[Wuhan Pneumonia] Online mask scams surge, police in Tsuen Wan district send leaflets to remind people to be careful

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Written by: Ling Yide

2020-02-24 19:56

The new coronavirus (Wuhan pneumonia) epidemic situation is severe. The supply of masks in this port is tight. The criminals took the opportunity to cheat. They claimed that masks were sold on the online shopping platform to cheat the victims' money. Among them, the number of online mask scams in Tsuen Wan District increased sharply. To combat related crimes, the Police District Residents Group in Tsuen Wan this morning (24th), together with members of the New Territories South Crime Prevention Office and members of the Police Police, distributed leaflets in the district to convey the message of crime prevention to the public.

To combat the online mask scams, the Tsuen Wan Police District has strengthened intelligence collection, network patrols and strict law enforcement in addition to the aforementioned publicity and education work. In early February, criminal investigation officers in the Tsuen Wan Police District arrested a woman for using a bank account to receive fraud money. In addition, Tsuen Wan Police District officers found that some bank accounts involved criminal groups that had been deceived by hundreds of people, and had passed relevant information to other police district criminal investigation teams for a comprehensive investigation.

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