中國警方破獲“民族資產解凍”騙局

Chinese police said they have dismantled a nationwide scam that tricked 93,000 people into investing capital to unfreeze assets taken overseas by the Nationalist government in 1949.

中國警方表示他們破獲了一樁全國性騙局，9.3萬人被騙投入資本以解凍1949年被國民黨政府帶走的資產。

The latest reported scam in China used Tencent-owned messaging and social media platform WeChat and events to invite people to invest Rmb10 ($1.46) with a promise of as much as a Rmb50,000 return once the assets were unfrozen.

中國最新報道的這樁騙局利用騰訊(Tencent)旗下信息和社交媒體平臺微信(WeChat)和活動，邀請人們投資10元人民幣（合1.46美元），承諾一旦這筆海外資產解凍，最高將有5萬元人民幣回報。

The Ministry of Public Security said it has arrested 44 people for their involvement in the scheme. The ministry said 405 people from 15 criminal gangs had been arrested since October last year for their involvement in the scam, which has brought in more than Rmb950m ($138.5m).

中國公安部表示已逮捕44名犯罪嫌疑人。該部表示，自去年10月以來，已有來自15個犯罪團伙的405人因涉嫌該騙局被逮捕，涉案金額超過9.5億元人民幣（合1.385億美元）。

False government documents as well as multi-level marketing and brainwashing techniques were used to target the victims, the ministry said. The gang encouraged its victims to transmit funds through the WeChat red envelope function – a tool designed to gives friends gifts of cash – and online banking to transfer money on the promise of a high return.

據公安部表示，騙子利用僞造政府文件以及多層次營銷和洗腦技術來對付受害者。犯罪團伙以高回報的承諾，鼓勵受害者通過微信紅包——用來給朋友贈送現金禮物的工具——繳納款項，以及網上銀行轉賬。