The man took matters into his own hands and came up with a way to outsmart the scammers.
He used the same trick and played on the greed of the swindlers.
The incident occurred in Taiwan, writes the South China Morning Post .
A pensioner was contacted by scammers who offered to increase his savings through online investments.
They convinced the man to download the app and invest 700 thousand Taiwan dollars (over 2 million rubles).
After some time, the investment amount increased to NT$1.3 million.
The man then wanted to withdraw his earnings, but the funds were unavailable.
He told his son what had happened, who immediately realized that his father had fallen for a common fraudulent scheme.
The man began to study all the available information on this matter and came across advice.
He said that the scammers needed to be lured with a bigger bait.
That is, to convince them that they will earn even more if they do this or that action.
The man called the number from which the scammers contacted his deceived parent and began to convince them to invest in the ultra-profitable project.
He convinced the scammers to return exactly the amount they stole from his father.
To do this, he had to play the roles of three different people and promise the scammers huge percentages of profit.
They handed over the stolen money to the courier and were left with nothing. And the deceived pensioner was able to get his savings back.
