A son in Taiwan devised an ingenious plan and played three different roles to save his father from a cash swindling gang.
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He successfully lured the racketeers into believing they would receive further investments, ultimately helping to recover NT$700,000 (US$21,400) after his father had lost the money to the gang.
The racket was first disclosed in an online post by the victim’s son and was subsequently reported by Taiwan EBC News on December 17.
The report revealed that the father, from Nantou county, in central Taiwan, had fallen victim to an online investment scam.
After adding the scammer online who posed as a woman and used constant flattery, he was persuaded to invest NT$700,000 in cash.
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Not only did the scammer personally collect the money, but they also convinced the father to install an unknown app on his phone.