People warned against picking up ’ghost packages’ from Wan Shi Yi｜Taiwan News

Описание: Bilingual text here: https://english.ftvnews.com.tw/news/2...
雙語文字版: https://english.ftvnews.com.tw/news/2...

Our official website: ➔ https://english.ftvnews.com.tw/

Follow us on
Facebook: ➔   / ftvformosanews  
X (Twitter): ➔ https://x.com/FTV_Taiwan_News
Some people have been receiving a message that their package is ready for pickup. But luckily, when they get to the convenience store, the clerk recognizes the suspicious company name and stops the transaction. Reporters followed up on the company, Wan Shi Yi. It primarily develops software, and is not involved in e-commerce or logistics. Claiming wrongful impersonation, the company has reported the alleged scam to police.

A seller prepares a package for delivery. Later, the buyer goes to a convenience store to pick it up. This is common enough. But be careful, because it might be a scam.

A number of people have reported receiving an unknown package from this company.

The package says it’s from Wan Shi Yi. Convenience store clerks are aware of the scam and will advise customers against picking it up. One person opened the package to find a face mask imported from China that they clearly never ordered, but required payment upon receipt. Strangely, some of the targets had just ordered something online, so it seems the fraudster is attempting to make it seem as though it’s their real order.

Voice of Mr. Chen
Scam target
They sent me a message the other day saying my package had arrived. But the company I ordered from said they take a long time to prepare orders, so I thought it was strange. When I started to wonder if it was a scam, the clerk told me I don’t need to pick it up if I’m suspicious.

Voice of Wan Shi Yi representative
Our company has been in business for 30 years. We have nothing to do with this. We’re purely a software company. We don’t send out any packages.

Wan Shi Yi said it’s a software developer and was wrongfully impersonated by fraudsters who hacked their email. It said it’s already reported the matter to police and pressed charges. The Criminal Investigation Bureau urged people never to pick up packages from unknown sources.

Chen Pin-hui
Criminal Investigation Bureau detective
No matter how much it costs, if you didn’t make the order yourself, or it’s from an unknown source, don’t accept the package. Instead, file a complaint through the proper channel with the convenience store or request a refund.

In another case, people have been receiving emails supposedly from the president or Presidential Office soliciting policy suggestions for discussion. The bureau issued an urgent warning advising people against responding to these phishing emails designed to steal personal information.

For more Taiwan news, tune in:
Mon to Fri at 9:30 pm on Channel 152
Tue to Sat at 1 am on Channel 53

#scam #package #delivery #ecommerce #onlineshopping #fraud #PSA #phishing #suspicious #crime

#台灣新聞 #TaiwanNews #民視新聞 #FTV新聞 #Taiwan