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In May 2018, in my eighth year as a police officer, I was assigned from the bureau’s operational organs to a grassroots police station as a civilian police officer. Here, I don’t handle as many cases as before, but I can get in touch with the informants at the first time, and I also learn a lot of stories beyond the cases.
On the morning of November 4, 2019, a call came in from the duty room saying that a female reporter named Li Ting had asked to speak with the police, wanting to inquire about “being cheated out of 170,000 yuan and not knowing whether to report the case”. I listened to it and wondered, generally people know they are cheated, will not wait to call the police to recover the money, how will first think about what “should not report” it?
I quickly walked to the duty room, the phone call came from a timid voice: “Comrade police, I was cheated online 170,000, I think about whether to report to the police for a few days. Can you keep my secret? Never let my parents know, if not confidential, I will not report to the police.”
I hurriedly replied, “Don’t worry, we will definitely keep your secret. 170,000 is not a small amount, you quickly come to the police, we have a professional team to fight (letter) fraud (scam) crime, so that others will not be cheated again.”
After talking to Li Ting, I realized that she called our office phone, not 110 – so she would not leave a record on the 110 police platform, only I know her report – it seems that she did some homework in advance for “confidentiality”.
At 3 pm that day, a lady wearing a beige down jacket and glasses walked into the lobby, and after explaining her purpose, she approached me and introduced herself, then stressed again, “Officer, you must not let my parents know, I don’t care if the money is gone, but if my parents know, I’ll be in trouble.”
I suppressed the doubts in my mind and comforted her a few times, and then asked about her experience of being cheated.
Li Ting dismissed me in a few words, and said that after making friends and adding each other to WeChat, the other party asked her to recharge to help test an App she had developed, and she transferred 170,000 to the other party in several times. I informed her that such a transcript does not meet the requirements of the transcript of a wire fraud case, which is equal to no record, she must say clearly the amount of each fraud, the bank card number of both sides, the transfer time, the transfer method, the transaction number and so on.
Li Ting was obviously not ready to report the case, and most of the information was said to be forgotten. I saw that she really could not say clearly, so I asked to see her and the other party’s WeChat records and bank transfer records, but Li Ting said it was not convenient to show me, “to go back and think about it.
Finally, in my repeated requests, Li Ting will be the other party’s bank account number informed me – the case of wire fraud, the police need to be timely “stop payment”, if the other party has money in the card, stop payment within 48 hours after the successful, the bank card will be frozen. I asked Li Ting to do the stop payment first, and then gave her a day to prepare the materials.
The next morning, Li Ting came in. I told her that because it was too late to call the police, “all the money had been taken away long ago, and not a single penny had been successfully stopped. Hearing this news, Li Ting was very calm: “170,000 is my own money saved up, it’s gone, just think of it as spending money to buy a lesson.”
I did not have time to comfort, Li Ting again acted as if she was anxious to report the case and took out her phone to show me the WeChat records. I immediately took her to the receiving room.
Li Ting sat down and the first thing she said was, “Although I am old, 38 years old, I have always been single and have never been in love.”
I was stunned, then I thought, she was “dating” during the fraud, the heart will be clear. She thought I was confused, then explained: “I am not unable to get married, just did not find the right. There have been many people chasing me, but I don’t feel like a match. I can earn my own money to support myself, I can live without a man. My parents have five stores in the commercial street to do hardware business, business has always been very good, now these businesses are under my control.”
No wonder she could remain calm after being cheated out of 170,000. However, the Li Ting in front of me looked very quiet, spoke in a very small voice, and although she smiled with crow’s feet at the corners of her eyes, she still looked like a little girl, completely devoid of the shrewdness of a businessman.
2
The company’s main business is to provide a wide range of services and services to the public, including the provision of services to the public, the provision of services to the public and the provision of services to the public.
On this day, a man with the ID “Rainfall” sent Li Ting a message that said, “Between now and then, I know that I have to pay an endless amount of love for the thousand flows of life.” Later, he explained that all kinds of marriages that people face in their lives require “patience and love”.
