When a Hongkonger thought he had outsmarted a scammer, he found himself targeted by a new, relentless tactic—a barrage of calls desperately attempting to “prove” the lie was real.
The victim detailed the experience in a Facebook post on Sunday (Nov 16), sharing a screenshot of his call history to raise awareness over the illogical phone scam.
He recounted receiving a call from a fraudster posing as a Guangzhou Municipal Education Bureau official, who accurately recited the victim’s ID number and claimed his identity had been used to register a company in the mainland.
Seeing through the trick, the user confronted the caller, saying “I know this is a scam. Don’t waste your time.”
Just when the victim expected the drama to end, the scammer unleashed a nightmare with a barrage of follow-up calls.
According to the poster’s call history, the scammers made nine calls within just 10 minutes, using three different numbers from Hong Kong and the mainland.
Even after the poster blocked each number, the scammer persisted, switching to new ones in a clear effort to erode his judgment.
“He kept trying to clarify that he was legitimate,” the victim noted, highlighting the counter-intuitive strategy to use relentless pressure to create doubt.
“If you are not alert, you might actually believe him,” the poster warned.
The post quickly gained traction, prompting many in the online community to suggest the simplest defense: refusing to answer any unknown calls—just let them ring and then block the numbers.
Several users agreed that the best way to protect oneself from this scam is to remain skeptical and adhere to a principle of disbelief.
As for potential rebuttals against the relentless calls, some commenters humorously suggested that the victim invite the scammer to his home for a direct confrontation.
Others whimsically proposed flipping the script by pretending to be mainland authorities and calling back the scammer.
