Xiaoli was already sitting in front of the familiar landline, dialing in turn according to dozens of phone numbers printed out by the "computer hand" on A4 paper. This girl from Yunnan is three years older than Xiaofang. But when Xiaofang was admitted to university, she dropped out of junior high school as a waiter at a KTV in her home county. Now, her job is to impersonate the police and try to convince the owner of the plane to "believe that she is suspected of being involved in a child trafficking case."
Xiaofang's phone number is on that piece of A4 paper. After
dialed Xiaofang's phone number, Xiaoli's identity had become "Nanchong City Public Security Bureau policeman". She told Xiaofang in Mandarin that they received an official letter from the Shanghai Jiading police stating that Xiaofang was suspected of being together Xiaofang is required to cooperate with Nanchong police in the case of child trafficking.
Xiaofang, who was lying on the bed, glanced at the phone screen. It was a landline number displayed as Nanchong, but she was confused by the words of the "female police".
"Your side is too noisy, please go to a quieter place, let me briefly understand the situation with you." Xiaoli suggested.
Xiaofang then walked out of the dormitory and came to a corner of the dormitory building. Xiaoli continued to check Xiaofang's identity information by phone.
"Have you been to Shanghai?"
"No, I have never been out of Sichuan Province." Xiaofang still confused.
"That's weird, you haven't been to Shanghai, how come Shanghai will send an official document to let me contact you." Xiaoli cooperated to express her doubts on the phone. But Xiaofang still refused: "Impossible."
Xiaoli thought that this "one order" should not succeed. She then changed her words and said:
"I am a newcomer to work here. Your document was received by our captain. Now our captain is away, I will ask him to call you later." When she hung up the phone, Xiaoli did not forget to tell Xiaofang: "This matter is still under investigation, don't tell anyone." At the end of the call at
, 29-year-old Axiang was sitting next to Xiaoli, and he was also busy. Make a call according to the list on the A4 paper. He understood the meaning of the sentence before Xiaoli hung up: "Let me pretend to be the captain".
↑ Suspect Axiang
hunting
Soon, Axiang dialed Xiaofang's cell phone. On the phone, he claimed to be "Captain of the Criminal Police Brigade of Nanchong Public Security Bureau."
As usual, Axiang verified Xiaofang's identity information and repeated "You are suspected of a child abduction case."
"Since you said it is impossible, the other party (Shanghai police) requires us to take you to Shanghai for investigation." Axiang tried to convince Xiaofang that he did not lie to him.
"This will have a great impact on me." Xiaofang felt a little panicked.
"Because our side is only responsible for conveying the instructions from the Shanghai side, if you say you haven't done it, please contact the Shanghai Jiading District Public Security Bureau." Axiang suggested. Xiaofang's clothes became soft, and because there was no Shanghai police phone number, he asked Axiang to help transfer the Shanghai police.
At this time, Axiang stretched out his hand to the landline in front of him and pressed "" twiceNo. key, Xiaofang's call immediately went upstairs, posing as a "second-line member" of Shanghai Jiading police.
Axiang put down the phone and continued to dial the next phone number on the list.
Xiaofang later recalled to a reporter from Chengdu Commercial Daily that after contacting the fake Shanghai Jiading police that day, the other party asked herself to open a room outside the school to make a transcript on the phone so as not to be disturbed by others. The
hotel is not far from the school, because there is no cash on him, Xiaofang finally paid for the room through WeChat. On the way to the hotel, Xiaofang received a text message from Nanchong police on her cell phone, to the effect of reminding her that she might be suffering from a telecommunication fraud... Xiaofang said: "I was panicked at the time and didn't read the content."
, The "civil police" also reminded Xiaofang not to hang up the phone to prevent the police from handling the case, and Xiaofang then went back to the bedroom to get the power bank.
In the hotel, the fake Shanghai police sent Xiaofang a website via QQ. "It's a procuratorate website with my photo and identity information." To Xiaofang's surprise, it did mention that she was suspected of kidnapping and trafficking in children. This convinced him at the time that he might have been fraudulently used identity information to do bad things. During
's telephone investigation by the fake Shanghai police, Xiaofang told the other party about his bank card, one of which contained more than 200,000 yuan. The former reminded her that the money may be illegal and needs to be temporarily frozen. "This money is my father's death pension." Xiaofang said, but in order to prove her innocence, she then followed the other party's request to drive back to her hometown in Yuechi to get the bank card, and then went to the bank to activate the online banking USB.
