Rebirth: I Became Mr.President's Beloved-Chapter 987: Scammed
Two summers ago, Tang Li had a part-time job handing out flyers for a training institution. The first thing every morning was to line up, receive the flyers, and listen to the organization leader’s motivational speech through a loudspeaker.
The most brainwashing phrase was to not let God’s children lose at the starting line.
However, their target customer group was men and women aged between thirty to fifty, and they didn’t go after young kids. 𝓯𝓻𝓮𝙚𝙬𝓮𝙗𝒏𝙤𝒗𝙚𝙡.𝒄𝒐𝓶
The situation with Song Jingtian was probably due to a truly persuasive salesman.
Tang Li asked again, "You didn’t give them any money, right?"
The little guy glanced sideways and suddenly stopped looking at her.
—So, he probably did give them money.
No matter how clever or mature a seven or eight-year-old is, they’re still just an elementary school student.
For a little scamp like Song Jingtian to be coaxed into opening his wallet, the other person’s eloquence must have been impressive.
After all, it was her own little brother-in-law who got scammed. Tang Li couldn’t just sit idle: "How much did you give them?"
"Not much, just a few hundred bucks."
It took a while before Song Jingtian muttered an answer.
Upon learning it was money transferred via WeChat, Tang Li asked him for his smartwatch.
Tang Li browsed through the contact list and quickly found the person.
With his left hand resting on the edge of the sink, Song Jingtian stood on tiptoes, craning his neck to watch as Tang Li clicked on the private chat of [Genius Early Education], and he pointed, "That’s him!"
Tang Li started by typing a ’?’ symbol.
The other side almost instantly replied.
Seeing the [smiley face] in the chat box, Tang Li got straight to the point: "Did you swindle 500 yuan from my kid?"
[Genius Early Education]: "???"
Tang Li had no intention of wasting words and sent a message asking the other party to refund the money, but the system informed her—[Genius Early Education] had enabled friend verification.
Tang Li: "..."
Song Jingtian: "..."
"Should I transfer you the 500 yuan?" Tang Li turned to discuss with Song Jingtian.
After all, it was because of her unborn child that the little guy was scammed.
"Didn’t you say you don’t have any money?"
"I could borrow a little from my friend first."
When Tang Li said this, Song Jingtian stopped questioning.
To comfort the little guy’s wounded heart, when Tang Li transferred the money to him, she added an extra fifty yuan.
In less than three seconds, the 550 yuan transfer was accepted.
Tang Li was about to continue washing her face when Song Jingtian raised his left wrist and dialed a number, "Hello, police? I’ve encountered a fraud group. They swindled me out of 500 yuan, and I’d like your help to get the money back."
Tang Li: "???"
"By the way," the little guy added, "the ringleader of the group is called Lv Dongdong, and his ID number is XXXXXX1998051729XX."
After hanging up, he noticed Tang Li was looking at him: "What?"
"How did you get the scammer’s personal information?"
Song Jingtian explained, "Before transferring, I asked him for his ID number. Although it was fake, he was a bit dumb and only changed the last digit. After the transfer, I applied for a transfer receipt, which showed his real name. Then I searched for his ID online, trying different numbers from 0 to 9 at the end until I found it after just a few tries."
After finishing, the little guy pursed his lips, as if looking down on the scammer’s intelligence.
Tang Li was also questioning her own intelligence.
"You knew he was a scammer, so why did you still believe what he said?"
"I didn’t know," Song Jingtian retorted confidently, "I thought he just made a mistake on the ID number."
Tang Li: "......"
The scammer only changed one digit of the ID number, presumably thinking a little kid would be gullible.
Looking at the whole incident, Tang Li realized she was the real victim.
She lost 550 yuan for no reason.
—And there’s no way to get it back.
