"My goddaughter not only repeatedly asked me to borrow money, but also asked my friends to borrow money. She never paid it back. We suspected that we were cheated." At the end of last year, resident Mr. Wu and his friend Mr. Xie came to Ronan Police Station to report the crime, saying that they Maybe I was deceived by the "goddaughter" I met online.
On April 29, The Paper reporter learned from the Shanghai Baoshan Police that the police recently captured a fraud suspect pretending to be a "high-ranking official's daughter" during the ninth centralized investigation and rectification operation of "Strike 2024".
After receiving the report, the police carefully asked the two callers to understand the ins and outs of the incident. Mr. Wu met a girl "Ma Miaomiao" who claimed to be a "high-ranking official's daughter" through online social software, and suggested that she could provide a "way to make money."
For this reason, Mr. Wu took the initiative to recognize "Ma Miaomiao" as his "goddaughter" and met her in Shanghai with his friend Mr. Xie, which further deepened his trust in his "goddaughter". He even added the contact information of "Ma Miaomiao"'s fiancé and parents one after another, and maintained frequent online interactions with her family.
Chat records of the suspect and the victim. Photo courtesy of the Shanghai Public Security Bureau
But the good times did not last long, and the "Ma Miaomiao" family encountered problems one after another. They complained to Wu and Wu on the grounds of needing compensation for accidents at the construction site, needing emergency help for legal disputes, changes in the family, business failure, etc. The two Xies "borrowed" money one after another, playing emotional cards and delaying repayment in every possible way. Various doubts made Wu and Xie feel that they might have been deceived, so they called the police for help.
After receiving the report, the police from Baoshan Ronan Police Station immediately launched an investigation together with the public security bureau of the suspect's permanent residence. They found that the identity information and family situation of "Ma Miaomiao" were fictitious, and the so-called investment project did not exist at all. Her surname was plum. On April 27, with the strong cooperation of Shandong police, the criminal suspect Li was successfully captured. After
arrived at the case, Li confessed to his criminal fraud. According to Li, he started working after graduating from technical secondary school, and his parents were working at home. The so-called "daughter of a high-ranking official" was the "internet cloak" he disguised for himself. After gaining Mr. Wu's trust, she got out of hand and started to defraud two victims in total, defrauding two victims of more than 60,000 yuan.
Currently, the criminal suspect Li is under criminal detention by Baoshan police in accordance with the law on suspicion of fraud.