Next, Xiaofang followed the instructions of the "policeman" to download the bank APP on his mobile phone, go to the Internet cafe to open the website sent by the other party, and cooperate with the police to freeze the account funds. Xiaofang recalled a detail:
"At that time, he told me not to look at the computer screen, just press the OK button of the bank USB shield. At that time, I was really brainwashed and turned my face to one side. "Z2z
Afterwards, Xiaofang discovered that the mobile phone number bound to the bank card had changed, and that he had added two new numbers. Although doubtful, she decided to wait for the police to prove her innocence.
tangled
On October 25, 29-year-old Axiang, wearing a pair of black-rimmed glasses, in the Yuechi County Detention Center, calmly described the process of defrauding Xiaofang to reporters.
Axiang is also from Yunnan and comes from the same county as Xiaoli. He said that after transferring Xiaofang's call to a "second-line member" who was posing as the Shanghai police, he continued to make calls to find the next target. It wasn't until the meeting that night that the "second-line members" were heard saying: "Xiaofang's single has made progress (meaning Xiaofang has been fooled)". The member also added: "This single has more than 200,000 yuan, which is his father's death pension." The words of
made A Xiang's heart chuckle. After Xiaoli stopped, she hugged her head and lay on the table.
"Both Xiaoli and I think Xiaofang is very pitiful, so we negotiated that we can't lie to this money, it's the money that my father lost." Axiang then went upstairs to the person in charge of the company: "Brother Peng , Can this order be cheated?" But his proposal was immediately rejected: "It's not your business now."
"We can't tell her (Xiaofang)." Axiang said, they gave each A "target" call is recorded, and there is a "computer hand" supervising it. In addition to issuing a "phone number list" to the "front-line members", the "computer hand" is also responsible for modifying the caller ID number through the software to the public security phone number of the victim's location.
Axiang said that a few days later, he and Xiaoli would draw commissions on Xiaofang’s order at a rate of 6% and 5% respectively, because the order was completed by two people, and each person was based on a base figure of 130,000 yuan. Make a commission.
"I was very sad at the time, and I couldn't sleep even when I went to bed. The money was his father's death pension, so I was very sorry." Axiang said.
Xiaoli also rushed to guilty about deceiving Xiaofang: "I deceived her so much money, I feel she is very pitiful, after returning from the Philippines, I often think of this matter."
Xiaofang didn't know the heart activities of the suspect who defrauded her money. After returning to her hometown in Yuechi during the summer vacation, she did not wait until the police called to prove her innocence. About 20 days later, she went to the bank to check the account situation and found that the 260,000 yuan in the card had been transferred away.
Xiaofang realized that she was cheated,Then he told his mother the matter and went to the Yuechi County Public Security Bureau to report the case.
gang
On October 24, the police from the Yuechi County Public Security Bureau in Guang’an told the Chengdu Commercial Daily that in July this year, the police arrested 10 suspects in the fraud gang suspected of defrauding Xiaofang and brought them to justice. 10 suspects were from Yunnan and In Guangxi, “there are couples, brothers, and people who grew up in a village.” Some suspects have traveled to the local area many times to participate in fraudulent activities. The suspect of
Chen was also detained in Yuechi County Detention Center. He is from Guangxi. Although he and Axiang and Xiaoli usually call the target in the same room, he does not know their full names. Chen has gone to the Philippines three times to engage in fraudulent activities. He was mainly responsible for dialing the phone numbers of victims in Guangxi, defrauding a total of 10 or 20 people. The suspect Chen Mou
Chen Mou said that before going to the Philippines, he had just resigned from the position of a chef in a restaurant chain for 3 months. He was "gambling" online all day long, owing 60,000 to 70 thousand debts, and finally "gambling". The WeChat group was introduced to the Philippines to "do furniture business" with a basic salary of 5,000 yuan, including board and lodging.
"At that time, I wanted to have a basic salary, board and lodging, and I could go abroad." Like Axiang, when Chen arrived in Cebu by plane at night, the company sent a car directly to the villa. After arriving, Chen knew that he was about to engage in telecommunications fraud, but his mobile phone and passport were taken away when he entered the villa.
Chen said that all the new members started by familiarizing themselves with the "script", and then went to the "front line" as an operator to dial the phone to commit fraud.
"Most of the time, the person who answered the phone would not believe it. They would either hang up before finishing talking, or sometimes even curse on the phone." Xiaoli said that everyone has the same script. The rhetoric in a phone call is also the same, falsely claiming that the other party is suspected of child trafficking in Shanghai.
