CRIME | Three more people fall for phone scams

The Judiciary Police (PJ), in a joint police conference yesterday, reported three more phone scams, in which three people suffered financial losses.

A local woman was the victim of the first case discussed by the police yesterday. On November 17, she received a phone call from mainland China. The suspect, who called the victim, claimed to be one of her friends, and said that he needed financial help because he had been arrested by the mainland police.

On the same day, the victim transferred RMB30,000 to a mainland bank account provided by the suspect. Later, her real friend contacted her, upon which the victim reported the case to the police.

In the second case, a local male resident lost RMB10,500. On November 16, the victim received a phone call from the mainland. The person who called him claimed to be his relative and said that he was currently arrested by mainland police. The suspect then asked the victim to transfer said amount of money to a mainland account. The victim did so, only realizing afterwards that it was a fraud.

The third victim was a mainland resident working in Macau who lost MOP6,800 to a phone scam. The victim reported that, on November 17, he received a call from mainland China.

The victim followed the voice instructions and reached a suspect who claimed to be an officer from the Public Security Police Force (PSP).

The con artist acting as a PSP officer told the victim that he had not accepted an email from PSP, and, consequently, the police would have to implement border control restrictions over him. Later, the con artist fabricated another case, which the victim denied being a part of.

After several conversations, the victim then transferred MOP6,800 to a mainland bank account. The suspect kept asking for money from the victim. The victim went to his friend for financial help and it was his friend who then reminded him about phone scams, which led the victim to report the case to the police.

mainlander detained for ticket touting

A MAINLAND man is being prosecuted for illegally reselling tickets for the Macau Grand Prix.  The mainland man, aged 40 years old, is surnamed Wu. On Sunday morning, Wu bought two tickets, each worth MOP900, for the Macau Grand Prix. He then attempted to sell the two tickets to another two people for MOP1,200 each. Eventually, he sold the tickets for MOP1,000 each but he was caught in the act. The man refused to cooperate with the police and in the process damaged the badge of one of the police officers.

Man sexually harasses same victim twice

A local man has been arrested for sexual harassment, the Public Security Police Force (PSP) said during yesterday’s police conference.

The suspect is a local man, surnamed Ho, in his 20’s. The victim is a local 20-year-old female university student. The suspect was arrested on his second instance of sexually harassing the victim.

At 1:30 p.m., on November 12, the suspect spotted the victim for the first time near a supermarket located at the Estrada de Coelho do Amaral.

After observing the victim entering a building nearby said supermarket, Ho followed her, then sexually harassed her at the building’s stairs. Terrified, the victim did not report the incident to the police.

On November 15, around 6 p.m., Ho saw the victim again at the Estrada de Coelho do Amaral. Ho followed the victim to the same building, where he sexually harassed her again.

The victim only noticed the suspect when she entered her house and was about to close her door. She then reported the incidents to the police.

The suspect is said to be working for an exhibition company.