Maybe this the fastest way to be the millionaire.
A 90-year-old woman living in a mansion in Cumbre Victoria, Hong Kong, was the victim of a phone scam perpetrated by criminals posing as mainland Chinese officials
According to the Police, the woman received the first call in July of last year.
“They told him that his identity had been used in a serious criminal case in mainland China,” the investigators explained. “Then they told him to transfer the money to different bank accounts to investigate whether the capital was the proceeds of crime. They promised that they would return all the money after the investigation.”
The old woman followed the instructions and transferred about $ 32 million to three accounts between August and January, thus becoming the victim of the largest phone scam in the history of Hong Kong.
Late last month, police arrested a 19-year-old college student in connection with the crime and all three bank accounts were frozen. However, by then only a little over a million dollars remained in them.
Beside of the telephone scam, we also need to beware some Virtual Currency Investment Scam
Defrauding Trick
Recently, the Police have received reports from members of the public that they received calls from fraudsters who impersonated staff of overseas investment agencies for a fictitious virtual currency investment scheme. Having agreed to participate in the scheme, victims received a hyperlink from fraudsters and were requested to download a fake mobile investment app in which details of their bank accounts and credit cards were required. Fraudsters then used the information so obtained to steal money from victims’ bank accounts and credit cards. Fraudsters would even claim that the investment loss was due to technical errors and lure victims to install a remote control software for reimbursement of the loss. The software was indeed used to control victims’ computers remotely. After logging into victims’ online banking accounts, fraudsters would transfer victims’ savings to other registered accounts.
Advice
Law enforcement officers or staff of government organisations would not make pre-recorded voice calls to the public, nor require the public to provide online banking accounts and passwords or make a bank transfer in order to prove your innocence;
If the callers claim themselves as law enforcement officers or staff of government organisations and request for your personal data and property with various reasons, contact the corresponding offices to verify the identity of the callers;
Do not disclose to any stranger your personal data, including your names, HKID numbers, bank account numbers, online banking accounts and passwords;
Do not download unknown mobile applications, or input any information into unknown mobile applications or websites;
Use official online stores (such as Google Play or App Store);
Enhance the security of online banking by adopting multifactor authentication;
If you fail to receive SMS alerts after you conduct a fund transfer or make a transaction as usual, stay vigilant and contact corresponding banks for enquiries;
Remember the “Three Dos” against telephone deception — “Hang Up”, “Verify” and “Get Help”.
Remind your relatives and friends to stay vigilant against deception
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