🚨New York Regional Police warns about an ongoing extortion scam targeting the Chinese Community.
💰Scammers claim to be Chinese law enforcement and trick victims into thinking they are in legal trouble in China.
☎️Scammers use phone calls and social media messages to contact victims and demand money or personal information.
🔒Victims are threatened with arrest or deportation if they don't comply with the scammers' demands.
💔Multiple reports of the scam have been received and three incidents have resulted in victims being defrauded of over a million dollars combined.