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Written by: Peng Zhuowei
2021-05-28 17:22
Last update date: 2021-05-28 17:23
Members of the DAB Legislative Council Ge Peifan, Chen Hengpin and Liu Guoxun said today (28th) that they received suspicious PayMe verification code SMS messages on Sunday evening and Monday, and they have immediately lodged a complaint with the HKMA and will report the case to the police. We hope that the public Be cautious about related scams.
Ge Peifan urged that if citizens receive similar suspicious text messages, they should not give the verification code to anyone, so as not to give thieves a chance.
She hopes that the bank will pay attention to the incident, consider it an organized behavior, and begin criminalizing legislation as soon as possible.
Members of the DAB Legislative Council Ge Peifan, Chen Hengpin and Liu Guoxun said today (28th) that they received suspicious PayMe verification code SMS messages on Sunday evening and Monday, and they have immediately lodged a complaint with the HKMA and will report the case to the police. We hope that the public Be cautious about related scams.
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Suspected stolen phone number to apply for PayMe
Ge Peifan said that she received the SMS from PayMe from HSBC at about 11 pm on Sunday, but she did not have a PayMe account. She immediately called HSBC to follow up. The other party could not confirm whether the SMS was sent by the bank and could not contact the relevant staff the next day. , But did not receive a reply from the staff until this morning, confirming that the SMS was sent by PayMe, that is, someone had stolen her phone number to apply for PayMe. The bank staff apologized to her.
Chen Hengbin said that he received a PayMe SMS on Monday, and a staff member who claimed to be PayMe called him and told him that there was a change in his account, but he did not have a PayMe account, and the other party could not check the staff information with him. Thread.
Today he received another call and was able to tell his ID number. The other party also failed to verify the correct bank account number.
Chen Hengpin urged members of the public not to provide verification codes to anyone if they receive similar suspicious text messages, and urged the police to follow up the incident.
Liu Guoxun said that he also received the verification code SMS from PayMe at about 11 o'clock on Sunday evening, but he did not have a PayMe account. He was surprised about this. He was worried that citizens would fall into the trap by mistake and would lose money.
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