Source: Global Network
[ Global Network report] According to Taiwan's Zhongshi News Network on the 28th, Hualien Mayor Wei Jiaxian was impersonated to open a LINE (instant messaging software) account. After inviting the village chief to add it as a friend, he intended to borrow money to fraud. During the conversation, he first asked to comfort the work situation, and lied that he needed to borrow 2 million yuan (New Taiwan dollars, the same below). Some village chief almost got cheated. According to reports, at least 10 village chiefs received fraud information, and Wei Jiaxian had gone to the police station to report the case, reminding the public not to believe it lightly.
reported that Wei Jiaxian said that from the evening of the 27th to the 28th, he received messages from the village chief, saying that he invited the village chief to the office. After further understanding, he found that someone opened a new LINE account and changed his avatar. He used this method to ask the village chief for remittance and other fraudulent behaviors. At least 10 village chiefs received false information. As a public figure, he also participated in the next election of parliamentarians, so he reported the case as soon as possible.
In the LINE conversation, "Wei Jiaxian" first asked Little Changxuhan about his well-being. After gaining trust, he asked for a loan ranging from 500,000 yuan to 2 million yuan. He also pretended that the superior was in urgent need of money and provided a bank number, asking the little chief to send money to him and took a photo with him. In order to gain the trust of the little chief, he also said that he could make an appointment to meet at the mayor's office. Some little chief mistakenly thought it was true and almost got cheated.
According to reports, the village chief Liu Yuanliang said that the mobile phone number of the village chief was all public information. On the evening of the 27th, he received an application for a new friend from "Wei Jiaxian". The other party's LINE avatar was a photo of Hualien Mayor Wei Jiaxian. He thought it was strange. After adding a friend, he asked if the other party was the mayor? The other party replied, "This is my private account", and then started chatting and greeting him about his work and physical condition. Liu Yuanliang said that he suddenly borrowed money from him. He found out that he wanted to verify it with the mayor, but it turned out that it was a fraud group that was impersonating.
28, including Guoxing Living Officer Liao Borui, Minxiang Living Officer Xu Jingying, Mindeli Zhou Yubao and others went to Hualien City Office to "go to the appointment" and found out that they were "scaught"!
Wei Jiaxian said that in addition to Hualien, public figures have been found in Taoyuan, Tainan , Kaohsiung , Nantou, etc., and then fraudulent to friends or other public figures. He has reported the case to the police and initially tracked down the location of the network IP from abroad.
According to Taiwan's "Central News Agency", 20 district mayors in Taichung City were also opened by someone who had impersonated a LINE account, intending to borrow money from the intern chief to commit fraud. Wu Shiwei, director of the Civil Affairs Bureau of Taichung City, said on the 28th that no one has been victimized yet and called on the public to be careful and alert. The police said that a special task force has been set up to investigate.
