On June 26, a man surnamed Chen from Ganzhou, Jiangxi, picked up a scratch card while he was walking down the street. Upon scratching away, Chen was overwhelmed with joy when he read that he had won the second prize in the lottery – a cash sum of 260,000 RMB.

Chen then phoned the number on the card and was greeted with a voice that said, “Hello, this is Manager Wang of the Fujian Fuxingyuan Company. You can come to 129 Fuxin Lu in Fuzhou to collect your prize, or we can transfer the funds over to you.” Of course, the transfer sounded much more convenient, so Chen paid the transfer fee of 2,600 RMB into a bank account provided by Wang.

Wang then soon contacted Chen again and asked for a further 5,200 RMB, which was to pay for “notarization” of his prize. It was then that the penny dropped and Chen began to get suspicious. Still intent on claiming his prize however, he decided to make the trek all the way to the company office in Fuzhou. Predictably, Chen was unable to find this so-called Fujian Fuxingyuan Company, and it was then that he finally realized he had been scammed. Even more predictable was the behavior of the local police over the case, who told Chen to take it up with the authorities in Jiangxi as it had nothing to do with them.

Bad China Days don’t just exist for us expats it seems.

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