According to China Press, a student who lost money in a phone scam pretended to be kidnapped in order to defraud his parents of their retirement funds.
In a video that his parents saw, he could be seen sobbing and someone else—possibly the kidnapper—threatening to cut off their 21-year-old son’s fingers if the ransom was not paid.
However, because they were unable to pay the ransom, the parents in Negri Sembilan made the decision to file a police report.Police thought the video might be a fake after seeing it.
The young person was found by them at a hotel close to the university where he was enrolled in classes.In the end, he admitted to the authorities that he had staged his own kidnapping.