The 3 Chinese students targeted in ransom scam found safe.

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Meeshika Sharma
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Toronto police say all three missing Chinese students studying in Toronto have been found safe.They were believed to have been victims of an international kidnapping scam

Ke “Jaden” Xu, 16, was located by Toronto police around 9 a.m. on Monday. Yue Liu, 17, was located in Kirkland, Que. around 11:30 p.m. Sunday night. The third student, 20-year-old Juanwen Zhang, was found after making contact with police on Saturday.

Policehave warned of a scam involving attempts to convince families in China that their loved ones have been kidnapped, demanding a ransom.

Police say the scammers instructed the Chinese nationals in Canada to go into hiding or warned them their families in China would be hurt.

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Police said the students were told not to use social media or their cellphones. They said Liu disobeyed that order and discovered a flood of messages about the scam.

An investigation into who contacted the students is going on.

 

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