Xiaoli said that as a “frontline operator”, she makes an average of about 300 calls a day. “If someone is fooled, it will take more time and fewer calls.” According to the police handling the case,
involved in the fraud case involving Xiaofang. The “first-line members” were all mainlanders who were responsible for defrauding the target’s trust;
“second-line” and “third-line” members were basically Taiwanese. Responsible for impersonating the Shanghai police to obtain more information, and then use technical means to defraud the target's money.
Axiang and Xiaoli are not clear about the working mode of the other "second and third line members". But Xiaoli told the police handling the case: “The company’s method of defrauding money is to let the victim go to the bank to deposit money in a designated account. If there is more money, the victim will be sent to the bank to do online banking and USB-Shield. The money was defrauded to the company." The police handling the case told the Chengdu Commercial Daily that the 10 suspects arrested so far are all “front-line members” engaged in fraudulent activities. They have been transferred to the prosecution for prosecution. In addition, the police have locked out fraud gangs. Several other behind-the-scenes members are choosing an opportunity to arrest them.
↑ Yuechi police originally issued a decision on Xiaofang's fraud.
On October 25, Xiaofang told a reporter from Chengdu Commercial Daily that her mother did not blame herself for this matter, but she could feel her mother was very sad. Xiaofang's mother works as a cleaner in Yuechi County, earning more than 1,000 yuan a month. Xiaofang said that because of the poor economic conditions at home, in addition to work-study programs, she would also do part-time jobs to make money. "A monthly living allowance of five to six hundred yuan, enough to eat."
Xiaofang already knows that some suspects have been arrested. She hopes that the suspects will be sanctioned by law, and she also hopes to recover some of the losses.
Tang Zhibin, Chengdu Commercial Daily reporter Wang Chao Photographic report (The characters in the text are all aliases)
intern editor Chen Yixi
[exclusive dialogue]
dialogue with Axiang>>
Reporter: When did you go to the Philippines and how did you calculate your income?
Axiang: I went there twice. I went there once in 2016. I quarreled with my father and my classmates introduced me. I stayed for more than a month. The second time was in the summer of 2017. This is the time I scam Xiaofang. The income is a basic salary of 5,000 yuan, and then it is commissioned at a rate of 5%. Later, my commission rate rose to 6%. Reporter
: How many orders did you cheat? Xiaofang this single cheatHow much did it cost?
Axiang: I lied to two orders. Xiaofang has 260,000. At that time, the second-line people said that Xiaofang had money, more than 200,000 yuan, and her father died in compensation. At that time, I felt very uncomfortable when I heard it, so I discussed with Xiaoli and said not to cheat the money. Xiaoli also agreed. I went to the third-tier person (the company’s manager) and asked if I could not cheat the money. Money, he said that the money is not my business, and he yelled at me to let me out.
reporter: Why are you not willing to cheat Xiaofang's money?
Axiang: She is a single-parent family, and the money cheated is also her father's pension, which is very pitiful. (Silence for a while) But the person in charge disagrees. Reporter
: Have you thought of other ways to tell Xiaofang?
Axiang: We have recorded our calls, and we have a computer hand in front of them. After the cheating was successful, I couldn't fall asleep even when I fell asleep, and I felt very sad.
Dialogue with Chen>>
Reporter: Why did you go to the Philippines?
Chen: I lost 60,000 to 70,000 in online gambling. Someone in the WeChat group knew that I owed money, so he called me to the Philippines, saying it was selling furniture, and then I knew it was a telecommunications fraud. Reporter
: Have you ever thought about leaving?
Chen: After I went, my cell phone and passport were taken away and I couldn't go out. Reporter
: I heard that you came back later, why did you go?
Chen: Usually the passport expires in about three months and he will come back, but when he comes back, (part of) his salary will be held down by the company. After the money is spent, I don’t know what to do, so I went again, thinking about the salary. Was crushed. Reporter
: What is the daily work like over there?
Chen: I live in a villa, I have a babysitter for dinner, get up at 7:30, go to work at 8, eat at 11:30 noon, and then continue to work. The boss in Taiwan will hold a meeting for us in the evening and do ideological work for us. Compared with the real public security in mainland China, the salary is even higher. If we have any (bad) behavior, the monitoring will see it. Reporter
: What kind of work did you do before, do your family members know about your telecommunications fraud?
Chen: I used to run a barbecue stall, a plumber, repair electrical appliances, and finally worked as a chef in a chain restaurant. My monthly salary was 4,000 yuan. The old father in the family is 73 years old. I told him that I was working illegally in the Philippines. He didn't ask much. Now that I have been arrested, I hope he will take care of his body and I will also reform it.
