BEIJING, Dec. 24 -- Malaysian and Chinese police have successfully detained 57 suspects of a telecommunication fraud gang that targeted at Chinese users after week-long joint operation, according to local media reports.

The Malaysia-based fraud gang cheated the people out of their money by pretending to be bank staff, police officers or court officials.

Victims were told to have been involved in cases such as their credit cards running into debt, their bank accounts being suspected to connect with money laundering or criminal cases.

Then, they were asked to cooperate with the “investigations”by transferring their money to a special account -- a way by which the suspects attained their criminal goal.