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Written by: Kong Fanxu
2020-12-25 00:01
Last update date: 2020-12-25 00:17
In recent years, there has been an upward trend in science and technology crimes in Hong Kong. The police recorded more than 10,000 cases in the first ten months of this year, nearly double that of the same period last year, and the loss was close to $2.5 billion.
Among them, the naked chat and sole case increased significantly, by 3.9 times, and 757 cases were recorded. The amount of losses also increased sharply by 5 times to 5.6 million yuan. The victims also tended to be younger, 70 adults aged between 10 and 29, with 310 people. student.
The police also discovered that naked chat scammers recently adopted a new modus operandi to persuade victims to download malicious software that pretends to be a dating app, extract mobile phone data and secretly record the naked chat process, thereby extorting them. The youngest victim is only 11 years old.
During the epidemic, many students have also fallen into vulgarity cases. Once a female student was invited to go out after meeting a stranger on the Internet, and was subjected to violence in a back alley near her home.
More than 10,000 technology crimes doubled year-on-year and lost 2.5 billion
The Police Cyber Security and Technology Crime Bureau recorded 10,602 technology crimes from January to October this year, an increase of 96% from the 5,407 cases in the same period last year, and a loss of approximately RMB 2.497 billion.
In the first 10 months of this year, there were 757 cases of nude chat extortion and a loss of 5.6 million yuan. More than 95% of the victims were men, aged between 11 and 65. Among them, there were 545 people in the 10-29 year old group, accounting for 70% of the total. The rapid increase has quadrupled, and 310 of the victims are students. The police estimate that it is related to the suspension of school due to the epidemic and the long-term online use of students at home.
In the first ten months of this year, more than 10,000 technology crimes were recorded in Hong Kong, with losses close to 2.5 billion yuan, many of which came from social media crimes.
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Scammers lobby to download malware, 56-year-old IT man was filmed for blackmail
Chief Inspector of the Cyber Security and Technology Crime Investigation Division (Cyber Security Section) Ye Zhuoyu said that the police have noticed a new method. After the scammer knows the victim online, he will lobby to download malicious software that pretends to be a trading partner's platform. The malware can be read. With the victim’s GPS location, address book, and recorded video, scammers can spread the naked chat video to the victim’s relatives and friends to threaten to blackmail it.
The youngest victim this year was an 11-year-old boy who was photographed for nudity. He was instructed by a scammer to spend 2,500 yuan on a point card; the biggest loss case was a 56-year-old IT man who was photographed naked. After the film, he was frightened and paid about 350,000 yuan.
Female student being dragged to a back alley and raped when encountering a sex monster on a social platform
Ye Zhuoyu continued that during the epidemic, the police received a number of weathering cases. A Form 4 girl met a man on a social platform earlier this month. During a date, the man asked for sex but was refused by the girl. The man stayed near the woman’s residence. The police committed violence in the lane and the police subsequently arrested a 19-year-old man on suspicion of rape.
Another Form 5 girl met a man on a dating app in July this year and was invited to watch a movie in a hotel in Mong Kok. The man raped the woman during the period. The police arrested a 30-year-old man afterwards.
Feng Haojian, a police clinical psychologist, has been exposed to many cases of naked chat victims and found that young people make friends online, and some are more accustomed to naked chat. The victims often have the mentality of "I am stupid and will be erroneously deceived." The protégé will change new methods from time to time to make the victim put his guard down. When he finds out that he has been scammed, he will refuse to ask for help because of shame. In the end, he would rather pay and continue to be asked for money.
Li Shaocui, director of the Youth Illegal Prevention Center of the Youth Association, also stated that during the suspension period, both male and female elementary school students were asked to send nude photos by strangers while playing online games. Some middle school students were extorted from 8,000 to 100,000 yuan. Counseling young people in education and crisis intervention.
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