(FWA 2025/0910)

Police have recently uncovered many cases where foreigners on tourist visas were recruited as “money mules.” Scam groups lured them with promises of “high-paying jobs” or “free trips to Taiwan.” All they had to do was following instructions, withdrawing cash from ATMs, and they would receive large payments.

In Taipei City alone, 93 people have already been caught this year—far more than last year’s 52. All of them were sent to the District Prosecutors’ Office on charges of fraud and money laundering.

According to the Taipei City Police Department, scammers often recruit foreigners to avoid being tracked and to protect the masterminds behind the crimes. Police urge the public to report suspicious foreigners repeatedly using different cards to withdraw money to the police, who will dispatch officers to investigate.

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警方近期破獲多起外籍車手案，詐騙集團以「高薪打工」名義，吸引持觀光簽證的外籍人士來台犯案，只要聽從詐騙集團指示到ATM提領款項，就可領取高額酬勞。

光是台北市，今年查獲件數就有93人，遠超過去年的52人，均依《刑法》詐欺罪、《洗錢防制法》移送地檢署偵辦。

台北市警察局表示，詐騙集團近期常以「來台免費觀光或打工」、「幫忙領款就有高酬勞」等名義，招募外籍人士擔任詐騙集團車手，研判歹徒想透過外籍人士，規避向上查緝，降低主謀被查獲的風險。警方呼籲，若民眾發現可疑外籍人士反覆換卡提款，應立即報警，警方將派員前往查緝了解。