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Hong Kong institution uncovers 3 cases of fraudulent mainland applications
Tung Wah College says some applicants even asked others to take entrance exams, interviews on their behalf SCMP - A private higher...
SCMP South China Morning Post
Feb 181 min read
Scammers may be sending SMS messages with ‘#’ sign, Hong Kong agency warns
Criminals may be using illegal radio jammers to send out text messages prefixed with a hashtag, a symbol only available to registered...
SCMP South China Morning Post
Feb 182 min read
Hong Kong police dismantle rent scam syndicate targeting new arrivals, charge 1
Scammers cheated talent scheme arrivals, mainland students out of HK$13 million by posing as landlords, police say Hong Kong police have...
SCMP South China Morning Post
Feb 171 min read
Hong Kong police, mainland officials discuss stepping up anti-scam education
Police chief Raymond Siu says force also investigating whether education consultants passed mainland students’ details onto scammers ...
SCMP South China Morning Post
Feb 171 min read
Hongkongers lose HK$200 million to scams in a week, AI voice-cloning used
Merchant swindled out of HK$145 million after scammers use artificial intelligence to mimic voice of financial manager of mainland firm...
SCMP South China Morning Post
Feb 111 min read
‘I have no money left’: how careful Hongkonger lost HK$1.3 million in scam
Victim, 55, claims police did not help as transactions involved mainland accounts, while force says investigation is ongoing SCMP - Hong...
SCMP South China Morning Post
Feb 101 min read
Scam farm victim returns to Hong Kong, as officials vow to help 9 others
Woman was found on the Myanmese side of border near Thailand’s Tak province on Sunday Hong Kong officials meet the victim (right) in...
SCMP South China Morning Post
Feb 71 min read
Hong Kong police chief warns of surge in investment, impersonation scams
Commissioner of Police Raymond Siu says measures will be put in place to protect mainland students in city from falling prey to scams....
SCMP South China Morning Post
Feb 52 min read
Hongkonger rescued from Myanmar scam farm, as authorities vow swift return home
Security Bureau confirms rescue of woman reportedly found on Myanmar side of border near Thailand’s Tak province. A Hong Kong woman has...
SCMP South China Morning Post
Feb 41 min read
Overseas job offers can appear attractive but due diligence in order
Measures by Thai authorities to protect visitors – including those from Hong Kong – by heading off sham offers of lucrative work a...
SCMP South China Morning Post
Jan 161 min read
Hong Kong woman back home after suspected abduction in Southeast Asia
Security Bureau says Immigration Department followed up on case and ‘it is understood that the person has returned to Hong Kong. Hong...
SCMP South China Morning Post
Jan 132 min read
Hong Kong police arrest 31 over deepfakes used to scam victims in Singapore, Malaysia
SCMP - Syndicate used photos of attractive people found online and deepfake technology to trick victims out of more than HK$34 million in...
SCMP South China Morning Post
Jan 131 min read
How Hong Kong deepfake scam group taught recruits to pass as rich, single women
SCMP - Learning Japanese, playing golf and tasting red wine worth more than HK$100,000 a bottle among topics for conversation taught to...
SCMP South China Morning Post
Jan 131 min read
Student in Hong Kong loses HK$500,000 as scammers trick her into Thai trip
Master’s student from Yunnan told by swindlers pretending to be mainland officials that she was under investigation for money laundering...
SCMP South China Morning Post
Dec 13, 20241 min read
Finance worker pays out $25 million after video call with deepfake ‘chief financial officer’
CNN — A finance worker at a multinational firm was tricked into paying out $25 million to fraudsters using deepfake technology to pose...
CNN
Dec 13, 20242 min read
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