Officers from the Kowloon East regional crime unit are handling the case. Photo: Warton Li
90-year-old woman living in mansion on The Peak conned out of US$32 million in Hong Kong’s biggest phone scam
- Woman received call from fraudsters who said her identity had been used in crime in mainland China and they needed to verify origins of her money
- She followed their instructions and transferred HK$254.9 million into three bank accounts before realising she was duped
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Officers from the Kowloon East regional crime unit are handling the case. Photo: Warton Li