A homeless man, surnamed Qin, pretended to be a woman, named Xiao Ya, to defraud people he met online out of a total of 26,000 yuan.

One of Qin's victims, a migrant worker, surnamed Chen who is in his 20s, became infatuated after he was contacted by "Xiao Ya" via WeChat and a QQ chat room.

He sent large sums of money to Qin, who then cut contact with him. Qin has been detained.