Hong Kong police arrested 31 people for cheating 400 victims out of more than HK$3 million in the latest operation against face mask scams, April 20, 2020. Photo: SCMP / Dickson LeeHong Kong police arrested 31 people for cheating 400 victims out of more than HK$3 million in the latest operation against face mask scams, April 20, 2020. Photo: SCMP / Dickson Lee
Hong Kong police arrested 31 people for cheating 400 victims out of more than HK$3 million in the latest operation against face mask scams, April 20, 2020. Photo: SCMP / Dickson Lee
Tech

Covid-19 scams have become more targeted, sophisticated as pandemic rages on, report says

  • The study singled out more than 125,000 malicious sites globally out of more than 600,000 domains that have been tracked and analysed
  • Coronavirus phishing scams have become more targeted and potent
Topic |   Coronavirus pandemic
Che Pan
Che Pan in Beijing

Updated: 9:44pm, 19 Jun, 2020

Why you can trust SCMP
Hong Kong police arrested 31 people for cheating 400 victims out of more than HK$3 million in the latest operation against face mask scams, April 20, 2020. Photo: SCMP / Dickson LeeHong Kong police arrested 31 people for cheating 400 victims out of more than HK$3 million in the latest operation against face mask scams, April 20, 2020. Photo: SCMP / Dickson Lee
Hong Kong police arrested 31 people for cheating 400 victims out of more than HK$3 million in the latest operation against face mask scams, April 20, 2020. Photo: SCMP / Dickson Lee
READ FULL ARTICLE