A local woman has lost 20,000 yuan (23,820 patacas) in a phone scam to a man claiming to be her son, a Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesperson said during a regular press conference yesterday.
According to the spokesperson, the victim’s husband received a call on Monday from a man claiming to be his son, telling him he had changed his phone number.
The man called the victim the next day and alleged that he had been arrested by mainland police for visiting a prostitute, asking her to transfer 20,000 yuan so that he could post bail, according to the spokesperson.
