Fraud ring busted; youngest suspect is 13 years old

According to CIB agents, the two groups, led by “A-Ping” and “A-Chun,” routinely met in Danshui Township in Taipei County and Taichung City respectively. The fraud ring's mode of operation was to use online telecommunication and call up unsuspecting Chinese victims, impersonating an automated voice message claiming that the person was behind with phone bill payment. They then provided a number to call and pay the bill.

If the victim called back, he or she would end up speaking to a “call operator” who would transfer the call to a man impersonating a Chinese public security official, who would request the victims' account numbers and addresses and ask them to send money straight into a fraudulent account. The bureau identified the 13-year-old girl as the girlfriend of a 19-year-old suspect. Officials said that the young teen played the role of the “call operator” that directed the phone calls to bigger “heavyweights.”

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