When Li Ting read this sentence to me, her eyes were quite enchanted, and I couldn’t help asking, “What’s so special about this sentence that makes you think so much about it?”
She immediately got excited and said, “I looked it up, it’s from (Taiwanese writer) Jane’s poetry. Don’t you think the word ‘endure love’ is very well used? I’ve been ‘enduring love’ for more than 10 years for the sake of my relationship and marriage, haven’t I? –To endure the pain in the heart in the bitter pursuit and waiting, but always believe that the heart of that he will one day come ……”
Li Ting’s talk box was pried open by these two words at once. She took the initiative to ask for Rainfall’s real name and asked for a mutual WeChat. The other party, however, said he did not believe in this kind of network fast-food virtual feelings, only want to adolescence pure like a person’s feelings: “I do not want to poke this layer of window paper so quickly, we better keep this sense of distance and mystery, wait until I find the feeling of heart trembling and then appear in front of you with the real face.”
These words instantly touched Li Ting, making her feel that this man and previously seen are different, “and his pursuit and I want a pure relationship.
Since then, Li Ting has been looking forward to receiving messages from Rainfall every day. However, Yu Lu didn’t contact her for the next few days. She couldn’t resist the urge to take the initiative to say hello several times, but eventually restrained herself, hoping she could also keep some mystery, as Yu Lu said.
A week later, Rainfall appeared and sent the same excerpts from Jane’s romantic book: “You are a clear and happy water in the path of my life, several times I want to forget in the world, always at the end of the mountain and quietly meet again, counting that is a kind of unrequited.” He also explained the reason for his disappearance this week, saying that he was “confirming his heart” – he felt through Li Ting’s photos, profile and chat that she was “a clear and happy water”. He said, this week, he has been holding back from thinking about Li Ting, but always in the dead of night when she looks like, “This is a kind of reluctance, I found from you the feeling of heart”.
The words completely captured Li Ting’s heart – it was the first time a man used such refreshing words to appreciate her, praise her and define her. So, Li Ting again proposed to add each other WeChat, this time Yu Lu agreed. They talked for 2 hours that day, mostly about Li Ting. She told Rainfall about her family situation and her dating experience as a “leftover girl” over the years. But about the situation, Li Ting knows very little, only know that he is a few years younger than herself, is a programmer.
The next few days, Rainfall again did not contact Li Ting, and did not reply to her WeChat.
“I thought he disliked me after knowing the real situation, and I was always worried and disturbed.” Li Ting frowned, and soon stretched, “3 days later, he sent a message saying that during this time he was developing an entertainment program, and was so busy that he was in a coma, and it was good that it had been initially successful, called ‘High Seas Entertainment’.”
Afterwards, Rainfall asked Li Ting if she could help him “do the test before the official operation”, and Li Ting was too busy to agree. The rainfall then gave her a website, and then gave her a virtual account and password with 100,000 virtual currency. Li Ting did as he instructed, and entered the page, showing the block options of “Chongqing Time”, “Beijing Racing”, “Guangdong 11 Elect 5”.
The game interface (author’s photo) The game interface (author’s photo)
Li Ting looked at the pile of “options” confused eyes, Rainfall told her: “You do not need to know how to play, follow what I said to do.”
Rainfall let Li Ting click on the “Chongqing time”, enter, enter “100,000” at the “bet”, and then click on the “total and large” can be.
After 20 minutes, the “amount” in the upper right corner became “110,000 yuan”.
Then, Li Ting clicked on the option of “fund management” on the screen as instructed by Rainfall, which allowed her to choose “withdrawal” and “binding bank card”. Li Ting clicked on “Withdrawal”, first entered “110,000”, and then entered the “Withdrawal Password” prompted by the system, and in about 5 minutes, “Funds Management In about 5 minutes, the “fund management” display showed that the total assets had become “110,000”.
In this narrative, Li Ting kept using the word “instruction”. I asked her why she loves to use these two words, she said, she also studied science, after graduation has been doing things that have nothing to do with their own profession, it is very regrettable, so, see Yu Lu so professional, excellent, they feel admiration, think his words are “instructions”.
