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Chinese grandmother loses $450,000 life savings to beauty salon fraud

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A 75-year-old woman in Shanghai has lost her entire retirement savings, amounting to approximately US$450,000, due to a beauty fraud scheme. She spent the money over several years on treatments such as skin tightening, thread lifting, and massages at a Yongqi Beauty and Hairdressing Company branch and an associated medical beauty institution. The daughter discovered the situation and sought help after realizing the salon had charged prices 10 to 20 times higher than market rates, with a single lip tattooing session costing as much as US$6,000. AI

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Chinese grandmother loses $450,000 life savings to beauty salon fraud

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  1. SCMP — Tech TIER_1 English(EN) · Fran Lu ·

    China grandma drains life savings on US$450,000 beauty fraud before daughter discovers it

    A 75-year-old woman from Shanghai spent three million yuan (US$450,000) on beauty treatments in a salon, completely depleting her retirement savings before her daughter uncovered the situation. The elderly woman’s daughter recently sought assistance from a Shanghai television pro…

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