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May 14, 2024 · SINGAPORE: Hong Kong is seeing a surge in financial losses due to phone scams even as it logs a marked decline in the number of cases, with more mainland Chinese students in the city...
H ong Kong has logged fewer phone scam cases in the first quarter of 2024 but losses soared to HK$789 million, with mainland Chinese students in the city being increasingly targeted by...
Dec 22, 2022 · Why you can trust SCMP. A total of 288 mainland Chinese students in Hong Kong have been scammed out of HK$127 million (US$16.3 million) so far this year after falling victim to fraudsters...
- Clifford Lo
Jan 23, 2024 · Siu said there had been 15 cases of mainland Chinese students falling victim to scams last October and November. Of those, 11 students at a university in the southern New Territories were...
May 13, 2024 · Mainland students studying in Hong Kong have been urged to be vigilant as more of them are being targeted by phone scammers. Senior inspector Eddie Lam said there were 39 cases of mainland ...
Dec 28, 2021 · Newly arrived mainland Chinese students tricked by scammers accusing them of breaking the law across the border. Locals targeted by tricksters claiming ‘discrepancies’ in personal...
May 13, 2024 · Why you can trust SCMP. The number of phone scam cases in Hong Kong dropped in the first quarter compared with the same period last year although losses quadrupled to HK$789 million (US$101...