After some operations, Rainfall thanked Li Ting in WeChat, saying that the program test was successful. After that, the two broke up again. However, this time, Li Ting thought that Yu Lu was doing the final finishing work of the program, so she felt more secure.
However, it was hard to restrain the thoughts, Li Ting said: “I was so full of him that I couldn’t sleep at night because I was so excited. I kept staring at my phone waiting for him to send me a message on WeChat.”
3
On October 26, after disappearing again for a week, Rainfall finally reappeared: “Sister Ting, my game runs fine with virtual money, but I don’t know if it’s okay to run it with real money. Can you do me another favor, register an account as a player and charge real money to test it.”
Li Ting also did not reply “willing”, Rainfall sent another sentence: “You fill 520, on behalf of the beginning of our love, according to what I said to bet. If you win, the money is yours, and if you lose, I’ll return it to you.”
This said Li Ting’s heart is hot, she immediately registered the account and password, and then bound their CCB card, to the account charged 520 yuan. After a few operations, Li Ting’s account assets became “1,144 yuan”, just like the way she played with virtual currency a week ago. At this point, Rainfall asked Li Ting to lift the automatic top-up and withdraw the money to her bound bank card. The withdrawal process went smoothly and arrived immediately.
Li Ting was very happy and congratulated Rainfall for the smooth software development. The company’s main business is the development of a new product, which is a new product.
The game, they set in the program is “the smaller the bet, the smaller the win, the bigger the bet, the bigger the win”, he wanted Li Ting to help test the operation of “more than 10,000 yuan”.
Li Ting agreed. Rainfall then asked her to charge 20,000 yuan for the third test. Li Ting topped up, with 10,000 yuan bets on the “sum of large”, and even placed two bets, 5 minutes later, the account showed funds “22000 yuan”, again withdrawn to the bank card.
Finally, Rainfall let Li Ting filled another 10,000 yuan for the fourth test, after 15 minutes of betting, the balance was “11,015 yuan”. Still smooth withdrawals, instantly to the account.
At this point, Rainfall said: “Sister Ting, today’s test was very successful, thank you very much for your trust and support. You are really a good girl, I will not let you down, and you should also have confidence in yourself, believe in me and support me, we will succeed.”
With these words, Li Ting not only found the feeling of “wealth leader”, but also felt that she had really found something to rely on in life and could finally get rid of the colored glasses of her friends and family. For a moment, Li Ting even imagined her and Yu Lu’s future life.
Talking to me here, Li Ting’s expression waned: “However, after he let me earn money, I became more worried. I don’t know how to calm such emotions, I’m especially afraid that he will never contact me again.”
That night, Li Ting tossed and turned: “Why would he let me win? Because he likes me too, that’s really nothing.” I think about it again: “He created this website, and all the money I win is his. Will he think in his mind that I’m a gold-digger because I didn’t return my winnings?”
The next day at 10 am, Rainfall sent a message to Li Ting. Li Ting has long guarded the phone, heard the message alert, immediately open, see really is his message, immediately replied: “What else do you need me to do today?”
Rainfall side silent for a while, said, the game if the official operation, there will be a lot of money into, he is not sure if the system can withstand the impact of “big money”, want her to help again test the “more than 100,000 yuan” of money bets.
This is not a small amount, but Li Ting thought of her own bank card still idle 170,000, and agreed to do so.
Rainfall is very grateful, then instructed Li Ting first recharge 100,000 yuan, divided into two bets, each bet 50,000 yuan, in the “Guangdong Happy Ten” inside to buy “total and large”, 20 minutes later, the funds became “110,000 yuan “. Subsequently, the rain fall and let Li Ting will be 110,000 total bets, soon, the funds became “130350 yuan”.
Li Ting asked if the money could be withdrawn, but Rainfall said “wait”, the system is a bit stuck, the program is unstable, he needs to deal with the next, let her try again later. Li Ting agreed.
