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Suspicious man, 70, loses 5,600 yuan to mobile spam

(China Daily)
Updated: 2009-10-21 09:25

A 70-year-old retired college professor in Wuhan, Hubei province, was duped of 5,600 yuan ($820) when he tried purchasing equipment to monitor his wife's phone calls.

Wang responded to a text message, which advertised the sale of "mobile phone monitoring devices", after he suspected his 40-year-old wife of having an extra-marital affair.

Wang transferred the amount to a bank account he was provided. He never heard from the spammers again.

(Chutian Metropolis Daily)