There were 27,923 fraud cases in Hong Kong last year, an increase of 45% compared with 2021. The police will launch the "Scameter+" mobile application tomorrow (15th) for the public to check the risks of suspicious calls and websites. Distributed 300,000 copies of "Papers" to promote anti-fraud.
Police Commissioner Xiao Zeyi attended the year-end press conference today (14th) and pointed out that the police have distributed anti-fraud information through multiple channels, but "if you don't take it seriously, you won't even know if a scammer beats you." Strengthen the publicity and "enter the house", hoping to achieve "you don't want to hear it or watch it, I want you to hear it and see it", and hope that smart citizens can help promote it.
The police distributed 300,000 copies of the "Tickets" this Friday (17th).
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There were 27,923 fraud cases in Hong Kong last year, an increase of 45% compared with 19,249 cases in 2021, and the loss amount involved 4.8 billion yuan, of which more than 8,700 cases involved online shopping fraud, and the rest included online job hunting, swiping orders, investment, online dating, guess me Wait, the Anti-Fraud Coordination Center successfully intercepted more than 1.3 billion yuan in fraud.
Distributed 300,000 copies of "Papers" to citizens
The police will launch the "Scamter+" mobile app "Scamter+" tomorrow. The app will provide real-time assessments. When you enter the caller number, URL, etc., you can check the suspiciousness. Reporting function The police will also distribute 300,000 copies of the "Ticket" to the public through two free newspapers on the 17th of this month to promote anti-fraud messages.
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When you don’t look carefully (anti-fraud information), you don’t even know when a scammer hits you, but when you know the method of committing the crime, you will know the Police Commissioner Xiao Zeyi as soon as the scammer calls
Xiao Zeyi said that the police have made publicity through many channels in the past two years, such as TV stations, radios, and social media. After analyzing the case, the police found that the main reason why the victim was deceived was that he did not pay attention to the publicity. If you don’t look carefully, you don’t even know when a scammer hits you, but when you know the method of committing a crime, you will know when the scammer calls.”
"You don't want to hear or see, I want you to hear and see"
He went on to say that in order to strengthen the promotion of "house entry", broadcasts have been installed in 17 government tunnels, emphasizing that any mainland officials will not directly call Hong Kong people to investigate the case, and anti-fraud advertisements have also been broadcast in movie theaters, "Don't you want to hear it? If you want to watch, I want you to hear and see." The police force also cooperates with banks to watch out for suspicious withdrawals, and cooperates with telecommunications companies to intercept suspicious calls with the prefix "+852".
Xiao Zeyi also pointed out that no matter how much anti-fraud publicity there is, not everyone pays attention to it. "There are a lot of fraud cases, especially wire fraud or online dating. When the victim uses his personal savings or even borrows money from around, the family members are often on the sidelines. Waking up from a dream. If everyone knows the tricks of deception, don’t keep it in yourself, and help spread the word.”
The police force distributed deception-proof chocolates to those attending the press conference, which implied a clear distinction between black and white.
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The police presented "Valentine's Day Chocolate" to those attending the press conference today. Xiao Zeyi said that black and white chocolate means "black and white". I hope that the public will not be cheated of money and mind. If you have any doubts, please call the anti-fraud hotline 18222 for help.
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