Hong Kong scam

Scans of the form letter and return envelope were sent to the police in Hong Kong

  • Oct. 26, 2013 3:00 p.m.
The return envelope picture above was part of a fraud recently attempted against a valley resident. A form letter sent to the resident instructed her to send $30 to a post office box in Hong Kong in order to receive a package from an undisclosed sender. Scans of the form letter and return envelope were sent to the police in Hong Kong, who replied that they were investigating. The local resident took the form letter to our sister newspaper the Times in Clearwater (after talking with RCMP) because it is so official-looking that she feared a senior might be taken in.

The return envelope picture above was part of a fraud recently attempted against a valley resident. A form letter sent to the resident instructed her to send $30 to a post office box in Hong Kong in order to receive a package from an undisclosed sender. Scans of the form letter and return envelope were sent to the police in Hong Kong, who replied that they were investigating. The local resident took the form letter to our sister newspaper the Times in Clearwater (after talking with RCMP) because it is so official-looking that she feared a senior might be taken in.

 

 

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