Losses in 2018 have reached HK$39.9 million, a 146 per cent rise on the HK$16.2 million seen between January and November 2017. Photo: Alamy
Losses in 2018 have reached HK$39.9 million, a 146 per cent rise on the HK$16.2 million seen between January and November 2017. Photo: Alamy
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Hong Kong shoppers lose HK$40 million to online crooks in 2018 – 146 per cent rise on last year

  • More than 1,900 buyers defrauded between January and November by swindlers as young as 15 years old

Clifford LoChristy Leung
Clifford Lo and Christy Leung

Updated: 11:05pm, 17 Dec, 2018

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Losses in 2018 have reached HK$39.9 million, a 146 per cent rise on the HK$16.2 million seen between January and November 2017. Photo: Alamy
Losses in 2018 have reached HK$39.9 million, a 146 per cent rise on the HK$16.2 million seen between January and November 2017. Photo: Alamy
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