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Written by: Ling Yide
2021-01-13 20:56
The last update date: 2021-01-13 22:59
Electric scams by impersonating mainland officials are not uncommon, and some citizens fall into scams and receive huge sums of money.
The police received a report from a man at Seaview Garden in Taikoo Shing this (13th) afternoon. The victim was a 22-year-old man. He had received a call from the Shanghai Public Security Bureau, asking him to download two phone apps, Enter personal information such as your local bank account number inside to verify its identity.
It is understood that the scammer claimed to intercept a SF Express mail containing multiple credit cards of the victim and asked the victim to download two applications called "JUST A TALK" and "Security Defense".
The victim downloaded the relevant program and entered personal information as instructed. Later, he discovered that multiple funds in his account had been transferred to several local bank accounts, amounting to approximately HK$1.3 million.
The victim later suspected of being deceived and called the police.
After preliminary investigation by the police, the case was temporarily listed as obtaining property by deception, and it was handed over to the third team of the Eastern District Criminal Investigation Team for follow-up. No one has been arrested yet.
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