Internet fraud methods are emerging in an endless stream. The Police Cyber Security Crime and Technology Crime Investigation Bureau has recently launched the "Anti-Fraud Monitor" to provide the public with a one-stop search for fraud traps. ” account, etc., you can check the fraud risk level of the other party. “Vision Device” will collect a huge database of public reports, the HKMA, and “HK Junk Call” and other third-party platforms to compare and list the risk rating. The scope of application covers suspicious calls, online shopping sellers, friend invitations, job advertisements and investment websites.
The police also stated that in the first eight months of this year, 14,000 cases of technology crimes were received, of which online shopping fraud cases increased by nearly 40% compared with the same period last year. The police reminded that the season of hairy crabs is approaching, and the Christmas season is approaching. Coveted the target and called on the public to be more vigilant.
The Police has recently launched the "Anti-Fraud Monitor" to provide the public with one-stop identification of scams and online traps.
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If the public encounters suspicious calls, online shopping sellers, friend invitations, job advertisements, and investment websites, they can log in to the "Anti-fraud Monitor"
The Cyber Security and Technology Crime Bureau of the Police Force has recently launched the "Anti-Fraud Detector", which has been uploaded to the Police's "Net Guard" thematic website to provide the public with one-stop identification of fraud and cyber traps.
In case of suspicious calls, online shopping sellers, friend invitations, job advertisements, and investment websites, the public can enter the relevant platform account name or number, payment account, phone number, email address, website address, etc. in the "Viewer" to assess fraud. and cybersecurity risks.
Red means "high risk and potential"
The search results will be color-coded risk level alerts. Red means "high risk", the information entered is related to a fraud report, or the network security risk is of high risk level; orange means "suspected", that is, a similar fraud report has been reported. Data, or network security risk is medium to high level.
Yellow means "probable" and purple means "no record", but always be vigilant.
The "Vision Device" will also list anti-fraud tips, such as reminding the public to verify the identity of the other party before making a transaction or remittance.
The search results will be color-coded for risk level alerts, with red representing "high risk and potential", reminding the public to be more vigilant.
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Superintendent Fan Chunye of the Cyber Security and Technology Crime Bureau (Cyber Security Section) of the Police Force, for example, pointed out that during the epidemic, many scammers pretended to be staff of the Department of Health by calling to defraud. If you enter the relevant phone number together with "+852", the "Video Monitor" alert will be displayed in red, and it will also indicate that it is related to the fraud report.
If the prefix "+852" is not entered, the database will recognize that it is not suspicious, but the alarm will display a yellow "Suspected voltage" to remind the public to pay attention.
Criminals fake well-known companies to set up FB pages with the same name
He also mentioned that there have been a lot of fraudulent pages for hotels, vacations and theme parks on social platforms recently, and some criminals will fake well-known companies to set up FB pages with the same name. ” orange alert level. If citizens have doubts, they can also track and make judgments based on other digital footprints of the page, such as whether the page has frequently changed its name, whether the “like” is from an overseas account, and whether it has a company payment account. Wait.
The police upload a list of high-risk online shopping scams on the "Net Keeper" social platform page every Wednesday, and list several fake pages for the public's reference.
("Net Keeper" FB page picture)
The database information of the "Anti-Fraud Ventilation Device" mainly comes from reports from citizens. If the police suspect that they are involved in criminal elements and initiate an investigation, the relevant information will be included in the database at noon the next day.
The police will also collaborate with a third party, including the suspicious phone number database "HK Junk Call" and real-time analysis and scoring of information security companies to make the database more complete.
Senior Superintendent Lam Cheuk-ho of the Cyber Security Crime and Technology Crime Investigation Branch (Cyber Security, Forensic Forensics and Training) of the Police Force pointed out that since the launch on September 30, hundreds of search queries have been recorded. Deliberately reporting a false case will not rule out the mislabeling of the information, but he stressed that this move has the potential to violate the Criminal Offences Ordinance to make false declarations or statements, stressing that the police have mechanisms to prevent it.
He also emphasized that the information that can be searched by the "anti-fraud device" only includes information that fraudsters may use as tools or platforms to commit crimes, and does not include any identification documents, real names, addresses, etc. The retention period will also not exceed the limits stipulated in the Personal Data (Privacy) Ordinance.
Fan Junye (right) pointed out that the information that can be searched by the "anti-fraud device" only includes the information that fraudsters may use as a tool or platform to commit crimes, and does not include any identification document information, real name, address, etc. .
On the left is Lin Zhuohao.
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The latest police statistics show that in the first eight months of this year, there were 14,000 cases of technology crime, an increase of nearly 40% year-on-year. Among them, online shopping scams were the most involved, with a total of 5,215 cases, an increase of nearly 40% over the same period last year. Job hunting scams and online investment scams also soared. The former received 2,018 cases, a 2.5-fold increase over the same period last year, and the loss of $290 million was seven times that of the same period last year.
Online investment fraud cases doubled to 1,131 cases, with a total loss of 540 million yuan, and the amount involved increased by 1.1 times compared with the same period last year.
Lin Cheuk-ho said that the increase in technology crimes has attracted attention. Among them, online job-seeking fraud cases have increased year-on-year, which is not related to the earlier overseas "selling pigs" cases, mainly related to the fraudulent fraud, and the single highest loss involved 388 10,000 yuan, the victim is a housewife, she mistakenly believed that there was a generous bamboo shooter in June this year, and the result was not a fraud.
He reminded that fraudulent scams are emerging, and if money transactions are involved, you need to be more vigilant.
As for online shopping scams, he pointed out that there are also "seasonal" cases. Taking the past summer vacation as an example, it mostly involved theme parks and travel packages. The hairy crab season is approaching. The public should pay attention to the reputation of online shopping platforms or merchants. During the Christmas season, travel, gifts or ingredients are also easy to become the subject of fraud by criminals.
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