In recent years, with the increasing efforts of public security organs in combating fraud and the extensive anti-fraud publicity through various channels, it has become increasingly difficult for perpetrators of telecom and online fraud to succeed, and the cost of committing such crimes has also risen. In order to evade crackdowns, some criminals have turned their attention to overseas student populations, attempting to exploit the information gap between China and other countries to defraud students.

近日，上海警方公布了一起案例，A Singapore-based international student experienced a nightmare of being "controlled" for several days after receiving a strange phone call.

One day this month, while studying in Singapore, Chinese student Xiao Wang received a "special" phone call. The caller claimed to be an employee of a telecommunications company, stating that a Singapore phone card registered under Xiao Wang's name had been reported by multiple people for sending multiple fraudulent text messages, suggesting that his identity information might have been misused.

Student Xiao Wang: He said he found my phone number involved in a scam, sending multiple fraudulent text messages, and someone had already been scammed and reported it. Then he asked me to go to the Public Security Bureau in Baoshan District, Shanghai, to report the incident, but since I was in Singapore and didn't know the emergency number at the time, he said it was okay and that he could help me transfer the call. So he transferred me to a "police officer."

After the phone transfer, the so-called officer from Baoshan Branch asked Xiao Wang to download an overseas communication software first, and on the pretext of possible information leakage, required Xiao Wang to delete various domestic social software already installed on the phone. Even more incredulously, this supposed officer then began to monitor Xiao Wang for multiple days under the guise of investigating the case.

International student Xiao Wang: The other party identified me as a suspect and subjected me to surveillance for a period of time. Later, he suddenly told me that their "Supreme Prosecutor" had issued an order to repatriate all suspects abroad for detention. This "police officer" did not want me to be repatriated for detention, so he asked me to think of a way together on how to avoid being repatriated for detention. He mentioned that I could apply for bail pending trial.

The so-called hour supervision requires Xiao Wang to use the newly downloaded foreign communication software to share his phone screen, allowing his calls and any operations to be monitored. During this period, he is not allowed to disclose any information related to the case to anyone, nor is he permitted to return to his home country.

Student Xiao Wang: When no one is around, the other party has the phone's camera pointed at me to see what I'm doing. If there are people nearby, they just call and listen to my voice, including when I chat with friends, eat, etc., they can hear everything. If I'm alone and need to use this phone, like watching videos or chatting, I'm told to share my screen so they can see what's on my screen.

The so-called surveillance was described as a form of bail that allowed one to stay abroad without returning to the country, but in reality, it was a measure to prevent Xiao Wang from discovering the scam by researching similar experiences. Thus, the scammers monitored him for over a month. One day in late July, the other party suddenly claimed that all suspects needed to be repatriated, and informed Xiao Wang that he could plead with the so-called "prosecutor" to apply for continued bail, but he would need to provide a deposit of 10,000 new dollars, equivalent to 100,000 RMB.

Parents on alert to go to Singapore, but their child has already returned to China.

To help Xiao Wang more reasonably request money from his parents, scammers, citing confidentiality of the case, forged an "Admission Notice" and had Xiao Wang open a new bank card. They then used the pretext of needing financial proof for an "international exchange student" to have Xiao Wang's parents transfer the funds to the new bank account.

Xiao Wang's mother: She said something about being an exchange student and an admission letter, and I was quite happy at the time, so I said yes. She then mentioned needing ten thousand new dollars. When I heard that, I said she was coming back tomorrow, and she was telling me today that she needed ten thousand new dollars. I told her that according to national regulations, this amount of money couldn't be transferred.

Unable to come up with such a large sum of money in a short time, Xiao Wang's mother turned to a local friend in Singapore for help. The friend discovered many errors in the so-called "admission letter."

