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Vigilance is needed to prevent being duped by scams, the latest involving AI -generated images and imitated voices on a video call which duped company out of HK$200 million
The number of such crimes is rising fast in Hong Kong, underlining the need for greater vigilance by authorities and the public.
Social media platforms must stay abreast of sinister technology developments that have ensnared Hong Kong leader John Lee and pop star Taylor Swift, among others.
Concern over donations to a decades-old city Christian NGO reveals the need for greater transparency from such groups.
Scandals involving virtual trading platforms, bogus sales and other fraudulent methods do nothing for Hong Kong’s reputation.
Case involving fictitious online sale of dog meat makes one thing clear: unless enforcement can stay ahead of the cybercriminals, Hong Kong’s dreams of shifting to more efficient cashless systems will keep barking up the wrong tree.
Hong Kong’s financial services watchdog rolls out security measures for the online payment system FPS. While new crime-fighting tools are welcome, diligence remains important.
Police warn scams involving messaging platform led to combined loss of more than HK$1.7 million last week.
Observers say to truly extinguish the criminal operations, Cambodian officials must go after ‘key figures’ protecting the industry dominated by Chinese scam gangs.
Post learns scam targeted company’s CEO and sent out email claiming to be supplier requesting payment.
Police say 80 men and 42 women arrested comprise suspected holders of 117 stooge accounts and five owners of registered SIM cards linked to some scam cases.
Discovery of JP Dragon and the group led by Luffy stemmed from arrest of over 30 Japanese nationals in November 2019 for running a telecoms fraud scheme.
Police also find 3,238, or 42 per cent, of all crimes logged in first month of this year were scams, amid city’s ongoing battle with fraudsters.
Liu Changjian, 33, a Chinese national, allegedly staged his own kidnapping while in Singapore to cheat his relatives of roughly US$4,200.
Police allege scam gang offered tickets for top acts such as Mirror, Jacky Cheung and pop duo Twins, as well as controversial Inter Miami football match.
Trapped in a cycle of debt and exploitation by the host clubs of Tokyo’s Kabukicho nightlife district, ‘Yu’ found herself forced to work in a ‘soapland’ brothel in Macau.
Police received 179 reports of online shopping scams last week, 46 of them related to purchase of concert tickets.
Su Wenqiang is among a group of nine men and one women, mostly originally from China, caught in an island-wide raid by police
Commissioner of Police Raymond Siu says cooperation between the force and security industry can significantly bolster efforts to fight crime throughout the city.
The passenger discovered that the cash was missing from his bag after he disembarked at Changi Airport on Tuesday.
Victim coaxed into using sham trading platform after meeting woman claiming to be from Taiwan through language-learning app.
One victim travelled from his home in northern India in the hopes of working for a consultancy in UAE. Instead, the 31-year-old science graduate was shipped off to a military base in Russia and given weapons training.
Thai deputy police chief Surachae Hakparn said the operation involved 15 flights over three days to return Chinese scam victims to China.
Cryptocurrency analysts are increasingly investigating the mechanics of how criminals hide their proceeds as Asia’s online gambling and scam industries grow ever more sophisticated.
Swindlers impersonating mainland officials accused the victim of breaching national security law by sharing seditious messages on waste water treatment in Japan.
Reported scam losses hit HK$5.49 billion last year with fraudsters changing methods to trick victims.
The move affects the company’s platforms in six places, including Hong Kong, Indonesia and Malaysia.
The government will submit a bill on licensing rules for stablecoin issuers and OTC trading services to the legislature ‘as soon as practicable’, says the city’s financial affairs chief.
New York Attorney General Letitia James told ABC News she will seek to seize some of the former president’s assets if he’s unable to cover the bill from Judge Arthur Engoron’s February 16 ruling.
The Hong Kong Association of Banks, which represents all 160 banks in the city, also pledged to ensure personal data privacy as it steps up the mitigation of fraud risks.
Woman, 57, falls victim after receiving HK$2.6 million ‘profit’ for her initial three months of investment, source says.
Engineering student, 18, is suspected of scamming elderly woman out of US$59,000 by pretending to be mainland public security officer
Shop theft was among the four crimes of concern flagged by the police, with the others being theft in dwelling, molestation and voyeurism.
Multiple reports of people being duped by false promises of work led to the warning from Malaysia’s envoy to the city state.
Syndicate linked to mobile app scam and two jewellery companies in India, according to customs.