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WORLDLOW1h ago · Sep 14, 2026, 1:23 AM

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

South China Morning Post · east asia

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 programme after discovering that her mother had exhausted all her savings on beauty services. The woman, surnamed Yu, had spent her savings at a branch of Yongqi Beauty and Hairdressing Company, as well as a medical beauty...

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