Xiao Wang's mother**：**我新加坡的朋友说这个学校在新加坡是没有交换生的选择的，所以这件事彻头彻尾是假的。当时我听到之后，我第一反应就是女儿有危险了。

The anxious parents, worried about Xiao Wang's safety, decided to rush to Singapore while raising funds. Meanwhile, Xiao Wang had been "profoundly brainwashed" by scammers, insisting that there was no problem. The scammers, realizing that Xiao Wang's mother might have caught on, demanded that Xiao Wang return to the country immediately. Thus, both parties boarded their respective flights without knowing the other's actions. Upon arriving at their daughter's residence in Singapore, Xiao Wang's parents found only a note left by their daughter.

Xiao Wang's mother: As soon as I saw this piece of paper, I knew she had encountered a scam. She wrote something about a request for bail pending trial, and so on. This content, I knew it was a scam at a glance.

As the daughter was on a flight and unable to be reached by phone, Mr. and Mrs. Wang reported the matter to the Singapore police. The local police, while investigating, also promptly informed the Chinese Embassy in Singapore, which coordinated with Chinese police to conduct a parallel investigation. Upon receiving the report, the Criminal Investigation Bureau of the Ministry of Public Security instructed the Shanghai police to follow up on the subsequent handling of the case.

Officer Wang Yehua, Criminal Investigation Corps Nine Brigade, Shanghai Public Security Bureau: We first need to analyze the situation of the person, because we were not sure where she was at the time. It was possible that after returning to China, she continued to be deceived by the骗子, and might follow the usual routine of impersonating public security and judicial authorities scams, where she could go to a hotel or find a secluded, unpopulated place to communicate with the骗子 alone.

Under multiple dissuasions, the deceived international student suddenly awakened.

The police learned that Xiao Wang was on a flight back to China and arranged for airport police officers at Shanghai Pudong Airport to escort Xiao Wang off the plane immediately upon its arrival. However, after enduring prolonged threats and intimidation from scammers, Xiao Wang developed a strong resistance towards the actual police officers in front of him.

After seeing Officer Wang, the police allowed her to make a call to her parents first, and only then did she finally agree to take the police car back to her home. Subsequently, the Shanghai Anti-Fraud Center instructed the Anti-Fraud Police of the Jiading Branch to rush to Officer Wang's home to conduct further dissuasion efforts.

Anti-fraud police officers have shifted their approach, organizing community workers through the street and town anti-fraud centers to jointly carry out dissuasion efforts. By gradually reconstructing Xiao Wang's experience of being scammed and clearly informing Xiao Wang about the procedures of law enforcement agencies, they finally made Xiao Wang understand that online case handling, telephone case handling, even cross-border telephone case handling, and bail pending trial are all fraudulent tactics.

After more than an hour of persuasion, Xiao Wang, after a period of calm reflection, finally came to his senses and realized that he had fallen into an "electric fraud trap."

Officer Lu Hang of the Anti-Fraud Squad of the Criminal Investigation Detachment, Jiading Branch, Shanghai Public Security Bureau: After explaining to her step by step, for instance, why it is necessary to communicate with you for hours, the first reason is that criminals aim to cut off your contact with the outside world, preventing you from contacting your family or the police, which could expose the scam. This includes not informing your family after returning home, and why this is done, all based on my experience, to provide her with a detailed analysis.

Thus, the telecommunications network fraud targeting international student Xiao Wang ultimately failed to succeed.

Officer Lu Hang of the Anti-Fraud Squad, Criminal Investigation Detachment, Jiading Branch of Shanghai Public Security Bureau: The group of international students is particularly special because they are overseas, and possibly for an extended period. Regarding the scams in China where perpetrators impersonate public security and judicial authorities, or even the publicity measures against telecommunications and internet fraud, they may not be able to see or easily access these.

警方提醒，留学生要不断提高反诈意识，了解常见的诈骗手法和套路，遇到问题一定要多和父母、亲人、亲朋好友沟通，也可向当地使领馆寻求保护与协助。务必牢记“三不一多”原则：Unknown links not clicked, unfamiliar calls not easily believed, personal information not disclosed, transfers and remittances verified multiple times, do not give scammers an opportunity.

Title: "Controlled" Yu Tian: International Student Falls Victim to Telefraud, Trusts "Police" Over Parents

Source: CCTV News Client

Editor: Dai Shuo Deputy Editor: Song Fangcan

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