Siblings Fall Victim to Online Fraud, Twice

by Zheng Qiong

September 21, 2018

[Viral]

Wechat

Suzhou

Edited by Zheng Qiong. Polished by Andy Boreham.

A woman in Suzhou tried to get her brother's money back after he was swindled online. She found a WeChat "employee" who said they could recover the money, but first she'd have to transfer some money to them...

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