Hong Kongers defrauded of HK$100 million within a week after being cajoled into a false investment

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Hong Kong police raised a fresh alert about fake investment deals that have led to the scamming of over 110 Hong Kong people out of HK$100 million (US$12.8 million) within a week.

Police reported on its CyberDefender Facebook page on Wednesday saying people are still being cajoled to invest in the bogus platforms and beseeching them to be watchful.

Police wrote on its page “In the past week, police received more than 110 cases of online investment scams, with a total loss exceeding HK$100 million."

One of the Hong Kongers scammed lately was a woman who transferred HK$6 million to local bank accounts after joining a chat group and clicking on a bogus link in an online investment post introduced by a so-called customer service representative. Police said the woman failed to listen to bank staff on a suspicious notice given to her about the transfer.

The woman eventually knew she had been scammed after the attempt to withdraw the funds was abortive and got blocked on the trading platform giving her all sorts of false excuses.

The force said fraudsters, who posed as political figures, artists and key opinion leaders, posted about investments on social media platforms to attract the public’s attention.

Police said the scammer's trend is first by persuading their targets to join online chat groups and later cajoling them to download bogus trading websites and investment apps.

Police in July warned that swindlers who impersonated investment experts had tricked victims into buying stocks they claimed were picked by artificial intelligence software.

The force urges people to use its Scameter search engine, accessible through the CyberDefender website, to check for fraudulent schemes.

The service has information to help the public identify suspicious web addresses, emails, platform usernames, bank accounts and mobile phone numbers or IP addresses.

港人被騙假投資一週內被騙1億港元

香港警方對虛假投資交易發出新的警報，這些交易導致 110 多名香港人在一周內被騙了 1 億港元（1,280 萬美元）。

警方週三在其 Cyber​​Defender Facebook 頁面上報告稱，人們仍在被誘騙投資虛假平台，並懇求人們保持警惕。

警方在網頁中寫道： “過去一周，警方接獲超過110宗網上投資詐騙案件，總損失超過1億港元。”

最近被騙的一名香港人是一名女子，她加入聊天群組後，點擊所謂客戶服務代表介紹的在線投資帖子中的虛假鏈接，將 600 萬港元轉入本地銀行賬戶。 警方表示，該名女子沒有聽取銀行工作人員關於向她發出的有關轉帳的可疑通知的意見。

在嘗試提取資金失敗並被交易平台以各種藉口封鎖後，該女子最終知道自己被騙了。

警方表示，詐騙者冒充政治人物、藝術家和關鍵意見領袖，在社群媒體平台上發布有關投資的訊息，以吸引公眾的注意。

警方表示，詐騙者的趨勢是首先說服目標加入線上聊天群，然後誘騙他們下載虛假交易網站和投資應用程式。

警方7月警告說，詐騙者冒充投資專家，欺騙受害者購買他們聲稱是由人工智慧軟體挑選的股票。

該部隊敦促人們使用其 Scameter 搜尋引擎（可透過 Cyber​​Defender 網站存取）來檢查詐欺計劃。

本服務提供的資訊可協助大眾識別可疑網址、電子郵件、平台使用者名稱、銀行帳戶和手機號碼或 IP 位址。