Fraudsters’ tactics emerge in an endless stream. Recently, there have been many phone scams that are “closely connected” to the epidemic.
Citizen Ms. Chen received a phone scam that pretended to be "come to Hong Kong to help the staff of the Hong Kong Centre for Health Protection" and spoke Mandarin. Miss is not fooled.
Liu Guoxun, a Legislative Council member who received a call for money from a fraudster pretending to be the "Liaison Office of the Central People's Government", bluntly said that the information on the epidemic was too much and was not clear. Strange requirements such as address.
▼On March 10th, the mandatory inspection of the enclosure of Furen Building in Fushan Village▼
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It is suspected that the fraudster who leaked the ID number earlier can read it completely
Miss Chen received a fraudulent call at 4:00 pm on Wednesday (9th), the number is a Hong Kong phone number, the male fraudster speaks fluent Mandarin and calls himself "Chen Jie", a doctor from the Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital, who came to Hong Kong to support Staff of the Hong Kong Centre for Health Protection.
He said that according to Anxin’s travel records, Ms. Chen visited No. 330 Mong Kok Road last Monday (1st), she might have contracted the virus, and asked her if she knew the location of the nearest quarantine center.
After Ms. Chen said he didn't know, he checked Ms. Chen's personal information, and accurately stated her name, phone number and ID number, and asked Ms. Chen to provide her private address to help find the nearest quarantine center.
However, Ms. Chen questioned the matter, saying that she had never appeared on Mong Kok Road, so she refused to disclose her address and hung up the line.
▼On March 10th, the mandatory inspection of Tianle Building and Tianhui Building in Shuntian Village ▼
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You are not deceived if you want to obtain an address
However, Ms. Chen still wiped a cold sweat. Because she knew her personal ID card and name and other information, fortunately her whereabouts had not appeared in Mong Kok, and the person spoke Mandarin, so she was worried that some members of the public might be deceived.
The reporter called the fraudulent phone number. Although the phone was connected, there was only a "beep" and no one responded.
▼Liu Guoxun sees through the Whatsapp fraud conversation record of fake "Liaison Office" personnel▼
Liu Guoxun received 500,000 yuan from the "Liaison Office" fraudster as a standing committee member
Legislative Councilor Lau Kwok-hsun received a fraud on the same evening by impersonating the "Liaison Office", claiming that he could become a member of the Standing Committee by paying 500,000 yuan.
Liu Guoxun said that there is too much information about the epidemic, and the government information is confusing and unclear, which allows fraudsters to take advantage of the loopholes to "fish".
He pointed out that if the swindlers can grasp the personal information of the citizens and happen to tell their whereabouts, many citizens will believe it. He called on the public to be vigilant and seek evidence, especially when it involves asking for sensitive information such as money and personal residence, and the public should be careful. .
The police responded that there were 51 cases of "fake official" phone scams using the COVID-19 as an excuse to deceive last year, with losses amounting to $21.85 million; in the first two months of this year, there were 8 cases with losses amounting to $3.69 million.
Legislative Councilor Lau Kwok-hsun also received fraudulent calls, but he was not fooled.
(File photo / Photo by Yu Junliang)
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