The parents, who are based in China, had received calls from unknown men who threatened to hurt their sons if they did not pay gambling debts the victims were alleged to have incurred.
Two men fell victim to scammers impersonating government officials in China who duped them into revealing personal information and their family background, and caused one of them to lose about $63,000.
Preliminary investigations found the victims had each received calls from a person claiming to be an Immigration and Checkpoints Authority officer. The victim in the first case, which began in March, was asked to post bail of $15,000 or face his arrest and extradition to China for criminal charges. Two weeks later, he was told he needed to cough up 250,000 yuan to prove his innocence. He lied to his mother again and transferred the sum to two China bank accounts to avoid delaying the investigation.
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