94: Caught on the spot!

It’s no wonder Sun Tiancheng fell for it; Lin Mo’s trick was beyond ingenious—it was absolutely brilliant!

Who would have thought that Lin Mo could do ventriloquism, and even impersonate seven or eight people simultaneously?

Under these circumstances, even if Sun Tiancheng had Nezha possessing him, with three heads and six arms, he would still fall here today.

As for Lin Mo, hearing that the other party had taken the bait, he didn’t waste any more words.

“Hello, sir, the specific rewards for this prize are as follows.”

“One hundred thousand yuan in cash, a Fruit laptop, and a plasma refrigerator, totaling 128,888 yuan in value.”

“If you agree to claim this reward, please provide your address so our staff can arrange delivery. As for the cash, it will be transferred to your bank account.”

Lin Mo’s words were not made up by him.

In fact, Chinas Good Voice really had such an event.

The purpose of this event was to increase viewership. After each episode, ten lucky audience members would be randomly selected.

The first place was the first prize, with a reward of 200,000 yuan in cash and electronic products worth 88,888 yuan.

The second place was the second prize, which was what Lin Mo had just mentioned.

The third place was the third prize, with a reward of 50,000 yuan in cash and electronic products worth 18,888 yuan.

As for the fourth to tenth places, they each received a large red envelope of 8,888 yuan.

However, most of the winners of this event were internal staff, which is why it was rare to see winners showing off in the market; occasionally, a few would win 8,888 yuan.

And as Lin Mo finished these words.

Sun Tiancheng fell silent again.

He didn’t rush to give his address, remaining silent, seemingly deep in thought.

After a while, Sun Tiancheng spoke.

“Customer service, sir.”

“Yes, sir,” Lin Mo replied calmly.

Sun Tiancheng asked with an embarrassed tone, “It’s like this, I often see some fraud cases related to Good Voice, so I’m still a bit scared, but please don’t take it to heart. I’m not questioning your identity, it’s just that it’s always better to be safe. How about this, can you secretly video call me, just for a moment, a few seconds would be fine.”

“Sir, it’s not that I can’t help you, but the production team is currently in setup. If I were to personally share internal videos, I would lose my job. Please understand my situation.”

After saying these words.

Lin Mo, with lightning speed.

Suddenly sent a message to Sun Tiancheng.

“Sir, I am customer service. If you are truly worried, how about this: I’ll send you my friend’s information, and you can claim the prize with that information. Once the money arrives, I’ll give you thirty percent, how about that? If you don’t agree, you can ignore this message.”

After sending this message.

Lin Mo didn’t say another word.

Sun Tiancheng also saw this text message.

After about a minute, Lin Mo continued, “Sir, do you think the arrangement just now is acceptable?”

As these words fell, Sun Tiancheng once again fell into a dilemma.

One option was to absolutely not fall for a scam, and according to thirty percent, he could still get forty thousand yuan.

The other option carried a chance of being scammed, but if the other party was legitimate, he would lose eighty thousand yuan.

Facing this choice, Sun Tiancheng cautiously said, “Can I get sixty percent?”

Clearly, he still chose the former, but he wanted more.

“I’m sorry, rules are rules. If you don’t want it, then I will give this prize qualification to the next lucky audience member,” Lin Mo refused without hesitation.

While refusing, he also sent a message.

“Sir, it’s not that I’m stingy with this thirty percent, but if this matter is to be handled, it must go through my leader’s approval, and my leader will definitely take a cut. My arrangement is: he takes forty percent, I take thirty percent, and you take thirty percent. What do you think?”

Lin Mo’s move was called ‘to let go in order to catch.’ He knew the other party would definitely not agree to thirty percent. In this situation, if he refused, the other party would fall into an even greater dilemma.

And people, once they are in a dilemma, their thinking ability will drop sharply.

At this moment, his mind was definitely weighing the pros and cons; as for the truth of the matter, sorry, he had already stopped thinking about it.

