Stay alert to traps by financial intermediaries (Web accessible version)
| Description of visuals: | female owner of a small and medium-sized enterprise is frowning The phone rings and the female owner answers the call The fraudster is speaking on the other end |
| Fraudster: | Apply for a bank loan through our intermediary |
| Description of visuals: | The fraudster enters frame and continues to speak |
| Fraudster: | and you’ll get the instant cash you need! |
| Description of visuals: | The female owner is delighted by the offer and looks happy and relieved as a lifebuoy appears on her Close-up shows a mobile phone rings |
| Fraudster: | A couple is dining in a restaurant and the man answers the phone The fraudster speaks on the other end |
| Description of visuals: | Our accounting firm can improve your credit record |
| Fraudster: | The fraudster enters frame and continues to speak |
| Description of visuals: | to get a low-interest loan and clear your credit card debt |
| Fraudster: | The man looks happy and relieved as a lifebuoy appears on him |
| Description of visuals: | Close-up shows a wireless phone rings |
| Fraudster: | Mr Wong |
| Description of visuals: | A husband and his wife are sitting in a living room and the husband answers the phone The fraudster speaks on the other end |
| Fraudster: | your remortgage is problematic |
| Description of visuals: | The fraudster enters frame and continues to speak |
| Fraudster: | Let me refer you to an intermediary to fix the problem |
| Description of visuals: | The husband and wife look relieved as a lifebuoy appears on each of them A male narrator speaks |
| VO: | Are they really offering you a lifebuoy? |
| Description of visuals: | The lifebuoys on the husband and wife are not real and start to tighten Split screen: The fake lifebuoys have tightened on the female owner shown in the upper left corner, the man in the restaurant shown in the upper right corner and the husband and wife shown in the bottom half and they all look very painful |
| VO: | It could be a trap! Call the Police at once if you find suspicious intermediaries Stay alert to traps by intermediaries |
| Description of visuals: | Close-up shows the fraudster is making calls The shot shows the common defrauding tricks: Identity theft Charging fees under different pretexts Obtaining your property by deception |
| Description of visuals: | On the street, a middle-aged man makes a phone call with his mobile phone A male narrator speaks |
| VO: | Call the Police at once if you find suspicious intermediaries Stay alert to traps by intermediaries |
| Description of visuals: | Caption: Stay alert to traps by intermediaries |
