Many of us think we have heard of all the telephone scams. But seven residents of Montgomery County, Md., lost a total of $1.5 million between May and August in something of a new one, according to the county police. Victims have been of Chinese descent, police said, and callers have claimed in a Chinese dialect to represent an official Chinese or Hong Kong agency. According to the police, victims were told that they had been involved in wrongdoing and needed to wire money to the caller, police said Friday. Police said the scammers also asked for banking information and said that not complying could mean deportation and prison.

Source: Washington Post September 08, 2018 02:15 UTC