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Mary, a Chinese woman in New York, was first run down by a tenant dictator who owed her 6 years of rent, and then defrauded by a pig slaughterer during the depression period, resulting in a loss of about 400,000 yuan in pension and debt.
a person living in new yorkSugar Women’s recent experiencespig killing plate The fraud resulted in a loss of approximately 400,000 yuan. Not only did she lose all her retirement savings, but the scammer also duped her into paying part of the loan. Earlier, he had evicted a tenant who had outstanding rent for six years. It can be said that misfortune never comes alone. The Chinese woman said she was physically and mentally exhausted after her altercation with the hired thug. It was during this window of rapid and unstable psychosis that the scammers took possession of her, and used psychological attacks to gradually control and manipulate her, “as if she was being hypnotized.” She hoped that through her painful experience, she could warn other Chinese people, especially the elderly, to avoid being deceived.
Victim Mary’s family in 2019queens Buy a property and rent it out after completing renovations next year. In February 2020, a tenant moved in. Only a month later, the tenant started refusing to pay rent and move out, citing the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, and threatened to “go to court to sue me if he has the guts.” After a lengthy litigation process, the court issued an eviction order in December 2024, but the tenant continued to appeal through pro bono lawyers and delayed the eviction process. During this period, residents in other units of the home also began to default on rent due to the tenant’s performance effect. This tenant was not finally evicted until March 2026.
Mary said that according to the lease, the tenant was supposed to pay a monthly rent of 2,400 yuan, but until he packed up and moved out, he only paid one month’s total rent and a deposit equal to one month’s rent. “How much rent have I lost in the last six years?” And when she finally entered her home, what she found before her was a surprising mess.
After the renovation, Mary no longer trusted foreign tenants and hoped to find new Chinese tenants, so she advertised a rental on a Chinese information platform. On June 30, a man claiming to be in California came to the door. The man said he was associated with the information technology (IT) industry and owned a company in California. He wanted to expand his business in New York, so he had to rent a house.
Mary said she had mixed feelings at the time. He was relieved that he had “finally got rid of the rented dictator”, but also hoped that he would find a reliable tenant as soon as possible to compensate for the huge losses caused by the rented dictator. However, she herself was not a very cautious person. “I didn’t expect there to be so many bad people in the world.” Therefore, when she learned that the “tenant” who took the initiative to contact her met her needs, she lowered her vigilance even more and immediately began to negotiate with him.
The scammer first suggested that Mary use encrypted communication software, and then started asking for details about accommodation amenities and other aspects. At the same time, he presented “his work” in esoteric terms that she could not understand, gradually strengthening Mary’s trust in him. Until recently, Mary revealed in a chat that she had encountered a hired bully, and the scammer took advantage of the opportunity to say, “I know a gold investment project that can help you recoup your losses.”
Mary said that at that moment her defenses were broken, and for some reason she began to believe what the other person was saying. So she followed the scammer’s instructions, downloaded two apps, and then “invested” her savings little by little, transferring a total of 26 times. During this period, the scammer repeatedly asked her not to tell her family, but she accepted the order as if she had been put under a spell.
When the scammer realized that he could no longer withdraw money from her, he told her that “the website has frozen” and that she needed to “invest another amount of unfrozen funds.” Then Mary suddenly realized, but it was too late. It is estimated that he withdrew all his pension and insurance for “investment”, and scammers lured him into taking out loans and even loans. In the end, the total loss was about 300,000 yuan, of which tens of thousands of yuan were debts that needed to be repaid.
After discovering that she had been defrauded, Mary immediately reported the crime and contacted the bank in an attempt to recoup some of the losses. However, she revealed that when she went to the Citibank store on Main Street in Flushing, she was not only refused the documents needed to report the crime, but the staff and managers on duty also ridiculed her, leaving her angry.
Mary said she hopes her experience can serve as a reminder to other Chinese people. Scammers are masters of psychology. You should be cautious when encountering strangers to reduce the risk of being deceived.
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She had recently completed six years of living with a landlord. She was physically and mentally exhausted and eager to make up for her losses. After losing trust in her foreign tenants, she began taking precautions when she noticed a “tenant” who claimed to be Chinese left her vulnerable to fraudsters taking advantage of her.
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The other party first asked her to switch to encrypted communication software, then used professional language to package her IT identity, then lured her to download the application by saying “investing in gold can compensate for the loss”, and finally forced her to transfer money several times through psychological manipulation.
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She withdrew all her pension and insurance, and was driven to take out loans and even loans, resulting in a total loss of about 400,000 yuan. He reminded Chinese people, especially the elderly, to be cautious when dealing with strangers and their investment rhetoric.
