Taxi driver takes scammer passenger straight to police

Taxi driver takes scammer passenger straight to police

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A taxi driver in Hsinchu has become a local hero after catching an online scammer red-handed while riding as a passenger on his taxi. He became suspicious when the passenger changed her destination multiple times. She also kept repeating the words “meet-up” over and over again. After he was almost 100% sure his passenger was working for a scam ring, he headed straight to a police station. The woman was arrested and the scammed cash was recovered. Let’s hear more.

Taxi driver
Caught scammer
While I was driving, I noticed the woman was on a video call but did not talk. I kept hearing the sound of the keyboard, which made me think it must have been a case of fraud. Then halfway through the journey, she suddenly asked me to head to the Hsinchu HSR station. Instead, I drove to a police station and I asked her to wait in the car, as I went inside to ask for assistance. But she left the car and fled when she saw that I entered the police station.

Yang Chung-ting
Hsinchu City Police Bureau
We received a tip off from a member of the public, who said he suspected that someone was an intermediary for a scam ring. After an online search by an officer, we found an individual acting as an intermediary for a scam ring, and NT$300,000 cash evidence.

The National Police Agency in April launched an initiative encouraging members of the public to report scammers. Thanks to this initiative, the taxi driver was awarded NT$50,000. The suspect was also arrested on charges of fraud. The police is now investigating whether there are other victims and trying to find other members of the ring.

#caughtredhanded #hero #taxi #hsinchu #busted #新竹

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車手不斷改目的地"提及面交" 小黃司機直接載到派出所

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新竹一名計程車司機，日前在轉運站附近載客時，發現乘客路途中不斷更改目的地，甚至還聽到乘客不斷提"面交"等可疑關鍵字。熱心的司機發現不對勁直接開到派出所報案，讓婦人想逃都逃不掉，並成功追回部分受騙款項。

[[當事司機]]
“開車途中發現，該婦人還是持續地，一直在跟他視訊通話，但是都沒有交談，我只聽到對方一直有，敲擊鍵盤的聲音，然後我就覺得，欸，這會不會是一個詐欺的案件。開車開到一半，該婦人又突然跟我說，要轉到新竹高鐵，然後我就直接把婦人載到派出所，我請她稍等一下，我直接進來找警察協助，然後該婦人發現我走進派出所之後，直接下車逃逸”

[[新竹第二分局東勢所長楊仲庭]]
“本分局接獲民眾報案，稱發現可疑人士疑為詐欺車手，經員警線上盤查，查獲詐欺面交車手一名，查扣新台幣30萬元等證物”

台灣詐騙猖獗，警政署4月啟動「百斬計畫」，鼓勵全民一起來打詐，小黃司機也獲得5萬元的獎勵金，警方訊後將這名婦人，依詐欺罪嫌送辦，也擴大追查有無潛在被害人，以及詐團上游。

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They’re taking things out of context for their political agenda. If the country can find a location to serve as the final repository, then please, get rid of the nuclear waste in Wanli the soonest possible. If not, then the country cannot consider Wanli to be an interim storage site and not compensate our residents in Wanli accordingly.

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