phone scam is nabbing millions of dollars from the U.S. Chinese

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A phone scam is nabbing millions of dollars from the U.S. Chinese community

By Trevor Mogg — Posted on April 22, 2018 - 11:30PM

Phone scammers purporting to be from a Chinese consulate office are tricking people in the U.S. into handing over huge sums of money.

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) said the Chinese-language calls appear to be going to “people with Chinese last names.” Those outside the apparent target group may be unaffected by the racket, but the FTC warned everyone to be vigilant as “scammers’ tactics can change quickly.”

The commission said that people across the U.S. have been reporting the calls, which appear to deploy a range of tactics READ MORE

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