Cops stop money transfer to scammers
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A LOCAL company was tricked into paying 3.9 million yuan (US$600,000) to Internet scammers, but police managed to have the money transfer frozen in time, Shanghai police said yesterday.
The company reported the case to police in Putuo District at 6pm on March 29.
That morning, a new employee in the human resources department, a man surnamed Du, received an email from someone claiming to be the company鈥檚 boss.
Du was to send him the company鈥檚 contact list.
Du did as he was told.
Minutes later, the 鈥渂oss鈥 sent another e-mail, asking him to let the company鈥檚 chief financial officer, a man surnamed Bai, join a group on QQ, an instant messaging platform. Bai also did as he was told.
In the group with Bai were the 鈥渂oss鈥 and his 鈥渄eputy鈥 who were discussing cooperation with another company.
At 4pm, the two asked Bai to pay 3.9 million yuan to that company鈥檚 account, claiming that it was a deposit the other company had paid to them earlier.
Bai again did as he was told, only realizing it was a fraud when he reported the money transfer to a superior later, police said.
The 鈥渂oss鈥 and his 鈥渄eputy鈥 in the QQ group were scammers, using an old ruse played against companies.
Police immediately contacted the bank and stopped the money from being paid into the fraudsters鈥 account and the money was recovered.
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