Just as Lin Mo had guessed.

Sun Tiancheng grew anxious again upon hearing this.

As he was getting anxious.

Lin Mo checked the time and pressed on again.

“Sir, time is running out. If you don’t make a decision within one minute, our call will end here.”

Upon hearing this.

Sun Tiancheng, with a hint of desperation, immediately spoke, “Customer service, sir, customer service, sir, how about this, since you can’t record a video, can you pretend to go find Hua Shao and let me listen to the sound again? If there’s no problem, I’ll make a decision right away.”

“This…” Lin Mo seemed very troubled.

“Just do me a favor, after all, I’ve been scammed too many times,” Sun Tiancheng looked pitiful.

“Alright!” Lin Mo sighed helplessly and agreed.

While agreeing, he sent another text message.

“How about this, you take forty percent.”

This text message was intended to further stimulate Sun Tiancheng, making him believe in his identity even more.

Apparently, Sun Tiancheng fell for it.

He directly ignored the text message, waiting for the voice on the other end of the phone.

Lin Mo also couldn’t help but sigh, and with reluctant steps, he “walked” over to “Hua Shao.”

“Hua Shao, I want to ask, who is in charge of the prize claiming process?”

“Hua Shao”: “For the prize claiming rules, directly ask the leader of the event group.”

To make Sun Tiancheng completely believe him.

Lin Mo also actively added to the drama.

“Also, we are in a meeting. Do not enter the conference room again unless it’s an emergency.”

Lin Mo apologized with trepidation, “I’m sorry, I’m sorry, everyone!!!”

“Ms. Na”: “It’s fine, it’s fine.”

“Jay Chou”: “Don’t get angry with the staff. Let’s talk about tonight’s matter first.”

“Wang Feng”: “You go out first.”

“Harlem”: “Hua Shao, you need to change your temper.”

After several big-name celebrities spoke one after another.

Sun Tiancheng had completely believed Lin Mo, believing that this was truly the Chinas Good Voice production team.

With this trust, he immediately said, “Customer service, sir, I’ll claim the prize, I’ll claim the prize. My address is XXXXXX.”

Regarding Sun Tiancheng’s words, Lin Mo directly said with annoyance, “Sir, you really are troublesome. I almost lost my job.”

“I’m sorry, I’m sorry,” Sun Tiancheng replied apologetically.

“Let me confirm with you again, what is your address?” Lin Mo ignored his apology and continued to speak annoyedly.

“XXXXXX” Sun Tiancheng blurted out his address without thinking.

“Alright, to facilitate contact with the courier, please verify your mobile number. Is it the phone number you are currently using?”

“Yes!”

“Okay, I have completed filling in the information, but I also need to tell you that the total value of your current items is 128,888 yuan. According to the national tax regulations for unexpected winnings, you need to pay 5% tax, which means you need to pay 6444.4 yuan to our production team.”

“Pay... over six thousand???” Upon hearing this number, Sun Tiancheng’s excitement immediately diminished a bit.

Lin Mo then said to himself, “Yes, sir, this is a national regulation, and I cannot change it.”

“Then, can I pay the tax after the money and items arrive?” Sun Tiancheng asked, not giving up.

Lin Mo replied perfunctorily, “Sir, it used to be possible, but in the second season, a winner spent all the money on lavish entertainment immediately after receiving it. After spending it all, he was unable to repay, and ultimately, the production team had to pay on his behalf. Since then, the production team’s regulation is that to claim the reward, tax must be paid first. If not paid, you can forfeit, that’s fine.”

While being perfunctory, he sent another text message.

“Sir, I can help you pay this money, the price remains unchanged, you take forty percent.”

To be honest, if there hadn’t been the voices of Jay Chou, Ms. Na, Wang Feng, and others today, Sun Tiancheng would have hung up the phone the moment he heard about paying tax.

But he had personally heard the live voices of so many top-tier celebrities.

