Chapter 505 It's a Scam

Chapter 505 It's a Scam

"Telecom fraud?" Mrs. Anno's face changed. She looked unconvinced. "How is this possible?"

Youye smiled and didn't take it too seriously. After all, people who have been cheated won't believe they have been cheated until they face the truth. So he asked, "Then let me ask you, what did your son say on the phone?"

"Eh..." Mrs. Anno's face changed slightly, and sweat was visibly dripping from her forehead. She hesitated for a while, perhaps because she thought that since the daughter of the famous detective Mouri Kogoro was here, these people should not be bad people, so she finally told the story.

"In fact, my son said that his partner ran away with the money. That was the capital used to develop a new business. If the money is not transferred within today, the entire company will go bankrupt.

I said I would talk to the child's father to see if there was any solution, but he said it would be too late! That's why I rushed to the bank to transfer the money."

Youya nodded slightly and asked, "When he asked you to remit the money, did he tell you how to tell the bank staff? After all, it should be a considerable amount, right?"

Mrs. Anno nodded. "Of course. He said it was emergency funds for the new business."

Hondou Eisuke asked curiously, "What kind of business is it?"

Suzuki Sonoko hummed for a moment and tentatively guessed, "Maybe it's Rena Mizunashi's merchandise store?"

Mao Lilan also agreed: "After all, she is very popular!"

Suzuki Sonoko nodded repeatedly: "That's right, and online shopping has become popular recently, maybe it's an online store?"

"No." Youya felt a little helpless about these inexperienced companions, "But it's not wrong that this characteristic is popular."

Mao Lilan was stunned: "What do you mean?"

Youye smiled and said, "Didn't I just say it? Telecom fraud."

"Fraud?" Hondou Eisuke reacted quickly, "Kamiya-san meant Mrs. Anno's son... No, the person who called was not her son at all?"

Yuya nodded. Although Hondou Eisuke was a little unlucky, his IQ was still good. Most of the time he didn't need too many reminders and he could deduce the answer by himself.

"Huh? No way?" Mrs. Anno showed a frightened expression.

Yuya asked, "Madam, do you know what your son is busy with recently?"

Mrs. Anno was stunned: "I'm not sure about this. He doesn't talk much about work with us..."

You also said directly: "Since your son is busy with his new business, how can he have the time to travel? Although he canceled it because of the cold."

Mrs. Anno showed a hesitant expression: "This...what you said seems to make some sense, but what if it is true?"

Yuya continued, "Also, he said his phone broke yesterday so he changed it? But at the start of a new business, wouldn't it cause a lot of trouble to his cooperating clients and colleagues? And business cards have to be reprinted, so even if the phone is broken and needs to be replaced, he must use the original number, right?"

Mrs. Anno is not really stupid after all. After Yuya mentioned two suspicious points in succession, she immediately began to doubt.

But as mothers often do, she was still a little worried: "But if something like this really happened, and I didn't send him money and the company went bankrupt..."

Youye smiled faintly: "Don't worry about this matter. I have friends in the bank who can help transfer the money even after get off work. Of course, we have to wait until we figure out the matter..."

"This..." Mrs. Anno was a little hesitant. Could she trust the words of such a young boy?

Seeing that Mrs. Anno still didn't believe it, Miyano Shiho couldn't help but stand up and said, "Madam, this is the famous high school detective Kamiya Yuya. Since you live in Tokyo, you should have heard of his name, right?"

Youya felt his face getting hot. He normally wouldn't do this when introducing himself, but when his girlfriend said this to him, he felt ashamed and secretly happy at the same time.

——He couldn't help but straighten his chest.

Conan on the side was a little depressed - he really wanted to change back as soon as possible, otherwise when he was with Yuya, he would always be just a background board...

"Kamiya Yuya?" Mrs. Anno widened her eyes in surprise. "Of course I've heard of you. I thought you looked familiar just now. I didn't expect you to be the famous high school detective?"

Since a famous detective had come forward, Mrs. Anno did not hesitate and asked, "Then Detective Kamiya, what should I do next?"

Youye said, "It's very simple. You just need to call your son's original phone and you will know whether it is a scam or not."

When Mrs. Anno heard this, she thought it made sense and quickly ran back to her room to find a phone, and everyone else followed her.

Mrs. Anno found a landline and called her son, but there was only a cold voice prompt saying that the call could not be connected.

Mrs. Anno immediately panicked: "Is it true that his phone is broken? Then..."

Youye quickly tried to comfort her. It was taboo to be anxious at a time like this: "Don't worry, ma'am. Where was your son's original travel destination?"

Mrs. Anno quickly said, "It's Sado Island in Niigata. We were originally scheduled to return at 7 o'clock tonight."

Youye glanced at the time and said, "That's fine. According to the plan, your son should be on the ship now. It's normal to have no signal at sea."

"Is that so?" Mrs. Anno breathed a sigh of relief.

Youye thought for a moment and said, "Since we can't contact your son for the time being, why don't we go directly to his house. Of course, just in case, Madam can bring the bank card with the money. If it is really your son, we can just give the bank card to him directly."

Mrs. Anno thought it made sense and nodded repeatedly.

Everyone drove to the apartment where Anno lived, which was a very ordinary apartment building.

Before going upstairs, Yuya gave Mrs. Anno some instructions, asking her to do this and that, and Mrs. Anno nodded and did as he asked.

In the room, the landline phone suddenly rang.

The man holding a Shiba Inu and waiting anxiously answered the phone immediately: "Hello, Mom, has the money been transferred? What, there are guests at home and I can't go out? But what about the money and the company?"

Outside the door, Mrs. Anno followed Yuya's instructions and said calmly, "Mom saved some private money just in case, about 200 million yen. I've asked the courier to send it over quickly, and it should be here by now. This money should be enough, right?"

"Oh, I see." The man breathed a sigh of relief. Although he didn't get the expected amount, 200 million was not bad. So he smiled and said, "Sorry, Mom, I was too loud just now. I should be able to make ends meet with 200 million. I'll go check if the stuff has arrived."

The man hung up the phone, opened the door while holding the Shiba Inu, but was surprised to see several people standing outside the door.