Chapter 105 New Uses of the System
This scam is clever because it involves projects located overseas, making it difficult for the average person to inspect them. The website is both innovative and subtle, boasting a rich, beautifully designed website with impressive images, appearing impressive and high-end. It features numerous photos of the development company's leaders with local officials and at events, as well as foreign news reports.
Ordinary people, especially those at the bottom who have never left the country, have a deeper trust in international projects when they see so many foreigners and foreign languages in the pictures. This is very different from the traditional spread model of recruiting people on the street.
Lin Ruoyan quickly scanned the website and immediately noticed Xu Lifeng, a man who appeared in the website's promotional news. He appeared to be a well-mannered person with a high position. The gang behind the website was definitely connected to Xu Lifeng. However, without evidence, forcibly preventing someone from participating in "investment" could easily be seen as blocking their financial resources.
Lin Ruoyan could accept the original book's idiotic setting for the real daughter, and tolerate the nagging of the money-losing system in her head, but she couldn't bear to see her employees being deceived. It wasn't enough for Xu Lifeng to defraud the wealthy; he even went so far as to prey on the working class. He was truly unscrupulous. After careful consideration, she decided to summon Hao Heshan. Since the scammers had a website, her experts would be invaluable.
Hao Heshan thought that General Manager Lin called him to inquire about the current project progress or to assign new work, but he didn't expect that General Manager Lin asked him to hack into a website, investigate background information, and follow the clues to find the location of these people.
This is an investment website that looks very formal, but after Mr. Lin’s explanation, Hao Heshan immediately realized that this is a Ponzi scheme.
Hao Heshan used a computer he built himself and his own code to covertly hack into the website. He quickly discovered that the gang's server was located overseas, in the country with the mining assets mentioned by General Manager Lin. While the overall economy there wasn't as strong as in China, due to lax regulations, various criminal organizations were much more advanced than in China.
But if these bad guys dared to log in to the website anywhere in China and transfer the stolen money, there would definitely be traces left. Hao Heshan quickly gave two more locations, one of which had an IP address in Beijing. Perhaps this was the gang's hiding place in Beijing.
Lin Ruoyan asked Hao Heshan to scrape down various pieces of evidence from the website and organize the electronic data. She asked Lao Zhan to contact the police station he was familiar with and find someone in the system. She wanted to report this garbage.
Going out on her own and using herself as bait to fish were things she only did when she had no money or friends. Lin Ruoyan now had such powerful experts and connections, money, power, and equipment, so she wouldn't do anything dangerous on her own.
Once the information was delivered to the relevant departments, the Beijing police were immediately alerted to the massive fraud ring. A project team was reportedly formed that afternoon, and Wang Xiaohao was called in to take a statement. Hao Heshan was treated like a distinguished guest, with a large group of technical personnel from the bureau surrounding him to learn hacking techniques for taking down similar websites.
A few days later, the police responded. Almost all the suspects had been apprehended, with the exception of Xu Lifeng, the head of their domestic gang. He was extremely vigilant and rarely left the compound, only occasionally checking in on his men.
Because Hao Heshan's location was so accurate, the den hadn't had time to move the stolen money and property, and 80% of the money from the latest batch of victims was recovered. However, several previous batches of stolen money had already been taken away by Xu Lifeng, and even his lackeys hadn't received any of the benefits.
In the end, the stolen money seized was more than 50 million yuan, which was considered a serious crime by the city. The police notified those who were registered members of the website at the time one by one and returned the money in batches.
This gang not only tricked victims into registering and paying money, but also asked them to fill in various private information when joining. This information will be resold to other gangs in the future, and the victims are likely to encounter more scams.
Although the losses of tens of millions of ordinary people were recovered, Lin Ruoyan knew that Xu Lifeng should have more money in his hands, and some large sums of stolen money had not been accounted for on this website.
As a professional con man, Xu Lifeng doesn't put all the stolen money in one basket. He specializes in appearing in person to defraud wealthy individuals. In order to get wealthy individuals to invest large sums of money, he naturally doesn't need to register on the website, as that would be too awkward.
In order to let these people of status experience more noble enjoyment, we spend hundreds of thousands of dollars to treat them to traveling abroad to see projects, and they also make various luxury consumption in China. We use the partnership model to negotiate, so that we can gain their trust.
However, this time the website was shut down, Xu Lifeng sensed the danger and fled Beijing overnight, disguised himself, but he didn't go far. Instead, he headed for Shanghai. There was a wealthy second-generation kid there who was about to take the bait. A thief never returns empty-handed. He had already invested a lot of money in that rich second-generation kid, and he had to reap the rewards. Otherwise, all his efforts on the website would have been in vain, and he would definitely be unhappy if he didn't make a big profit.
Lin Ruoyan didn't know Xu Lifeng's whereabouts, so she could only urge the relevant departments to release information about the case to spread awareness of this scam and prevent further deception. She also took the opportunity to spread the word among those in Beijing who had connections with the Lin family, and immediately received a wave of praise and gratitude. After all, several wealthy second-generations had already been exposed to this project and were considering investing tens of millions or even hundreds of millions, and they were almost deceived.
Lin Ruoyan asked the prodigal system: "System, I want to invest in that mining project. How can I find a real partner? Since Xu Lifeng dared to bring people to conduct an on-site inspection, it means that the site is actually already under development. Which domestic company is involved in this?"
The prodigal system handled matters impartially: [I'm not a consulting system. Your question is beyond the scope.]
Lin Ruoyan was not discouraged and asked in a different way: "So I want to splurge on the mining project. If Xu Lifeng runs away and I can't find him, who else can I turn to?"
The prodigal system came to its senses and said, "How about I tell you where Xu Lifeng is?"
Lin Ruoyan asked happily: "Can you locate this person?"
The Prodigal System explains: [Any man who appears in the original storyline and has an important relationship with the host, whether it's money, body, or any other relationship, I can locate him here.]
"Is this feature new? Why haven't I heard of it before?" Lin Ruoyan couldn't help but think deeply after being happy.
The prodigal system explained: [The host has met the spending quota ahead of schedule for the past few months, so I received a reward and the function module has been upgraded. However, the host didn't ask, so I didn't realize it.]
Regardless of whether this is true or not, at least this feature is quite useful. Even if we can't find the real owner of the overseas investment, catching the scammer Xu Lifeng is a good thing.
Lin Ruoyan quickly discovered Xu Lifeng's whereabouts and anonymously reported him to the task force. The task force immediately launched an operation, not to arrest him, but to target Xu Lifeng. They planned to collaborate with foreign forces to apprehend any accomplices of the gang hiding abroad, ultimately eradicating the gang.
Because the intelligence provided by Lin Ruoyan was very accurate, the operation was a complete success. Xu Lifeng and his overseas fraud gang were wiped out four years earlier than the plot of the original book. The relevant departments also held an internal commendation meeting.
It was this commendation meeting that gave Lin Ruoyan another unexpected surprise.
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