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Fraud charges leveled in 175,000-yuan high-tech swindle
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A man accused of using an illegal “base station” to send fraudulent messages and swindle a victim out of more than 175,000 yuan (US$28,000) was charged with fraud, the Jiading District Prosecutors' Office said yesterday.
The messages contained a link to phishing websites, with an idea of luring victims to type in their bank accounts and passwords, whereupon their money would be stolen, prosecutors said.
The prosecutors’ office gave the following account:
The suspect, surnamed Xie, sought a job in Shanghai last year and was employed by a man who arranged for him to receive a package, which arrived October 16 last year. In the package, Xie found a "base station" -- an illegal mobile device that blocks normal cellphone signals and sends out spam or scam messages to those it blocks.
The man asked Xie to use the device in busy streets or crowded places such as shopping malls and railway stations, potentially luring more people into the trap. Xie obtained a rental car and installed the mobile device in it, then targeted a department store in Jiading District on October 17.
However, two users who received Xie's messages were China Mobile clerks who recognized the fraud. They used a device their company provided to detect the "base station" signal and located Xie's car. After the two called police, officers caught Xie at the scene and found he had sent 19,684 fraudulent messages.
A victim, surnamed Qin, who believed the message and logged onto the phishing websites, found his 175,700-yuan bank had been withdrawn by others. Prosecutors did not identify any other victims.
The man who employed Xie is still being hunted by police.
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