大陆骗子持旅游签证来加拿大 专骗华人
汉加:皇家骑警经过四个月调查,抓捕持旅游签证的中国籍“挖宝党”骗子
(信源:51牧涛）早前震惊BC省华人社区的“挖宝党”诈骗案有最新进展。BC省列治文皇家骑警方面经过四个月的调查，拘捕了一名持旅游签证的44岁中国籍男子钟宝申（Bao Sheng Zhong，音译）。他拿着假遗嘱和一箩筐的假元宝专骗华人
这起案件发生于今年2月底，当地一名华人女中医向列市骑警报案称，接到一个讲流利普通话男子拨打至诊所的电话。他自称是来自中国的建筑工人，在加拿大的工地上挖出了大量金佛和金元宝，还伴有“遗书”。由于挖出“地下宝藏”，造成身体不适，需要女中医帮其医治。
双方如约见面后，该男子说他无法把这些宝物带回中国，希望“将宝物低价出手”，最后游说受害人购买“宝物”。黄灿灿的金佛和金元宝让人无法不动心，关键是这些价值连城的宝物因急于脱手现在只卖白菜价。可能只是贪念一闪，女中医最后支付至少8000元买回一批所谓宝物，事后才知全是假货，仅有部分铜币为真。
案件曝光后，警方收到众多市民提供信息，而遭遇类似骗案的事主亦纷纷联络警方。套路大致是，他会把遗嘱和金子都拿出来，塑造一个有声有色的背景故事，在加上说自己急用钱等等，又不想低价卖给金行因为是有历史价值的，所有低价卖给自己朋友希望以后能够赎回。然后为了让你相信，他还会随机抽取几个元宝，跟你一起到金铺让人鉴定，结束后再偷偷狸猫换太子，假的留下。
受骗者包括两女一男，均说流利普通话，除了针灸师、中医师等华裔女士外，也有金融投资等其他领域人士。
值得注意的是，早在2010年列治文也曾发生类似的“挖宝党”诈骗案，当时的三名受害人都是40岁以上的华裔女士，也皆是中医执业人士。今年的案件受害人来源更广泛，而且案中首次出现男性受害人。
列治文骑警同多个地区的警队配合，经过四个月不懈努力，在温哥华拘捕了本案嫌犯钟宝申，并控以三项5000元以下诈骗罪名。温哥华警方也呼吁大家小心类似手法，别被坑了。。
列治文皇家骑警发言人黄寒青表示，这类“挖宝党”诈骗手法最早出现在中国，后来流传到香港、台湾，并“发展”出了多个版本，就连在美国与日本都传出许多民众受骗上当。警方强调，骗子固然可恶，但是人们也该引以为戒，若碰到这种“天大的好事”，千万不要轻易相信，别拿自己的血汗钱开这样的玩笑。
延伸阅读:False gold scam results in arrest of Chinese national living in B.C.
Bao Sheng Zhong faces three counts of fraud
Richmond RCMP have arrested a man in connection with a scheme of selling false gold.
Bao Sheng Zhong, a Chinese national living in Richmond, B.C., now faces three counts of fraud for allegedly scamming two Asian women and one Asian man from the Lower Mainland.
The 44-year-old man allegedly posed as a construction worker who had discovered a treasure trove of gold which he then tried to sell as authentic. He allegedly befriended his victims and convinced them of the authenticity of his find.
The suspect allegedly posed as an construction worker who had discovered a treasure trove of gold which he then tried to sell on as authentic (Richmond RCMP)
As part of the scheme, police say Zhong allowed the gold to be tested, but a sample of authentic gold was switched before testing with a bit of sleight-of-hand.
Officers had originally issued a public warning about the scheme back in March, but it took them several months to track the suspect down.
"To my knowledge, this arrest is perhaps the first publicized of its kind in Canada," said Cpl. Dennis Hwang.
"This type of crime has occurred in other parts of the world. Recently there was a similar arrest made in Japan. Other arrests were reportedly made in Singapore. We have also seen public warnings from law enforcement in the U.S. Comparing those cases, we found the circumstances uncanny in similarity."
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