The fraud "industry" has circulated a "list of fat sheep", the businessmen transfer the information of the people who have been cheated to their peers, and continue to exploit and defraud! The actual victim on the "fat sheep list" was found. He is a householder, and after he was defrauded by the "King of Beef Camphor Cheese", five unfamiliar Ling Liang Pagoda businessmen suddenly called him, making up stories to lure him to buy 20 pagodas, and asking him to pay money under different pretexts, and he was defrauded of another 3.06 million dollars.
According to statistics from the Ministry of the Interior, the cremation rate in Taiwan has reached 96%, which shows that modern funeral customs are changing. The Pagoda of Souls is a place where the deceased can rest in peace and rest in peace, and relatives on the sun can pay homage to the Pagoda of Souls to express their feelings of remembrance for their loved ones who have passed away. However, there are a lot of taboos and folk rituals for the Pagoda of Souls, and most of the people include them in their references in order to avoid disrespecting the gods and the deceased. We all hope that our loved ones can have a place to rest in peace after their departure, so it is important to choose a good memorial tower.
Some unscrupulous people use pagodas as a fraudulent tool, lying that buying a pagoda can be an investment, and as long as it is accompanied by urns, life deeds and other merchandise, they will be able to resell it for you and make a lot of money. In fact, after you remit the money, they will say that the buyer has no more needs and then disappear. There have been numerous cases of "tower fraud" and many victims have even lost their pensions. To avoid falling into the trap of fraud, let's learn more about common Tower of Bones scams.
1. It is claimed that investment in the Tower of Bones is highly profitable and it is very easy to resell it to make a profit from the difference in price.
(2) Before the successful resale of Tower A, he advocated the purchase of Tower B, which was said to be more profitable.
3. Fake buyers who pretend to buy the victim's pagoda, but actually sell other pagodas.
4. There is no ownership of the Ling Liang Towers at all, yet they are short selling.
Tower fraud syndicates love to pretend to be "agents" and use the tactic of "buying a tower as an investment/selling a tower to make a profit from the price difference" to deceive people. If you want to avoid tower scams, please pay attention to the following 3 points when negotiating the purchase of a tower:
1、Confirm whether the other party has the qualified registration: Use the "Legal Business Checking Function" of the Ministry of the Interior's National Funeral Portal or the websites of the Civil Affairs Bureaus of other counties and municipalities to see whether the other party is a funeral director who has passed the governmental filing for decent operation or whether it is possible to legally sell pre-birth contracts.
(The Department of the Interior's National Funeral Information Portal can be found at the following address: https: //reurl.cc/NA3Ve6.)
2, to confirm that the collection process is reasonable: under normal circumstances of the sale and purchase of the tower, usually the transaction must be brought survey, contract description, contract signing and other processes are completely over before entering the collection process, if the other party requires you to pay part of the fee (such as: security deposit, share of tax, plus purchase of other funeral merchandise, etc.), we must be more vigilant.
3. Confirm the legitimacy of the contract content and property rights: When signing the contract, you can pay more attention to the purchase of the tower contract, whether it is in line with the contents set out in the government contract for the finalization of the tower, and you can ask the other party to provide the "funeral facilities business license, the agency to approve the letter of activation, the construction license," confirming the legitimacy of the transaction, and you can also call the 165 anti-fraud hotline if necessary.
Apart from choosing qualified funeral directors registered with the Government, the Government provides free assistance to people who are unable to afford funeral and burial services due to financial difficulties.
Generally speaking, there are three types of columbaria, namely, public columbaria, private columbaria and religious temple management columbaria. The fees for public columbaria have been standardized through the Funeral and Cremation Ordinance, and members of the public can apply for columbarium spaces in different districts within their jurisdiction. Compared with privately-run towers, the price of an individual space in a public columbarium ranges from $15,000,000 to $50,000, depending on the age of the tower, and is relatively much cheaper. The public can search for the current status of public columbariums by searching for county and city funeral directors or by going to the Ministry of the Interior's National Funeral Information Portal website: https: //reurl.cc/NA3Ve6.
1、Service hours: 08:00 to 12:00 and 13:00 to 17:00 every day (excluding public holidays), on a drop-in basis, taking about 5-10 minutes.
2. Place of acceptance: All public spirit bone (hall) tower.
(1) Application should be made for the use of the Ling Bone (Tong) Pagoda, and the use of the pagoda will be allowed only after permission has been granted and a certificate of use has been issued.
(2) When the public wants to use the pagoda, they should submit a certificate of excavation (relocation) of the site.
(3) Citizens from other counties who wish to use the city's Lingbodang Pagoda should have a certificate of excavation (relocation) issued by the competent authority of the county or city in question, which allows them to move in.
(4) If you wish to move out from the Ling Bone Pagoda, you should apply to the Office for the recovery of the Ling Bone before you move out.
(1) Applicant's identity card and seal.
(2) Death certificate, certificate of removal or certificate of exhumation and relocation and other relevant certificates.
(3) Certificate of cremation (required for those who have just passed away).
(4) Transcript of the excluded household or transcript of the current household (please apply at the household office first).
(5) Documents proving the relationship between the applicant and the deceased (e.g. original account book, household register transcript, etc.).
(6) Others (e.g. Power of Attorney).
Free use of public funeral facilities for low-income households
The third reading in 2017 passed the addition of one of the provisions of Article 21 of the Funeral Management Ordinance, which provides low-income households with free access to public funeral facilities in local governments across the country.
Low-income households will be able to use funeral facilities such as crematoriums, urns and bone towers "free of charge", so that they will no longer have the regret of not being able to afford to take care of their after-death affairs. This will enable the deceased to live a fulfilling and carefree life, and demonstrate the government's spirit of caring for the underprivileged and respecting life. For more information about the application and details, please contact the following organizations:
1. Contact information of the Funeral Management Division of the Home Affairs Department:
Tel: (02) 23565072~76, (02) 23566135~36, (02) 23565253, (02) 23565291, (02) 23566162.
Fax: (02) 2397-6955.
Office: 8F, No. 5, Xuzhou Road, Zhongzheng District, Taipei City 100, Taiwan (R.O.C.)
email: moi1062@moi.gov.tw
2、Taiwan funeral business contact information:
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If you have any questions about the above information, please contact the above organizations. Or leave a message with us at Sunyu Academy and we will try our best to answer your questions.
Source:
Taipei District Attorney's Office, Taiwan
Civil Affairs Department, Ministry of the Interior
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Zhongshi News Network
