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New twist in Internet fraud
(Shengzhen Daily)
Updated: 2003-09-05 10:02

NANHU police are continuing their investigations into a case of the Internet fraud in Shenzhen.

The fraud was revealed in an Internet transaction involving United States citizen Karen Kalagayan.

Kalagayan alleged she tried to buy a digital camera from a woman named Yang Yan, who claimed to have an electronics firm in the International Financial Building in Jianshe Road, Shenzhen.

After she wired US$1,220 to Yang’s account in the Bank of China’s Shenzhen branch July 17, she never received the camera and Yang’s e-mail address disappeared.

A police officer from Nanhu Police Station visited the building Aug. 22 and found that Yang’s company did not exist.

The officer also checked Yang’s bank account Aug. 29, which he said was still in use.

Bank records showed there was only one transaction of US$1,220 on Yang’s account in July but it was a cash deposit and not from a wire transfer from abroad.

“I was very puzzled about this and asked the bank to give some explanation. The bank said they also did not understand,” he said.

Nanhu Police Station is now asking the relevant departments to help in investigating the records of e-mail communications between Kalagayan and Yang, the police officer said.




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