More young people suspected of fraud EDUCATION KEY: In the first 10 months of this year, there were 8,207 suspects and 7,442 victims of fraud aged 18 to 23, a legislator said, calling for the issue to be tackled More than 8,000 people aged 18 to 23 were implicated in fraud cases in the first 10 …
Taiwan urged to enact safety rules for mass crowd events after Seoul incident. TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — Taiwan has been asked to revisit its national safety management rules in the wake of the Halloween crowd surge in South Korea that took more than 150 lives. Independent Legislator Huang Kuo-shu (黃國書) said at a press conference …
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Fighting Fraudulent Activities: Prevention and Response Online transactions are a frequent part of everyday life. Fraud rings and criminal groups frequently make phone calls at night or during holidays, falsely claiming that there’s something wrong with an online shopping order record, and that they’re calling to help modify the order information so the call victim …
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Prosecutors Complete Probe Into Fraud Ring https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srP6S8BrQ8c&t=1s In November, the police busted a fraud ring in New Taipei City that lured victims with offers of jobs and then imprisoned them and fed them drugs. There were 61 victims, and three of them ended up dead. Prosecutors found the fraud ring was able to scam 246 …
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Most incidents taking place on sites such as Amazon, Google, Apple Consumer holds out Visa credit card. (AP photo) TAIPEI (Taiwan News) — According to statistics from Taiwan’s National Credit Card Center, domestic credit card issuers reported NT$629 million (US$22.5 million) in fraud in the first five months of this year, an annual increase of more than …
Taiwan”s online shopping market continues to grow, topping more than NT$300 billion annually. This growth has also led to more cases of fraud. Some consumers are deceived by people pretending to be customer service staff instructing them to use an ATM machine. This person made an online purchase and then found personal information stolen.Wang Jun-fuAnti-fraud …
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