A domestic helper reportedly saved her elderly employer from becoming a victim of a scam and losing HK$150,000 (P906,709).
The employer, surnamed Chiu, 77, received a call from an apparent kidnapper saying he had abducted her grandson and demanded the money in exchange for the young man’s release.
If she did not pay up, the caller threatened, he would hurt the young man, Apple Daily reported. The woman, fearing the fate of her grandson, promptly prepared the money and planned to take the bag of cash to pay the ransom money at the agreed location in Kowloon City’s Junction Road.
At around 1pm, the meeting took place. But as the scammer appeared to take the ransom money, the maid, who has followed the footsteps of her employer, rushed to confront the man and yelled at him, forcing the swindler to run away.
Chiu later realized that it was a scam when called up her grandson and relieved that he was safe and sound.
The man was described to be wearing sunglasses, a black shirt and blue jeans and sports a short, brown hair, the two women reported to police.