The Black Swan Behind

169 Scamming a Scammer

“Afei! Hey, Afei!” Oscar exclaimed as soon as Afei hung up their call. He huffed in annoyance by randomly throwing the cell phone belonging to his subordinates, “We’re back to the base. Hurry up!”

Arriving at the headquarters, Oscar immediately went to his study, where he put his cellphone which he had left to wait for the ‘Login’ process to an online gambling game site. He quickly grabbed the phone from the table and opened it.

It took Oscar a few seconds to realize that his phone was in a strange state. He was still on the page of the online gambling game but there was nothing, apart from the words ‘Thank You for Your Generosity!’

With cold sweat running down his back, Oscar immediately went to his banking app which he always used to do some transactions and check the balance in the Creeper group’s special account. He opened the last transaction and found an expense in the form of a transfer transaction to another account with an amount equal to the contents of the total balance itself. Now the balance of the Creeper group’s account was empty.

But that wasn’t the only surprise that Oscar found. On the hint from his conversation with Afei earlier, he immediately opened his social media. However, his account was logged out of the application and when he wanted to log back in, a notification appeared that the password he entered was incorrect. Yes, that was because the person who scammed him had changed his social media account password.

“Clif! Give me your phone now! Open my social media!” Oscar shouted with bloodshot eyes at one of the subordinates who was standing beside him.

With alacrity and fear, the man named Clif immediately carried out what Oscar ordered. He opened his social media and opened an account belonging to Oscar who happened to be friends with him, “Here, Boss,”

Oscar grabbed the phone roughly and checked his own social media accounts from Clif’s account. His heart seemed to be about to stop beating when he saw that he himself uploaded a lot of statuses and game activities that he never played at all. And from the description of the hour, all the uploads were shared about half an hour ago.

‘Oh shit! This game is fucking dope! I’m sure I will win on the fourth try!’

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‘Try again! Try again! This game is very addictive! For you guys who like online gambling games, you must play this!’

‘Fuck! Why do I keep losing?!’

Oscar’s eyes quivered as he watched his cell phone screen showing the reminding notification of his hacked social media homepage before it got its password changed. He even got reports that he had sent messages to his social media friends that he needed money and asked to borrow money. He had heard of this type of scam and now he had become the victim.

“SHIT!! FUCK!!” The man exclaimed while grabbing his own hair tightly with both hands. The veins appeared to be sticking out of his forehead and neck which was already bright red.

***

On the other hand,

Emma who was disguised as Black burst out laughing. She raised her high five to Danis who also gave an expression of joy. The bespectacled guy hit it and they laughed together.

Danis was not a professional at hacking and creating fake websites. But he joined a group of ‘Hackers’ and became a junior there. With an injection of funds from RJC, he was able to pay one of his hacker friends who was abroad to hack social media accounts and empty the Creeper account that was in the name of Oscar Chopper. Danis himself was completely in awe of Black’s brilliant plan.

“Gosh.. Is making money really this easy? But you can’t do this to anyone. Remember that! Got it?” Emma patted Danis’s back who seemed to be younger than her. She could already feel that Danis was acting like a kid who should still be in high school.

Danis nodded understandingly, “I know. Of course, I wouldn’t have the heart to commit a crime like this to innocent people.”

But Emma shook her head casually, “No, no.. It’s not a crime because the Creeper got all the money by hurting other people. We’re just taking what doesn’t belong to them. We’re avenging the victims of that bastard group.” she explained.

Honestly, just a few hours working with Black already made Danis feel comfortable. Even though he looked strange in his costume and mask, Black was a kind, patient and talkative person. Black seemed to understand that Danis was still a schoolboy doing Home Schooling so he was being pretty gentle with the shy guy.

“So, Black. What are you going to do with the money after this? And is this your account? So your real name is Mario Orne?” Danis asked by looking at the account number they used as a transfer destination from Oscar’s account. The account also continued to receive money from members of Oscar’s Creeper group from scamming proceeds via ‘Direct Message’ on his social media.

Emma folded her arms across her chest and shook her head, “This is an account I bought illegally belonging to someone who lives abroad. And for this money, I will use it to cover all the funds in carrying out this scam. Then I would use the rest to run the next plan,” she explained with great planning.

“Wow! You’re very good at managing finances. Are you a businessman?” Danny asked curiously. He really felt admiration for the figure of Black. He also wanted to be a professional hacker and had bright ideas to scam bad people.

“A business, huh? Maybe I’ll give it a try sometime in the future. But for now, I’ll focus on my goals first,” Emma answered as she rose from her seat. “If you see the transactions entered into the account have stopped, you must immediately withdraw the money in it. I’d call you again if I need help. From here, thank you for your help,” she continued and walked towards the door.

“Okay!” Danis replied by giving a respectful gesture.

Emma smiled amusedly as she walked towards a room with a jet black door. In front of the door, she could see two tall, big men standing guard on its left and right. When Emma was about to enter, the two men immediately blocked her by spreading one of their arms in front of the door.

“You can’t just walk in. What do you need?” One of the guards asked.

“I need much. Couldn’t you have asked more politely?” Emma asked with her hands on her hips.

“This is our leader’s room. No one is allowed to enter arbitrarily without permission.” The man replied.

“Tch! I don’t have time for this,” Emma squeaked in annoyance. “Quickly open the door and say Black will come in.” She said, trying to contain her anger.

Finally, one of the guards gave a slight nod before knocking on the door. Then he opened the door a little and poked his head through the door gap, “Pardon me, Boss. Someone named Black wants to come in to see you.”

“Let him in,” Marcel replied quickly.

Finally, Emma was let in. If only she didn’t need to wear a mask which also had to cover her eyes, she would give the two guards a look of victory with a lack of manners.

“Your guards are very rude. You know that?” Emma said as she entered and walked over to Marcel’s desk.

“Was it done? How did it go?” Marcel asked casually.

Emma smiled faintly even though no one could see it, “I’m not that stupid to think that Danis didn’t tell you right away after what we were doing for hours in the room that smells like a boy in puberty.”

Marcel sighed lightly. Of course, he couldn’t lie to Black who was as clever as a snake. He had indeed heard the latest news from Danis who immediately contacted him a second after Black came out of his room.

“So what are you going to do now?” Marcel asked.

“Please withdraw any remaining money in your reserve account number. I would use it to stir up the peace in Chingsu District.” Emma answered, which sounded more like an order.

“I’ll do it after you make sure you won’t use the account again because we have to throw it away after that,” Marcel replied.

Emma nodded, “Of course, I know. We can’t let the Creeper know that RJC is behind all this scam. Otherwise, things would get messed up. Ah.. Have you made sure that the person whose data you used to create the account really can’t be found?” She asked for the umpteenth time. She felt compelled to warn everyone about the dangers of one little thing that was sometimes overlooked because sometimes, a big problem started from something small.

“That guy lives in a small village far away from this city. The Creeper wouldn’t be able to find him and they certainly won’t be willing to waste any more money after losing such a huge sum.” Marcel replied casually.

“Good then. My partner and I will take the next step. Starting tomorrow, I’d like you to order some of your men to mess up Greenvalley Street and do patrol on the streets they often use to bully people. Overwhelm the Greenvalley Creeper, so that they would request for additional members from the Chingsu District Creeper.” Emma explained.

Marcel asked nothing more. He had pretty much trusted Black’s plan which he thought was very clever. He didn’t even mind anymore when Black told him to arrange his men to do exactly what Black wanted.