At 1:30 p.m., Rainfall said in WeChat that “the program is stable” and wanted to test the operation of “200,000 yuan” again and let Li Ting top up 70,000 yuan. Li Ting didn’t even think about it, so she immediately topped up the last 70,000 yuan left in her bank card.
This time, Rainfall did not let Li Ting bet immediately, and said the background program is not stable, try again tomorrow. Li Ting also did not take it seriously and agreed.
On the third day, Li Ting waited until noon and did not receive news from Rainfall, she again logged into the “high seas entertainment” to withdraw cash, the results show “withdrawal failure”. At this point, Li Ting did not resist sending a message to Rainfall, but the other party has not replied.
After two or three days, has not waited for the rain fall back to hear from Li Ting, only gradually feel that they are cheated: “I do not know his name, phone, and do not know his appearance, where the city, all this is my wishful thinking.”
However, she still has a hint of fantasy: “He will reply to me, I must be too reserved, I have to put aside my reserve to send him a video chat, to see his look, to hear his voice ……”
Of course, Li Ting did not wait for Rainfall’s reply. Finally, after waiting for 6 days, she dialed the police.
Li Ting spoke intermittently for most of the day, and I was generally clear about the circumstances of the case. But this is not a clever scam, not to mention our police, even ordinary people, most of them can recognize it at a glance, why Li Ting, who is in charge of five stores “boss woman” will be so easily fooled, but also invested so much emotion and money? She is also nearing the end of her life, so why is her first reaction after calling the police not to recover the debt, but “not to let her parents know”?
I asked her why she wanted to keep the secret so badly. I didn’t expect her face to change suddenly: “Then my mother will control me more strictly.”
Then, she told me about their family like beans in a bamboo tube.
4
Li Ting said, her family is typical of the yin and yang decline, since childhood, the family business has always been the mother in charge, the father just follow the mother delivery, watch the store. The father’s alcoholism, watching the store is very inattentive, money often can not reconcile the account, the mother often scolded the father useless. The parents’ relationship was not good, and since Li Ting could remember, her mother taught her, “Men can’t be trusted, grow up and rely on yourself.”
Her mother even forbade her to cry – when Li Ting was seven or eight years old, she cried when her parents had a fight and her father slammed the door and left. Her mother turned to her and scolded her: “Why are you crying? What’s the use of crying? If crying was useful, why would I be like this? From now on, don’t cry in front of me, crying is weakness, and you will grow up to be like your father! If you don’t want to live with me, then go find your father!”
From then on, no matter how fierce her parents argued, Li Ting would not cry: “I always remind myself to be strong, to do my own things, or no one will want me.”
I asked her, “When your parents fight, who do you help?”
“I don’t help anyone. My dad couldn’t beat my mom, but I sympathized with her. My dad went out to drink after the fight, and my mom had no one to take care of her, so she went to my room to sleep with me, crying and saying, ‘Ting, when you grow up, you must be careful in finding someone to marry, and you can’t be so unlucky as me to find someone like your dad, who is not capable of anything outside, but knows how to fight with me at home, and even hit me. .'”
Li Ting just started junior high school, her mother began to closely supervise her and boys dating, she was not allowed to walk with boys, school activities need to hold hands, take a stick, let Li Ting and boys each hold a head; after high school, girls will talk to each other about which boy is handsome, which boy is good at basketball, Li Ting never participate, became the eyes of teachers and classmates lone wolf.
When Li Ting wanted to apply for the college entrance examination, her mother ordered her to study at a local university of technology, so that she could not leave her own half step, lest the free love culture of the university would bring her down. In the face of her mother, who had been in control of her life since she was a child, Li Ting was a little discontented, but eventually chose to compromise.
In those days, the parents’ relationship also became more and more rigid. When Li Ting first started college, they had a big fight and her father simply moved out to live on his own, leaving her hysterical mother alone at home. Li Ting’s mother soon suffered from a nervous breakdown because of her constant anger and fatigue. Although Li Ting’s heart and her mother were still a bit standoffish, but her heart ached for her mother and she came home frequently.
