Two telecom shops and a pawnshop were allegedly involved in a telephone scam in which a local woman lost over 710,000 patacas, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Choi Ian Fai said during a special press conference in Rua de Pequim yesterday.
According to Choi, the victim is local housewife in her twenties, who surname was not revealed.
Choi said the victim had received phone calls from people claiming to be delivery company staff members and mainland law enforcing officers, demanding she transfer money to a provided bank account for “inspection”. On three separate occasions she was instructed to go to the three local shops to transfer money to the account.
PJ officers carry out an investigation at the telecom shop in Rua de Pequim – one of the three shops allegedly assisting telephone scammers. Photo: Iong Tat Choi
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