Under these circumstances, he firmly believed from the bottom of his heart that the other party was indeed the Good Voice production team.

Because of this, Sun Tiancheng looked at the text message and hesitated for about a few seconds.

He spoke.

“Customer service, sir, what do you think about this: aren’t you rewarding me with one hundred thousand yuan? You can just deduct seven thousand, that’s fine.”

Right up to the end, Sun Tiancheng still hadn’t given up.

“No, our production team operates on public accounts and issues invoices. If we do as you say, our reward wouldn’t be one hundred thousand, but over ninety thousand, which would constitute false advertising. Also, a final friendly reminder: if you don’t give me a clear answer within one minute, I will hang up the phone and consider you to have forfeited the prize.”

Lin Mo hadn’t expected the other party’s vigilance to be so high.

After all this back and forth, the other party was still struggling.

But fortunately, he had already obtained the other party’s home address. With this address, even if the other party ultimately chose to give up, his task would be completed.

For Lin Mo.

All he wanted was the other party’s address. As for scamming money?

If he succeeded, his popularity would soar.

If he didn’t, it would simply mean the show’s effect would be a bit weaker.

So he no longer cared about the other party’s choice.

As for Sun Tiancheng.

Hearing that there was only one minute left, his face was filled with anxiety, his mind in turmoil.

Time passed by second by second. One minute later, Lin Mo’s cold voice sounded.

“Sir, since you have not answered my question for a long time, our side will—”

Before Lin Mo could finish his sentence.

Sun Tiancheng quickly interrupted, “I agree, I agree!!!!”

As these words were spoken.

A subtle smile appeared at the corner of Lin Mo’s mouth.

With that smile, Lin Mo expressed himself in a very displeased tone: “Alright then, we will send you the program group’s bank account for tax payment shortly; you can make the transfer yourself. A reminder again, the tax amount is 6444.4 yuan. After you pay the tax, we will disburse the prize money to you within twenty-four hours and deliver the prize to your address within forty-eight hours. Do you have any other questions? If not, I will hang up the phone.”

“No more questions.”

This time, Sun Tiancheng answered very decisively.

To be honest, Sun Tiancheng was able to grit his teeth and agree to this entirely because the tax paid was not much.

If Lin Mo had asked for even a little more money, Sun Tiancheng truly would not have agreed.

Why?

Because six thousand yuan was nothing to Sun Tiancheng, not even enough for a trip to the Heaven on Earth.

In his opinion, using six thousand yuan to gain over one hundred thousand was a worthwhile deal.

Just like that.

After explaining everything, Lin Mo hung up the phone.

The first thing he did after hanging up was send a text message to Cai Cai.

"Reel it in!!!"

Cai Cai also replied instantly.

"Don't worry, the moment he reported the address, we already contacted the local criminal police, and they're probably on their way now!"

"Alright!"

Seeing Cai Cai's reply, Lin Mo felt relieved.

And three minutes later.

Suddenly, a message notification sounded on Lin Mo's phone.

"Ding dong, your Construction Bank account ending in XXXX has received: 6444.4 yuan."

As this message appeared.

The live stream's popularity exploded!!!!

"66666"

"He actually succeeded in scamming them???"

"Holy cow, you can even scam scammers, Big Brother, is there anything you can't scam?"

"I'm literally speechless."

"Why are you guys so shocked? This isn't even a scam anymore, this is a death trap. Forget scammers, even the Chinas Good Voice director would have to throw in some money to get out of this."

"I finally understand, it's not that the scamming technique is amazing, it's that Big Brother's ability is too strong."

"I can only give this wave 82 points. Why? Because the rest is 666!"

"You like to use Chinas Good Voice to scam people, right? Fine, today I'll teach you a lesson in what professionalism truly means!"

After witnessing this, the netizens were so amazed they were speechless.

They had imagined countless types of scams, but they never expected Lin Mo to scam this criminal suspect in such a way.

However, while the netizens were shocked, some younger viewers couldn't help but ask.

