Confidence scam targeting overseas Taiwanese cracked

Last October, the female victim, surnamed Yeh, received a call from a person who claimed to be the staff of” Pacific Shopping Center of Hong Kong HQ (太平洋購物中心香港總部)”saying they were considering investing a shopping mall in Ontario Province, Canada, according to the CIB

A few days later, she was told by another person that she had won a prize of HK$760,000 (about NT$3.04 million) and another HK$13.68 million (about NT$54.72 million) for winning a horse racing bet they made in her name.

From last October to this January, Yeh has transferred NT$14.5 million and came to realize the whole event was only a scam.

　　Yeh later decided to report to the Taiwanese Police through the Internet after the Canadian police said they could not help her for lack of an authority to track down criminals in a foreign country.

　　Believing the con artists committed the fraud in Malaysia, the CIB turned to the local police for help.

　　In cooperation with the Taiwanese police, the Malaysian police finally captured five suspects, four Chinese and one Indian included.

However, the Malaysian police told the victim it was impossible to trace the money back.

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