Elaine Chong

Oct 17, 2024 | sg.news.yahoo.com | Elaine Chong |Ed Main

Tuyet van Huynh (left) is campaigning to track down the scammers [BBC]Chinese communities are being targeted by scammers who trick older women out of their valuables by persuading them their loved ones are in danger. After a wave of cases on the streets of the UK, US, Australia and Canada, police are investigating and victims' families are trying to find the perpetrators. The blessing scam is an elaborate piece of criminal street theatre.

Oct 16, 2024 | ca.news.yahoo.com | Elaine Chong |Ed Main

Tuyet van Huynh (left) is campaigning to track down the scammers [BBC]Chinese communities are being targeted by scammers who trick older women out of their valuables by persuading them their loved ones are in danger. After a wave of cases on the streets of the UK, US, Australia and Canada, police are investigating and victims' families are trying to find the perpetrators. The blessing scam is an elaborate piece of criminal street theatre.

Jul 6, 2024 | msn.com | Elaine Chong |Ed Main

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Jul 6, 2024 | yahoo.com | Elaine Chong |Ed Main

Chinese people around the world are being targeted by an elaborate scam in which criminals pretend to be Chinese police. A British-Chinese woman has told the BBC that she handed over her life savings to con men who wore uniforms in video calls and gave her a virtual tour of what appeared to be a police station. Helen Young still has nightmares about the fortnight that she was made to believe she was on China’s most wanted list.

Mar 13, 2024 | esquire.com | Elaine Chong

Seven years later, I still remember a rainy night standing outside the nightclub near my university looking at the girl across the courtyard. We were huddling under separate umbrellas when we broke away from our respective friends; as we stood in the downpour, our exchange couldn’t have lasted more than a minute. It’s like the sound faded out and it was just us talking. I don’t remember what was said.