Six men who were posing as wealthy Hong Kong businessmen to scam mainlanders were arrested by police on Friday. 

Authortities received reports about a gang of men terrorizing the streets of Wuhan in Hebei province. CCTV cameras also caught the faces of the extortionists. 

The members of the gang wore luxurious clothes and carried expensive items such as Rolex watches, fake iPhones, and fake BMW and Mercedes car keys. They also spoke in fluent Cantonese to make their facade more believable. 

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The gang is accused of stealing at least 100,000 yuan from some 30 unsuspecting victims. Local media said that men even taught themselves Cantonese to help their disguises. The scammers all came from Anhui province. 

The men would approach their victims without trouble given the way they're dressed. They would then make up a story that will eventually end to them borrowing a decent amount of money and promising to return it. 
Chen, a 19-year-old university student, told South China Morning Post that a well-dressed young man asked her for directions to the HSBC Investment Bank. The man said that he is a businessman from Hong Kong who needed to transfer money outside the country. 

Chen let the man borrowed her phone where she heard him talking to someone in Cantonese. He invited her for a cup of coffee and asked her for 3,000 yuan to pay his friend's medical bills. He promised to return the money the next day, but the man did not show up. 

Wuhan police found the fraudster and detained his five other accomplices. 

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