2024年3月18日 星期一

電騙「公安」英國開工 台女赴工作假期被騙60萬

巴士的報

台灣一女子23年到英國工作,假期竟接到「中國公安」來電加一個「皇家郵政」短訊,令她損失6萬英磅(約60萬港元)。

英國在3月11至12日舉行首屆「全球詐騙峰會」(Global Fraud Summit),與會各國及地區就強化執法機關及公私部門跨國打詐合作達成共識。近日就有不少人分享受騙經過,當中包括該名台灣女子。

受害人李小姐(化名)表示,年初她接獲來電,一名自稱是中國公安的人,稱李的個人和銀行資料涉及大規模金融詐騙案,稱她犯下重罪,要求李提供護照等個人資料以作調查。李因為擔心喪失英國居留資格而配合「調查」,提供資料。

數日後李收到聲稱為英國「皇家郵政」(Royal Mail)的簡訊,通知她有人以她的名義在網路上進行交易、包裹亦即將送出。李小姐以為,她的戶口真的被人擅自用作犯罪,「公安」之後再度來電,要求她配合調查並賠償被害人,以爭取減刑,否則會逮捕她並引渡至中國受審,指她是「跨國打擊犯罪」適用對象,可以引渡。

李小姐於是按指示匯出近6萬英鎊,期間更因為不夠錢,要向父母託詞「資助」。「公安」又警告她,不能向任何人透露案情以及她正在配合調查的事,更聲稱有權依法有權監控李小姐的行動,要求李小姐在手機裝設監控軟體。

 如是者李就被24小時監控長達兩個月,「公安」掌握她的生活大小事。最後,「公安」要求李小姐寫「悔過書」並簽名蓋手印。結果是李被由頭呃到尾,到發現被騙已為時已晚。

英國內政部指出,詐騙是全球問題;英國境內70%以上詐騙案與海外犯罪人士有關,23年詐騙案不法所得更有高達30億英鎊是匯往海外戶頭。台灣當局則提醒旅英人士,詐騙手法層出不窮、收到不明來電及不合常理指控,務必提高警覺,以免落入陷阱。

2024年3月17日 星期日

India Creating Short Squeeze In The Silver Market, And Look At Gold…

kingworldnews.com

The price of silver has surged $3 in the past 12 trading days because India is creating a short squeeze in the silver market.  This is a demand driven situation that threatens to send the price of silver soaring in the short-term.  And take a look at what is happening with gold…

Silver Stars
March 15 (
King World News
) – 
Alasdair Macleod:  After a powerful up-move last week, this week gold had a minor correction. Silver’s upward momentum continued through to Wednesday before it ticked off the top. In European trade this morning gold traded at $2168, down $11, and silver at $25.05, up 65 cents.

India Creating Short Squeeze In The Silver Market
They key to this activity is India. The Indian government introduced a solar production linked incentive scheme. Reliance Industries, among others, are investing heavily in photovoltaic production, and is commissioning the first 5 giga-watt phase of a 20 GW manufacturing facility scheduled for opening this month. I am informed by industry sources that being unable to source sufficient silver from refiners, Reliance has been buying what it can in silver markets, including Comex. It is almost certainly Reliance which is taking the bulk of that 1,201 tonnes and the acceleration of deliveries this month reflects the commissioning of Phase 1 in Jamnagar. 

Shorts Losing Their Grip On Silver
It seems extraordinary that with the massive increase in global ESG-related demand that the silver price has not yet risen significantly. But as I explained in a post to my Substack subscribers this week, China has deliberately suppressed the silver price while importing significant quantities to bolster its photovoltaic production. Now that India is rapidly developing its output under government schemes, China is likely to lose its grip on price. 

From the breakout, which is near current levels, pattern analysis suggests a move out reflects the move in, giving a price objective of $40.