‘Nana’ lost more than S$64,000 to a pig-butchering scam - a mash-up of romance and investment schemes run by Asia-based online scam syndicates. Their victims include a significant number of Mandarin speakers. (Are you the victim of a scam? Email us with your story: cnainsider@mediacorp.com.sg)
It started when she posted a TikTok video of her dog. A man who claimed to be a widower and business owner from China left a comment, and they started to converse over WhatsApp, He’d send her photos of his investments, and claimed he got insider information from his uncle who worked at a cryptocurrency exchange. She asked him how she could learn to invest.
In retrospect, Nana said she trusted him because he seemed well-off and ran his own company. She refused to believe it was a scam even when her husband tried to convince her otherwise. The impact on her family was devastating.
Here’s what she wants you to know.
00:00 诈骗份子如何赢得我的信任 How he gained my trust
02:43 他如何让我开始投资 How he got me to invest
06:29 这起诈骗如何撕裂我的家庭 How this tore my family apart
08:28 为何当时的我执迷不悟 Why did I not realise it’s a scam?
10:32 我从这次诈骗学到的教训 What I’ve learnt
娜娜是一名「杀猪盘」的受害者——一桩由亚洲诈骗集团发展出的线上诈骗案,结合了爱情与投资话术,向其受害者诈取金钱的手法之一。
整起诈骗案从娜娜的一则Tiktok影音贴文开始,一名自称是鳏夫、育有一子的诈骗份子,在娜娜的影片留言。两人交谈一周后,便交换WhatsApp号码开始聊天。
诈骗份子总在言谈间,假装不经意地分享他”正在研读美国经济走势”及“金融投资“相关等照片,并声称自己有一位在虚拟货币交易所工作多年的叔叔,会定期泄漏交易的内线消息给他。不久后,对投资非常感兴趣的娜娜,开始向他请教投资的秘诀。
娜娜相信,他贵为陶瓷公司的总裁,应该不至于会骗她这么一点小钱吧?
自始至终,娜娜深陷其中,即使她的老公和家人再三劝说,她也不愿意相信,自己高额投资的虚拟货币项目,竟然沦为一起诈骗案。
今天,娜娜希望透过分享自己的故事,帮助提高社会大众对诈骗手法的警觉性。
For help wherever you are, contact:
Global Anti-Scam Organization
Global Anti-Scam Alliance
If you're in Singapore:
For scam-related advice, call the anti-scam hotline 1800 722 6688 or go to www.scamalert.sg.
To provide information on scams, call the police hotline 1800 255 0000, or submit online at www.police.gov.sg/iwitness.
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