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Telephone scams | Scammers claim to be "Mainland law enforcement officers", women in their seventies lose 20 million yuan

2021-05-05T20:48:50.742Z


The police received a report from a 70-year-old local woman on April 16 that she had received a call from a stranger earlier. The other party claimed to be a mainland law enforcement officer and that the informant was involved in a criminal case and asked the informant to surrender the bank account.


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Written by: Ling Yide

2021-05-05 14:06

Last update date: 2021-05-05 14:06

The police received a report from a 70-year-old local woman on April 16 that she had received a call from a stranger earlier. The other party claimed to be a mainland law enforcement officer and that the informant was involved in a criminal case and demanded that the informant surrender his bank account. Information to assist in the investigation.

The informant handed over the relevant information as instructed, and later discovered that approximately HK$20 million in his account had been transferred to multiple local accounts. Suspected of being deceived, he reported the case.

The seventh team of the Yau Tsim Police District Criminal Investigation Team took over the investigation. The case was classified as obtaining property by deception. No one has been arrested yet.

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