Recently, there was an incident in Hong Kong where a scammer pretended to be a public security officer to defraud an 18-year-old mainland student in Hong Kong.
The scammer asked the boy A Cong to take a video of himself being imprisoned and "asking for help", and extorted a ransom of 6 million Hong Kong dollars from A Cong's father. After Ah Chong's father asked someone to call the police, the Hong Kong Regional Crime Squad exposed the scam and rescued Ah Chong, saving his family from financial losses.
A Cong and his father shared their experiences of being deceived.
In October this year, a scammer called A Cong, a mainland student in Hong Kong, accusing him of being involved in a mainland criminal case. The scammer wore a "public security" uniform during the video call, showed A Cong the forged arrest warrant and indictment, and asked him to report by phone regularly every day. Acong's roommate had warned him that it might be a scam, but the scammer had already written an "anti-fraud" script and taught Acong to keep it strictly confidential. After gaining A Cong's trust, the scammer instructed A Cong to hand over his WeChat account password and cut off all contact with the outside world.
Later, the scammer falsely claimed that there were gangsters threatening Ah Chong's safety, so he ordered Ah Chong to hide in a camp in Saigon and take selfies of himself being detained and "crying for help". Subsequently, the scammer logged into A Cong's WeChat account and sent the video "A Cong was imprisoned" to his father, claiming that "your son is in our hands" and asked his father to pay 6 million Hong Kong dollars to redeem his son. A Cong's father asked relatives and friends to report the crime in Hong Kong. The police found a suspected "A Cong's foot" boarding a taxi and found A Cong's location. A Cong only learned that he had been deceived.
In recent years, scams such as "fake officials" and "fake customer service" have become rampant. Mainland students who come to study in Hong Kong have become a group that is easily deceived. According to Hong Kong police statistics, a total of 170 mainland students coming to Hong Kong fell into the "impersonating official" scam in 2023, accounting for 74% of the total number of victims. In the first half of this year, there were a total of 481 "impersonating official" scams in Hong Kong, of which 96 victims were students from the mainland (19.9%), with a loss of NT$88 million.
The crime trend shows that September and October are the high-risk periods for "Hong Kong drifters" to accidentally fall into the "fake official" scam. Beginning in August this year, the Hong Kong Police Anti-Fraud Coordination Center, together with the Hong Kong Monetary Authority and the banking industry, launched a "self-protection tips" anti-fraud measure for mainland students coming to Hong Kong, which will be distributed by frontline bank staff to mainland students coming to Hong Kong to open bank accounts. In addition to explaining the contents of the tips, the Coordination Center will also distribute the tips in various districts during the "Anti-Fraud Month" to enhance the anti-fraud awareness of "Hong Kong drifters" and the public.
Source: Southern Metropolis Daily
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Recently, there was an incident in Hong Kong where a scammer pretended to be a public security officer to defraud an 18-year-old mainland student in Hong Kong.
The scammer asked the boy A Cong to take a video of himself being imprisoned and "asking for help", and extorted a ransom of 6 million Hong Kong dollars from A Cong's father. After Ah Chong's father asked someone to call the police, the Hong Kong Regional Crime Squad exposed the scam and rescued Ah Chong, saving his family from financial losses.
A Cong and his father shared their experiences of being deceived.
In October this year, a scammer called A Cong, a mainland student in Hong Kong, accusing him of being involved in a mainland criminal case. The scammer wore a "public security" uniform during the video call, showed A Cong the forged arrest warrant and indictment, and asked him to report by phone regularly every day. Acong's roommate had warned him that it might be a scam, but the scammer had already written an "anti-fraud" script and taught Acong to keep it strictly confidential. After gaining A Cong's trust, the scammer instructed A Cong to hand over his WeChat account password and cut off all contact with the outside world.
Later, the scammer falsely claimed that there were gangsters threatening Ah Chong's safety, so he ordered Ah Chong to hide in a camp in Saigon and take selfies of himself being detained and "crying for help". Subsequently, the scammer logged into A Cong's WeChat account and sent the video "A Cong was imprisoned" to his father, claiming that "your son is in our hands" and asked his father to pay 6 million Hong Kong dollars to redeem his son. A Cong's father asked relatives and friends to report the crime in Hong Kong. The police found a suspected "A Cong's foot" boarding a taxi and found A Cong's location. A Cong only learned that he had been deceived.
In recent years, scams such as "fake officials" and "fake customer service" have become rampant. Mainland students who come to study in Hong Kong have become a group that is easily deceived. According to Hong Kong police statistics, a total of 170 mainland students coming to Hong Kong fell into the "impersonating official" scam in 2023, accounting for 74% of the total number of victims. In the first half of this year, there were a total of 481 "impersonating official" scams in Hong Kong, of which 96 victims were students from the mainland (19.9%), with a loss of NT$88 million.
The crime trend shows that September and October are the high-risk periods for "Hong Kong drifters" to accidentally fall into the "fake official" scam. Beginning in August this year, the Hong Kong Police Anti-Fraud Coordination Center, together with the Hong Kong Monetary Authority and the banking industry, launched a "self-protection tips" anti-fraud measure for mainland students coming to Hong Kong, which will be distributed by frontline bank staff to mainland students coming to Hong Kong to open bank accounts. In addition to explaining the contents of the tips, the Coordination Center will also distribute the tips in various districts during the "Anti-Fraud Month" to enhance the anti-fraud awareness of "Hong Kong drifters" and the public.
Source: Southern Metropolis Daily
Reporting and Rights Protection Channel: Download the "Morning Video" client from the application market and search "Help" for one-click access; or add reporting customer service on WeChat: xxcbcsp; or call the hotline 0731-85571188. If you need content cooperation, please call the government and enterprise service desk at 19176699651.
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