During her college years, her classmates began to fall in love. Several male classmates hinted and confessed to Li Ting, but Li Ting was indifferent – because her mother repeatedly warned her, “Put your mind on your studies and don’t learn from those who are not.”
Under her mother’s supervision, until she graduated from college, Li Ting was not able to play freely and take charge of her own affairs as her peers did, and her feelings were a blank sheet of paper. When she graduated, at her mother’s request, Li Ting had to go home and follow her into business.
When she first started her business, her mother spoke up at dinner to break the silence: “Ting, you’re getting older, and now is the best time of your life. The society is much more complicated than in college, if someone is pursuing you, you must bring them home and let me keep an eye on you. After all, I am a person who has been there, I should not be wrong with the man I keep an eye on, so you can continue the relationship.”
“In fact, now that I think about it, maybe my mother said this at first so that I could try to fall in love. It’s just that I didn’t know anything at the time. My mom was always in charge of me, so I didn’t even think much about a relationship. In addition, my mother and I have very little communication, we both can not express, she is also embarrassed to say deep.” Li Ting said very calmly.
So, two years later, the mother also began to entrust people to introduce objects to Li Ting. However, Li Ting is like a piece of cold steel every time, rejecting people from a thousand miles away, and all the blind dates find her difficult to interact with.
5
In this way, time passes by and Li Ting, who is devoted to business, enters the age of 30. Whenever there was a family gathering, she became the talk of the town, and later, Li Ting either didn’t go or left the table with two bites of rice. Seeing that friends and siblings around her are starting to get married and have children, she also began to be anxious about life events.
After all, her family is good, to introduce the matchmaking people are always incessant. But as she grew older, the matchmaker’s introduction to her, almost all became a recap of her family’s property: driving Audi Q7, downtown houses, prime stores …… to the end, but also forgot to stress that her family “only daughter, no son, find her can struggle for 20 years less “The actual fact is that you can find a lot more than just a couple of years to get a good deal. However, even with such a clear price, the matchmaker introduced to her man, the quality is getting worse and worse.
Li Ting’s mother was also anxious, but still told her daughter not to be sick and desperate. In fact, Li Ting does not need her mother to remind her again and again – since she grew up witnessing her parents’ unhappy marriage, her mother’s assertion that “men are unreliable” has been deeply rooted in her heart.
“I can’t even look at these people, I’m very annoyed. But I can only bear it, or no one will introduce me to a blind date, it’s so hard to get married!” Li Ting took a deep breath and said. But the more difficult it is, the more she wants to find a pure, unadulterated love.
Li Ting’s mother’s health started to deteriorate, and her business was basically given to Li Ting to take care of. Li Ting leaves early and returns late every day, and the scope of her activities is her home and company. In addition to the 20-odd employees below her, it is difficult for her to have access to other suitable men.
Three years ago, her father, who seldom contacted her, started to worry about her daughter’s marriage after she turned 35, and with a wave of his hand, he registered Li Ting as a VIP member in a famous dating website. Li Ting’s marriage information is placed in the most prominent position on the home page, after logging into the account, you will receive a large number of “letters” every day – the vast majority of letters, for ordinary members, like a courier when sending “to pay Most of the letters, for ordinary members, are like the “delivery” when sending a courier, you need to spend 2 yuan to buy a “stamp” to read.
This is one of the means of profit of the website, there is “to pay” there is “send”, the sender can also send mail when the first “stamp” money, the recipient can read the letter for free. Li Ting as a VIP member, no “stamps” can also be free to view letters throughout the year, but she knows in her heart, these men in sending letters can not even afford to pay 2 yuan, is simply a “wide net”, no sincerity, even if the relationship, the purpose is not pure! –The letter is also the same as the opening sentences of the website, which is nothing new.
At the beginning of 2019, Li Ting’s online fortune teller said that her keyword for the year was “loneliness” and that she would need the next year to transit. The company’s main goal is to provide the best possible service to its customers.
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