Editor's note: This year marks the fifth anniversary of the introduction of Xi Jinping Thought on the Rule of Law. This story is the fourth in a series exploring its implementation across the country.
It may seem hard to believe, but the hardest part of many wire fraud cases is convincing the victims that they are actually being scammed, according to Xing Yunwei, a police officer in Beijing's Shijingshan district.
Xing recalled a recent case involving an elderly woman who was being scammed.
"You must listen to me now β the two recent transfers can still be recovered, but if we wait any longer, even that will be gone," he pleaded with her.
The woman had been targeted by online scammers, and the police had been alerted to over 600,000 yuan ($84,732) in abnormal transactions from her account to unknown recipients. Xing and his team worked tirelessly to prevent further losses.
For days, the woman, in her late 60s, refused to believe she was being s
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