"I watched the whole process and think the streamer is amazing, but I still want to ask, how did this scammer fall for it? Logically, as a scammer himself, he shouldn't believe such things at all."

"Yeah, I don't get it. If the streamer had scammed me, I would definitely have fallen for it 100%, but why was this scammer so obedient???"

"I don't understand either, please explain!!!"

After these questions appeared, all the viewers didn't answer immediately, but instead frantically @-mentioned Lord Six one by one.

"@Lord Six, the expert, can you answer?"

"We invite Lord Six to explain to us!!"

"Listen to Lord Six, Lord Six definitely understands."

"Our side suggests that Lord Six answer this question!"

With one @-mention after another, Lord Six lived up to expectations and stepped out to answer.

"Ahem!"

"The reason why this criminal suspect fell for it is actually very simple."

"Firstly, the biggest reason for the success of this matter is the streamer's powerful vocal mimicry."

"Under such powerful vocal mimicry, the scam itself seemed somewhat ordinary."

"I can say with certainty that without this vocal mimicry, the streamer's scam would only work on ordinary people. It would be unrealistic to scam professional fraudsters like this."

"Secondly, low cost and high income, this is the most basic yet most crucial point of scamming."

"Think about it, scammers are human too, and scammers also have greed."

"After believing that the streamer was from the Chinas Good Voice production team."

"Only needing six thousand yuan to get one hundred and twenty thousand, who wouldn't be tempted by something like that??"

"Finally, the streamer played the 'cat and mouse' game really well."

"Intentionally indicating that he could find someone to fill in, and then only giving the scammer forty percent, this greatly made the scammer believe it was real."

"Especially at the end, the streamer's tone gave off a very annoyed impression, as if the scheme hadn't worked."

"This clever design was actually slowly, little by little, eroding the scammer's rationality, making his entire thought process dominated by greed."

"And when a person has greed in their mind, their thinking ability drops to a childlike level."

"So, rather than saying the streamer is good at scamming people, it's more like this scammer lost his normal way of thinking."

Lord Six was indeed Lord Six.

In just a few words, he clearly explained the factors behind the success of this matter to the netizens.

After reading this, the netizens immediately expressed that they had learned.

Meanwhile, back to Sun Tiancheng.

After paying the money.

He sat in his room, anxiously waiting.

During this time, he couldn't help but call Lin Mo.

"Mr. Customer Service, did you receive the money?"

"You received it, right? Hahaha, then what about my bonus??"

"Two hours at the fastest? Twenty-four hours at the slowest? Okay, okay, so how long does it usually take?"

"Two hours? Good, good, good, thank you, thank you!!!"

After learning that he could get the money in as little as two hours, Sun Tiancheng couldn't sit still for a moment.

He paced back and forth in his home, like an ant on a hot pan.

And about ten minutes after he finished his call.

Suddenly, a knock on the door woke him from his sweet dream.

"Knock knock knock!"

As a scammer, Sun Tiancheng's vigilance was extremely high; any slight disturbance could make him alert.

Indeed, with the knocking outside, he not only didn't respond but tiptoed to the door and looked out through the peephole.

Through the peephole, he saw a person wearing blue clothes, similar to a repair worker, outside the door.

Seeing this, Sun Tiancheng remained silent.

But the man in blue outside shouted loudly.

"Is anyone home?"

"I'm here to fix the water pipes. The downstairs pipes are broken, and we need to check if your pipes are broken!"

Hearing this.

Sun Tiancheng frowned, contemplating something.

And the man in blue outside, seeing no response from inside, immediately picked up his phone and made a call.

"Hello, nobody's home at your place either. Are you sure it's rented out?"

"Maybe they went out?"

"Then what should we do? Why don't you come and open the door?"

"You're out of town? Call a locksmith? That won't do. If none of you are here, whose fault will it be if something goes missing?"

"Forget it, I'll call the police. Let the police watch the locksmith open the door, so I don't get blamed if anything goes missing."

