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Author: Kong Fanxu
2020-07-08 00:01
Date of last update: 2020-07-08 00:01The phone fraud in Hong Kong is reappearing. The police are concerned that there are scammers who intend to use the government to distribute 10,000 yuan to defraud. Earlier, it was reported that the public received a "+852" call posing as a bank. A man who speaks Putonghua pretended to be a bank clerk. He claimed that the application was in error and required the other party to hand over the ID number and bank information, but fortunately no one has lost money for the time being. Banking representatives reminded that bank staff will never ask for personal information from customers, and members of the public should check with banks and regulators if they are in doubt.
Police also allege that 532 scams were recorded in the first five months of this year, which is about 1.6 times higher than the same period last year, and the amount of losses was as high as 185 million yuan, a three-fold increase. The police accused the scammers of putting on uniforms and displaying fake documents during video calls to press the victims. They were even more urged to report with communication software regularly; some victims turned into scammers after being deceived, pretending to be "special agents" on the mainland for home visits , Attempting to deceive the elders' life savings.
Hong Kong's telephone scams are raging again. The police are concerned that scammers intend to use the government to distribute a $10,000 plan to defraud, reminding the public to be alert. (Photo by Gao Zhongming)
The scammers falsely claimed that the registration information was wrong and would eventually be answered by Putonghua
The government's 10,000 yuan cash distribution plan will accept applications from the 21st of last month and start distributing money on the 6th of this month. Yan Kaixin, acting chief inspector of the Anti-Fraud Coordination Center of the Commercial Crime Investigation Branch, said that the police had received many inquiries so far that they received fraudulent phone calls with "+852" pretending to be a bank, and a recording would be broadcast in the microphone claiming that the public's application was repeated The registration or information is incorrect, and then ask the button to select a different language to contact the customer service staff, but in the end will only be answered by Putonghua. Fake staff will ask the public for the full name, ID number, deposit number, bank card number and credit card information.
Yan reminded that "+852" must be an overseas call. The scammers will use the program to impersonate a local phone number. The public should pay attention. Cen Haozhang, head of the Wanchai branch of Chiyu Bank, also emphasized that bank staff will report full names and staff numbers by telephone and will never request all personal information from customers. Members of the public may also enquire with banks, the HKMA or the Hong Kong Association of Banks if they are in doubt.
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The police also pointed out that 532 scams were recorded in the first five months of this year, an increase of about 1.6 times compared with the 207 cases in the same period last year, and the amount of losses has tripled, from 45.59 million yuan to 185 million yuan, of which 170 million yuan was deceived by fake officials. Case. The police accused the scammers of falsely claiming that the victim was investigated for criminal offences in the Mainland, and then connected to a fake Mainland law enforcement official. During this period, they will conduct video communications with the victim. The scammers will also wear uniforms and claim to be a provincial official, and The display of the document was misleading and threatened to freeze the property. Afterwards, the counterfeit prosecutor would instruct the victim to open a bank account to deposit money, and hand over the online financial password for the law enforcement unit to investigate, and eventually remit the victim's hard-earned money.
The police continued to point out that there were cases where the victim was hypnotized by the scammers as a "special agent" in the Mainland after losing the money. In April this year, a 71-year-old woman borrowed a word from an 80-year-old mother-in-law to engage in money laundering activities in the Mainland, pretending to be a mainland police After a home visit, she took her mother-in-law to the bank to open an online account. The woman then accused the bank employee of being her mother-in-law's "cousin". Fortunately, the staff alertly called the mother-in-law's son for verification, so she saw the scam. The police arrested the woman on June 12, and the investigation revealed that she was involved in seven cases of phone fraud involving counterfeit officials. It does not preclude that the arrested person may be misled by a fraudulent official fraud.
Acting Chief Inspector Cui Tingrui (left) of the East Kowloon Regional Crime Unit and Acting Chief Inspector Feng Jiaheng (right) of the East Kowloon Regional Crime Prevention Office. (Photo by Gao Zhongming)
Forced to open an online banking account to hand over the password
Cui Tingrui, acting chief inspector of the East Kowloon Regional Crime Unit, said that the tricks of the fraudsters have changed. In the past, the victims will be required to send money to the designated bank account, but now they will be instructed to open the online wealth management account and hand over the password, which can be transferred faster. Take the victim's money; the scammers also bury their hands to the elders, and continue to call fixed-line telephones. After that, the elders will be forced to report to the elders using mobile phone communication software, otherwise they will harm their loved ones. There are 255 61-year-old or The above-mentioned elders were cheated, and the loss amount was about 100 million yuan. The average person was cheated of 380,000 yuan, equivalent to 22 years of fruit grant. The largest amount was an 84-year-old mother-in-law who was defrauded 21 million yuan.
The implementation of the National Security Act of the Minato District at the beginning of the month has caused the outside world to worry about the case of citizens falling into counterfeit officials. Yan Kaixin also reminded the public that in the event of a fraud, the police will report to the police as soon as possible to recover the lost money. People who are suspected of being cheated can call the 24-hour hotline of the Anti-Fraud Coordination Center at 18222.
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