Student scammed out of HK$230,000 over tickets for Canto-pop superstar Eason Chan’s December concerts in Hong Kong, police source says
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A mainland Chinese student in Hong Kong lost more than HK$230,000 (US$29,300) after she fell victim to an online ticket scam for Canto-pop superstar Eason Chan Yik-shun concerts later this year.
The 24-year-old university student was taken in after she spotted a page on the mainland social media platform Weibo, where an unknown seller claimed to have tickets for the concerts, which went on official sale last Thursday, a police source said.
She transferred 210,000 yuan – about HK$230,000 – from her mainland bank account to eight other mainland bank accounts for 10 tickets as instructed.
But the woman, from Yau Ma Tei, never received the tickets and was unable to contact the seller after she handed over the money.
The student, who has not been named, feared the worst and reported the incident to police the next day.
A police spokesman said the case was being handled as obtaining property by deception.