Old ginger is the spiciest: Elderly man strings phone scammer along for 5 hours until the conman is dizzy

Mr. Liu, an elderly resident of Ren'an Community in Suzhou, recently received a call from a stranger claiming to be from the police.

"I thought, why would the police call me? I hung up the first time." But less than a minute later, the phone rang again. The caller claimed that Mr. Liu's ID card had been used to open a bank card in Wuhan, Hubei, involving a financial fraud case.

The caller began verifying identity information with Mr. Liu, repeatedly claiming that this case involved a huge amount of money and that he must go to the police station to explain the situation. Considering that Mr. Liu was elderly, and after applying for approval from superiors, they agreed to conduct a phone inquiry first, but Mr. Liu had to meet three requirements: first, the call must be made in an enclosed place; second, no one must be nearby; third, he must not answer or look at any calls or messages.

Mr. Liu is 73 years old this year, and his children are not by his side. In the ensuing conversation, three or four people with different identities took turns speaking with Mr. Liu. "The whole process was designed to lead your thinking toward the idea that you'd committed something serious, to make you feel frightened and guilty, and in an enclosed place, they brainwash you."

However, the more Mr. Liu talked, the more suspicious he became. He wanted to see exactly what kind of trick they were playing, so he kept talking for 5 hours straight, until the other party brought up the matter of money. Mr. Liu felt it was time to end this little drama.

Afterward, Mr. Liu said that someone had come home and hung up the phone, then immediately rushed to the police station to verify. The police officer stated that this was a case of fraud carried out by someone impersonating a public security, procuratorate or court case-handling unit.

Mr. Liu said the reason he kept talking was because "it was like reading a book and only seeing the first edition - I wanted to see what the trick really was."

Afterward, Mr. Liu compiled a detailed written account of this experience and submitted it to the "Public Security Bureau Anti-Fraud Center" as a case reference. The anti-fraud center also hired Mr. Liu as a publicity volunteer.

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