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2 clusters · 4 sources · 6 days · First seen about 1 month ago · Last updated 30 days ago

Fraud prevention in Taiwan

Overview

Police in Taiwan have intervened in two distinct online deception attempts. In Changhua, officers prevented a 57-year-old woman from transferring 20,000 TWD to an individual posing as a Chinese celebrity in a ‘romance scam’.

In a separate incident, authorities thwarted a scheme on Douyin where scammers used fraudulent government subsidy claims to solicit personal and financial information from a man. In both cases, police intervention prevented financial loss or the compromise of sensitive data.

Entities

Nagasaki Prefectural Police · Seigo Yamaguchi · Seisetsu Cho · Changhua County Police Department · Metropolitan Police Department

Timeline

30 days ago

[CRIME] 2 sources
Taiwan police thwart romance and subsidy fraud attempts
Taiwanese police prevented two fraud attempts: a romance scam involving a fake celebrity and a fraudulent government subsidy scheme targeting individuals via social media.
about 1 month ago

[CRIME] 2 sources
Taiwanese national arrested for role in 6.2 million yen fraud scam
A 40-year-old Taiwanese man was arrested at Narita Airport for allegedly collecting 6.2 million yen in a fake police scam targeting a man in Fukuoka.

Sources

fnn.jp · news.cube-soft.jp · pingtungtimes.com.tw · tw.nextapple.com