Burst
Written by: Chen Aoqi
2021-06-11 00:05
Last update date: 2021-06-11 00:05
Recently, many citizens received "phishing" text messages from the fake Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation on their mobile phones. The text messages tricked citizens into clicking on the link to the fake bank website and entering their account information and password. The scammers would then be victimized. Withdrawal from the account of each person.
Today (10th) a 60-year-old man suffered a loss of 2.75 million in a fraud case and he called the police for help.
According to the police, a total of 49 fraud cases involving electronic payment platforms and counterfeit bank websites were received in the past month, of which 19 cases were counterfeit bank websites, involving a monetary loss of more than HK$4.3 million.
HSBC reminds the public to receive similar fake mobile phone SMS, do not click on the confession and provide any personal information.
HSBC reported the incident to the Hong Kong Monetary Authority yesterday (9th) and reminded the public to be careful not to counterfeit our mobile phone SMS and website.
HSBC clarified that the bank has nothing to do with fake SMS and websites.
If the public receives similar fake mobile phone SMS, please do not click any links to click, and should not provide any personal information to suspicious websites.
The following is a screenshot of the fake website link:
Screenshot of fake website link (provided by HSBC)
HSBC also reiterated that the bank’s Hong Kong website is http://www.hsbc.com.hk.
If citizens want to use banking services, they should enter the correct URL in the address field on the browser.
HSBC is working with relevant parties to shut down fake websites.
If customers are in doubt, please call HSBC's personal customer service hotline 2233 3000, or you can call the police directly.
The HKMA stated that if anyone has provided their personal information to the website or conducted any transactions through the website, they should use the contact information in the press release to contact the relevant bank and the Hong Kong Police Force Cyber Security and Technology Crime Investigation Section 2860 5012.
Police received multiple fraud cases involving counterfeit bank websites, urged citizens not to provide passwords
According to the police, from May this year to the 8th of this month, a total of 49 fraud cases involving electronic payment platforms and counterfeit bank websites were received, involving a monetary loss of more than HK$4.3 million. Among them, 30 fraud cases involving electronic payment platforms and the rest 19 fraud cases involving fake bank websites.
In addition, at about 6 pm tonight, the police received a report from a 63-year-old man surnamed Liu, stating that he had received a text message from a suspected fake bank website, stating that his account was abnormal and he was induced to enter the fake website by following the attached link. , And enter the e-banking account credentials.
Unexpectedly, the victim later discovered that the account was logged in and was taken away 2.75 million Hong Kong dollars.
It is reported that the SMS received by the victim is a fake HSBC SMS.
According to the police, most scammers pretend to be friends of victims or employees of electronic payment platforms to defraud them of the one-time password and transaction password of the personal electronic payment platform, and then log in to the electronic payment platform account and transfer the deposit away.
The scammer will also send a phishing phone SMS to the victim, using the excuse of an abnormal account to induce the victim to follow the attached link to enter the fake website and enter the proof of the online bank account.
The scammer then logs in to the account and transfers the deposit.
The case is now being followed up by the Cyber Security and Technology Crime Bureau.
The police urge the public to check the sender’s information clearly and not to give any passwords, including one-time passwords, to anyone.
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