"Okay, then I'll call the police over. That's it."

The man in blue finished speaking and hung up the phone, then lowered his head to dial 110.

Sun Tiancheng, hiding behind the door, saw that the other party was about to call the police and quickly spoke up in a fright.

"Who is it? Who's knocking?"

"Oh? Someone's there? Why didn't you say anything for so long?" The man in blue immediately muttered when he heard someone, then replied loudly, "Hello, I'm here to fix the water pipes. Someone complained that the pipes on this floor burst, and I need to check if your pipes are broken?"

"Oh, okay, I'll put on some clothes and open the door for you!" Sun Tiancheng pretended to have just woken up.

After waiting for a minute, he deliberately feigned a just-woken-up appearance and slowly opened the door.

However, the moment he opened the door.

The man in blue immediately kicked the door open, and before Sun Tiancheng could say anything, seven or eight police officers rushed in from behind.

After the police appeared, they immediately pinned him to the ground without a word.

"Who... who are you?"

"What do you want to do???"

At this moment, Sun Tiancheng still didn't know what was happening, and he asked nervously while being held down on the ground.

"We are from the Municipal Criminal Police Detachment. Sun Tiancheng, you are officially arrested on suspicion of fraud!" The deputy captain leading the team behind him immediately replied coldly when he heard Sun Tiancheng's words.

"No... no... did you arrest the wrong person???" Sun Tiancheng still wanted to argue before his 'death'.

But as soon as he finished speaking, the police officer who had rushed into the room to collect evidence immediately came out.

"Reporting, Captain, we found three mobile phones, a dozen phone cards, forty-seven bank cards, and a large number of fraud script notebooks in the criminal suspect's room."

When this was said, Sun Tiancheng's face turned ashen.

He opened his mouth, wanting to say many things, but at this moment, he couldn't utter a single word.

He occasionally swallowed saliva, wanting to relieve the pressure, but the more he swallowed, the more nervous he became.

"Take him away!!!!"

The deputy captain didn't waste time, and with a command, he escorted Sun Tiancheng out of the room.

When they reached downstairs in the community, looking at the dazzling sunlight, Sun Tiancheng's face was full of panic.

However, amidst the panic, there was still a hint of confusion.

He couldn't understand how he was caught.

He had just moved here not long ago.

He had never told anyone about his residence.

Even the ID card he used to rent the apartment was fake.

Under these circumstances, how did these police officers find him???

He was puzzled, extremely puzzled.

With this thought, after getting into the car, he couldn't hold back and bravely asked.

"Officers, I admit defeat today, but even if I die, I want to die knowing why. I hid myself so well, how exactly did you find me?"

After he asked, no one in the car answered him.

Seeing that no one was answering him.

Sun Tiancheng, with a 'nothing to lose' attitude, continued to speak.

"Officer, if you let me die knowing why, once we get to the police station, I won't waste anyone's time and will confess as I should, but if you don't tell me, then I won't say anything either!!!"

Sun Tiancheng knew very well that he was completely finished.

With just the mobile phones and bank cards on the table, he had no way out.

Therefore, since he was going to die anyway, he might as well die with some understanding.

And his words had some effect.

The officers present naturally hoped that he would cooperate with the police and clearly state all his crimes, so the deputy captain quickly spoke to him.

"Don't say you won't cooperate. If you don't cooperate inside, we will definitely use the 'Great Memory Restoration Technique' to make you confess everything clearly."

"However, since you want to die knowing why, I will grant your wish."

"I'll give you a hint."

"One hundred twenty-eight thousand!"

When the deputy captain finished speaking.

Sun Tiancheng immediately said anxiously, "This one hundred twenty-eight thousand was from my prize winnings, it's not ill-gotten gains."

He subconsciously thought that it was because one hundred thousand yuan had arrived in his bank account, and the police had found him through this unexplained income.

However, as soon as he finished speaking, he suddenly froze.

"How did you know about the 128,888 yuan?"