Taichung Woman Applies for Online Purchasing Agent Job, Detects Anomaly and Reports to Police, Exposing Job Scam
A woman in Taichung, Ms. Chen, applied for a purchasing agent job online. After starting, she received her first task to buy fruit and meet in person. The other party even remitted money in advance for her use. Ms. Chen found it suspicious and reported it to the police, exposing a "job scam." The remitted money could become evidence of financial flow, and Ms. Chen almost became a money mule.
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(Central News Agency Reporter Chao Li-yen, Taichung 8th) Ms. Chen in Taichung applied for a purchasing agent job online. After starting, she received her first task to buy fruit and meet in person. The other party even remitted money in advance for her use. Ms. Chen found it suspicious and reported it to the police, exposing a "job scam." The remitted money could become evidence of financial flow, and Ms. Chen almost became a money mule.
Taichung City Councilor Hsieh Chih-chung of the Democratic Progressive Party held a press conference with Ms. Chen today to recount the job scam process. Ms. Chen said that in late April, she saw a purchasing and errand job online. Because the content was similar to her past experience and the salary was more than NT$10,000 higher than her original salary, with a more complete welfare system, she left a message to apply.
Ms. Chen stated that she then received a private message and entered the so-called "onboarding" process; on May 5th, she received a task requiring her to first purchase fruit and meet in person at the Taichung High-Speed Rail Station. During this time, she stated that she had no money, and the other party remitted NT$2,000 for her use. She was about to go out to perform the task, but then found the situation abnormal. She turned to Hsieh Chih-chung for help and reported to the police, discovering that this method was a "job scam."
Hsieh Chih-chung mentioned that if Ms. Chen had not sought help at the first instance, the NT$2,000 she received might later be regarded as salary or evidence of financial flow in judicial determination, thereby implicating her in the co-conspirator structure of the fraud group. After Ms. Chen completed her statement, she cooperated with the police to go to the Taichung High-Speed Rail Station; although the attempt to combat the criminal structure was not successful, it prevented her from unknowingly becoming a part of the fraud group.
Ms. Chen also went to the Fengyuan Employment Service Station yesterday for job matching. Hsieh Chih-chung appealed to new entrants to the workforce to be highly vigilant when looking for jobs and not to easily trust suspicious job messages. (Editor: Chang Ming-kun) 1150508
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(Central News Agency Reporter Chao Li-yen, Taichung 8th) Ms. Chen in Taichung applied for a purchasing agent job online. After starting, she received her first task to buy fruit and meet in person. The other party even remitted money in advance for her use. Ms. Chen found it suspicious and reported it to the police, exposing a "job scam." The remitted money could become evidence of financial flow, and Ms. Chen almost became a money mule.
Taichung City Councilor Hsieh Chih-chung of the Democratic Progressive Party held a press conference with Ms. Chen today to recount the job scam process. Ms. Chen said that in late April, she saw a purchasing and errand job online. Because the content was similar to her past experience and the salary was more than NT$10,000 higher than her original salary, with a more complete welfare system, she left a message to apply.
Ms. Chen stated that she then received a private message and entered the so-called "onboarding" process; on May 5th, she received a task requiring her to first purchase fruit and meet in person at the Taichung High-Speed Rail Station. During this time, she stated that she had no money, and the other party remitted NT$2,000 for her use. She was about to go out to perform the task, but then found the situation abnormal. She turned to Hsieh Chih-chung for help and reported to the police, discovering that this method was a "job scam."
Hsieh Chih-chung mentioned that if Ms. Chen had not sought help at the first instance, the NT$2,000 she received might later be regarded as salary or evidence of financial flow in judicial determination, thereby implicating her in the co-conspirator structure of the fraud group. After Ms. Chen completed her statement, she cooperated with the police to go to the Taichung High-Speed Rail Station; although the attempt to combat the criminal structure was not successful, it prevented her from unknowingly becoming a part of the fraud group.
Ms. Chen also went to the Fengyuan Employment Service Station yesterday for job matching. Hsieh Chih-chung appealed to new entrants to the workforce to be highly vigilant when looking for jobs and not to easily trust suspicious job messages. (Editor: Chang Ming-kun) 1150508
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