Police in Haiyan County, Jiaxing City, Zhejiang Province, China, recently foiled an interprovincial cash scam, recovering a total of RMB 660,000 (approximately RM 283,000) for the victims. The case began when Xitang Police Station received an alert that a woman, identified as Xiao He (alias), might have fallen victim to a scam. Officers acted quickly and found that she had placed cash on a grassy area in Wanghai Street, using stones and a milk tea cup as markers, as instructed by the scammers. However, by the time police arrived, the money had already been taken.
According to Qilu Evening News, Haiyan Public Security Bureau immediately launched a multi-department operation, involving criminal investigation, cyber security, and local police stations. Through analysis, authorities identified a white vehicle with a Gan A license plate fleeing toward Pinghu from Xitang Bridge. Police tracked the car in real time and successfully intercepted it at Yongning Village’s Bridge No. 1, arresting three suspects and recovering RMB 426,000 (approximately RM 183,000) from the car, including RMB 110,000 (around RM 47,000) originally scammed from Xiao He.
One suspect, surnamed Wu, admitted that he had been recruited a week earlier for a “cash collection part-time job” and traveled to Tianjin, Suzhou, and Jiaxing Haiyan to pick up three black packages containing RMB 426,000 in cash. Authorities later recovered another black package at Yongqing Bridge containing RMB 238,300 (about RM 102,000).
Investigations revealed that the funds had been prepared by another victim, Xiao Li, to transfer online to a so-called “beauty” account, while Xiao He was tricked through a “short video course refund” scam. Both had placed cash at designated locations following instructions from the scammers. Thanks to rapid police action, all the money was recovered.
Police warned the public that any request to download unofficial apps, transfer money, or place cash due to “course refunds,” “account cashback,” or “investment returns” is likely a scam. Anyone encountering such situations should immediately call 110 and avoid following instructions from strangers.
