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Woman, 48, swindled out of HK$650,000 by a fake online recruitment agency


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A case of new fraudulence had been reported to the police yesterday,14th of May, involving a 48-year-old woman residing at Block 1543, Braemar Hill Road, Braemer Hill Mansion in North Point.


In her statement, she explained to have received a message from someone on the chatting application platform who later introduced her to another staff that lured her to a website that could make her earn commissions by boosting the dealer's recognition in online shopping. As time went on, she was asked to deposit money to withdraw the accumulated funds and commissions made on this fake online shopping platform. She eventually followed their instructions and deposited HK$650,000(US$83,547) into four different Hong Kong bank accounts.


Consequently, all the efforts she made to contact the people are abortive. She concluded to have been scammed and made a report to the police. The case is being investigated and treated as "Obtaining Property by Deception. No arrest has been made yet.


As part of the Labour Department's statement on its website, online recruitment has become more popular in the city, and encourages job seekers to stay alert to avoid loss of property or personal data.




48歲女子被假網上招聘機構騙走65萬港元


昨日,即5月14日,警方接報一宗新的詐騙案,涉及一名居住在北角寶馬山道寶馬山道1543座的48歲女子。

她在聲明中解釋說,她在聊天應用平台上收到了某人的信息,該人後來將她介紹給另一名工作人員,該工作人員將她引誘到一個網站,該網站可以通過提高經銷商在網上購物的知名度來賺取佣金。 隨著時間的推移,她被要求存錢提取在這個假網購平台上積累的資金和佣金。 她最終按照他們的指示將 650,000 港元(83,547 美元)存入四個不同的香港銀行賬戶。

結果,她所有接觸人的努力都失敗了。 她斷定被騙了,於是報了警。 案件以“騙取財物”罪立案偵查,暫未逮捕任何人。

作為勞工部在其網站上發表聲明的一部分,網上招聘在香港越來越流行,並鼓勵求職者保持警惕,以免財產或個人資料丟失。

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