電話匪徒勒索列市商戶

布小熊

專針對亞裔 警跨國調查 2009年5月15日
【明報專訊】上月底開始有「電話匪徒」針對本地市民，致電勒索1至2萬元，聲稱若不付款便會傷害事主。列市騎警更透露一名亞裔商戶，昨日險些「中招」付款2萬元，幸警方及時阻止，警方懷疑匪徒是越洋致電，現已展開跨國調查，呼籲市民接到類似電話後應立即報警。
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龐德透露，這類案件並非僅發生在列治文市，根據警方掌握的資料，低陸平原、加東及美國，近來都有類似案件發生，而多倫多已有數十宗針對華商的電話勒索案件。

http://www.mingpaovan.com/htm/News/20090515/var1h.htm

Someone already posted similar thing happened to their friend here before. I cannot find the old post. But lyk just be careful and report to police if you get this kind of call.

布小熊

I got this "你會說中文嗎？" call just a min ago!!!
I just keep saying "excuse me" and "hello" and she hang up...

Coleslaw

I got the "你會說中文嗎？" call too. But whenever I get those calls I always pretend to speak only english.

布小熊

http://www.mingpaovan.com/htm/News/20090522/vaa2.htm

警方呼籲接到這類電話的市民，應立即掛線，並以*57免費追蹤服務找出對方電話號碼，然後報警處理。

溫哥華市警局發言人麥吉尼斯(Jana McGuinness)表示，自從上月27日以來，溫市發生超過35宗商戶遭電話恐嚇勒索的案件。目標皆為亞裔商家。

幾乎所有的恐嚇電話，皆是由一名說普通話的男子打出。該男子稱自己的「兄弟有難」，需要現金。他要求商戶提供5000至2萬元的現金，按照他的指示匯入一個帳戶。不過截至目前為止，沒有受害人匯出現金。

This becomes an international crime being investigated by RCMP, VPD, FBI and Police in China.

fibbi

@ my household...we don't answer any call from unrecognized number...
and yeah...Call display is needed!

布小熊

more news today!
每日4至6宗勒索商戶 普通話恐嚇集團
肆虐列治文 騎警FBI同追查
http://www.mingpaovan.com/htm/News/20090520/vaa1h.htm

rainbow-davie

and the fxxking fido is so annoying now.. they outsource some kind of quality survey & promotion to another company.. that company keeps calling me like 5 times a day. until I was so annoyed and yelled at them saying "if you call again, I will cancel the service & call police".  then they stop.

yoshi86

me using fido too

kmb3asv141

I had a same situation before, an unknown caller called my cell, i said hello and she she said "請問有沒有人說中文?", then i just keep saying hello hello and then she hang up.

I wonder you guy's using which cell provider? I'm using fido

rainbow-davie

I got that kind of phone call yesterday.  When I picked it up, and heard the voice, I immediate know.. it is a lady voice, and you can hear the background is quite noisy.
Then after I "Hi" and she asked me "do you speak mandarine?".  I spoke english to her "What?  Hello?  what are you talking about? "  "I don't understnad you".
then she hung up.


Next time, I will pretend I speak indian languages. lol...
or say "Hi.. it is Police office.  What can I help you? ".  hahahah