Police officer Chen Shu

Chapter 132 Feng Yong's Parents
Fraud has existed since ancient times.

With today's advanced communication technology and people's extremely weak awareness of information security, large-scale leaks are inevitable.

At market price, one yuan is roughly equivalent to a precisely located mobile phone number; five yuan gets you the work and home address behind the phone number; ten yuan makes you completely transparent to criminals.

Criminals' fraud methods are professional and involve well-organized teams, while ordinary people's anti-fraud skills are amateurish, and given the privacy of the scammers, they are basically left to deal with it alone.

Perhaps every conman keeps a few psychology textbooks and "An Actor Prepares" under his pillow. They are like Yin Tianchou in "King of Comedy," never stopping their performance until the director yells "cut."

"Woo. Woo."

Faint sobs echoed in the room.

Chen Shu looked at the college student's twitching shoulders and was actually a little angry. He wanted to criticize and educate him, but he held back. This young man was inexperienced and at the peak of his hormones, so these things couldn't be entirely blamed on him.

Chen Shu patted the college student on the shoulder: "Young man, lift your head. Now we need to think of a way to catch them."

"Um," the college student sobbed, wiping away her tears, and looked up. "Officer, is it possible to get the money I transferred to them back?"

Chen Shu glanced at Xu Lei standing behind him, assuming that Xu Lei had not yet explained these matters to the person who reported the case.

Xu Lei nodded subtly, implying that he had already spoken to the other party about it.

Chen Shu glanced at the complainant's information on the computer screen and decided not to provoke the other party any further: "Feng Yong, shall we file a case first? If the case is solved later, we can return the money to you based on your statement."

Feng Yong wiped away his tears and nodded.

Chen Shu printed out the transcript and handed it to Xu Lei, asking him to guide Feng Yong to sign and affix his fingerprint to the transcript.

This child is too young; he has already given the scammers three thousand yuan, and he's still thinking about that three thousand yuan.

Little did he know that his act of voluntarily handing over money often prompted the other party to escalate their response.

If nothing unexpected happens, the criminals will definitely intensify their efforts and mobilize resources to completely exploit Feng Yong!

The worst-case scenario is that the child might commit suicide!

Chen Shu stood up, walked to Feng Yong's side and sat down, quietly waiting for him to finish the entire recording process.

Perhaps it was the police officer's calm demeanor that impressed him; Feng Yong had also calmed down by this time. He read the entire statement from beginning to end, and then, under Xu Lei's instructions, signed and affixed his fingerprint.

Chen Shu took the statement and instructed, "Feng Yong, I'm going to the bank now to freeze the other party's bank account. Officer Xu will take you to my office later; wait for me there."

"Ah."

Chen Shu stood up and gestured for Xu Lei to come out with him. The two closed the door and walked to a spot a little further down the corridor outside the interrogation room.

Chen Shu: "Xu Lei, in a little while you'll make sure he deletes the other person's information from his phone, and blocks them on QQ and WeChat. Be firm about it."

"Ok."

“This kid has already transferred 3,000 yuan. The other party will probably pursue him relentlessly. We can prevent this for a while, but not forever. After you take him to my office on the second floor, contact his parents and have them come to the police station as well. But remind the other party to come without telling Feng Yong first. Once they arrive, put them in the interrogation room or the mediation room.”

"clear."

After explaining everything, Chen Shu went to the front desk, printed out the "Case Acceptance Registration Form," and headed to the bank with his police ID. Upon arriving at the bank, he greeted the lobby manager, and the two went together to the VIP window on the inside of the bank.

Lobby Manager: "Officer Chen, is this another fraud case?"

Chen Shu nodded with a gloomy face, knowing in his heart that the money in the other party's bank account had long since been distributed and laundered into the "sea".

To paraphrase a line from the movie "Infernal Affairs," "Money can travel around the world in just eight seconds, and no one can trace its origin or whereabouts."

Freezing the bank account is better than nothing.

The lobby manager sighed, "Sigh, I really don't know why. With China's economy improving, there are just more and more scammers these days! It's infuriating."

Abroad, some people are operating "telecom fraud" as a new legal economic model, and its scale in Myanmar is already approaching that of drug trafficking. Moreover, unlike drugs, which are open to the global market, they have targeted Chinese people, whose economy has been booming in recent years, from the very beginning.

They deceived, coerced, and exploited Chinese people to deceive other Chinese people.

"Manager Yu, please arrange to freeze this account as soon as possible. I have other matters to attend to at the office and need to get back early."

Chen Shu was still worried about Feng Yong, who had been scammed, and how to comfort him and prevent further harm.

In practice, the loss of 3,000 yuan is far less important than providing emotional support and preventing further losses for the person who reported the crime.

The reason why victims of fraud cases suffer severe economic losses in the early stages, eventually leading to mental breakdowns, and even suicide attempts such as jumping off buildings or overdosing on medication, lies in this.

With the help of the lobby manager, the other party's bank card was quickly frozen. However, compared to the hundreds of thousands of yuan that had been flowing into the card in the early stages, there was now only a meager eight thousand yuan left in the card.

Even if the police issue a certificate, the money cannot be returned to Feng Yong; it can only be transferred by the court after the case is solved.

After freezing the account, Chen Shu also obtained the account holder's identity information from the bank, intending to use it for later processing, perhaps to find a "money laundering" operation.

He rushed back to the police station and had just entered the duty hall when he saw Xu Lei point in the direction he had entered. A middle-aged couple standing next to Xu Lei quickly came over.

The couple were well-dressed, and their features bore a resemblance to Feng Yong.

Yes, they must be Feng Yong's parents.
"This is not the place to talk. Come with me."

Chen Shu raised his hand to stop them from talking and led them into the interrogation room.

"Officer Chen, what should we do? Is Xiaoyong alright? You told me not to contact Xiaoyong, but my heart has been pounding ever since I received your call."

"Hey!"

As soon as Feng Yong's mother entered the interrogation room, she grabbed Chen Shu's forearm and began to pour out her heart, tears streaming down her face. She didn't mention a single word about the three thousand yuan she had been swindled out of.

A child is the apple of a mother's eye; if that apple is even slightly disturbed, the mother can't bear it.

Chen Shu felt the same way.

He took Feng Yong's mother's hand, patted it gently a few times, and comforted her, "I called you here today to discuss what to do next."

(End of this chapter)