Scam involving false Chinese embassy call demands money, Baltimore MD
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FraudAccording to the dispatch call, police responded to a report of a scam where a person was contacted by someone falsely claiming to be from the Chinese Embassy and asked for money.
Audio|Heard on: Baltimore City Police Northern District
Listen to dispatch call
00:54
Transcript:
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At number near East 33rd, Department 1006, B-Boy.
00:05
That's number near East 33rd, Apartment (number withheld).
00:10
B-boy,
00:12
I do have a complaint on this.
00:15
He said a pass fraud occurred today around 8.30.
00:20
He's saying it's an ongoing scam that involved money.
00:27
(name withheld) speaks that he received the call from the Chinese Embassy.
00:32
They need him to come to him Monday.
00:37
Upon calling the Embassy,
00:39
he was reassured that...
00:50
All right, he's saying that he's an exchange student, that's what?
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Location mentioned:
E 33rd St, Baltimore, MD 21218
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