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HELP FISH!
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We've found that lots of fish are being scammed in Hong Kong. Let's see!
Miss Tse almost got into the trap that she thought her social media friend invited her to invest a bunch of money to China to win a lottery but she needed to transfer some extra fee first. She didn't know it's a lottery scam at the beginning but luckily the staff from the money exchange store told her.
Yvonne, a 55-year-old hospitality worker, met her boyfriend who was an operation manager on a South American oil drill. He promised that e will fly over to HK to meet Yvonne. However, before he did so, he said he needed $40,000 for essential rig parts. She gave him. Soon, he asked for another transfer and she realized that it is a scam since she thought it is too dramatic that his daughter needs money for surgery.
Fake Hongkong Post received short messages and ravaged Hong Kong again. In the LIHKG (Lian Dang) discussion area, a netizen posted a post with "Suddenly" Post Office Fake Credit Card Information" to show the content of the phishing SMS. This type of SMS or email will claim that the recipient’s package needs to be re-delivered because the recipient address is incorrect, or claim that there is a package waiting to be delivered, and request the recipient to click on the attached link to go to a fake website to Confirm or provide the correct recipient address.
Mr. C received a call they claim to be a “bank” and asking Mr. C to pay all the debts. Mr. C said he was unable to pay all the money in one go. The bank staff gave Mr. C the contact number of an intermediary company, and provide the second option, is to apply for IVA debt restructuring. Mr. C called the intermediary company and made an appointment to make an application for debt restructuring. He visited the intermediary company and signed an application contract with a fee of 50,000 HKD. After that, Mr. C was confuse, and he went to the bank to make inquiries. The bank staff said that Mr. C repaid the loan on time every month. Therefore, the bank never made any collection action against Mr. C. Mr. C thinking that the incident would come to an end. However, the intermediary company used the application contract signed by Mr. C to harass Mr. C and demanded to pay a handling fee of 50,000HKD. But Mr. C did not make any application. In the end, because the intermediary company harassed Mr. C’s employment agency, Mr. C lost his job and needed to file for bankruptcy.
Any cases of scams you have faced before? ->
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