I stare at the laptop, anxiety tightening my chest. This website looks fake. Did I just lose my money? BENGALURU: A 32-year-old software engineer, searching for a life partner on a matrimonial website, fell prey to cybercrooks and was conned out of Rs 79.3 lakh.According to the complaint filed by Rishi (name changed), a resident…
Hong Kong police have detained three men in a crackdown on a syndicate that defrauded at least seven victims of HK$4 million (US$512,820) in a London gold trading scam. The force said on Sunday that the suspects, aged 25 to 36, lacked experience in the financial sector and rented offices in bustling commercial districts to…
Hong Kong police have detained three men in a crackdown on a syndicate that defrauded at least seven victims of HK$4 million (US$512,820) in a London gold trading scam. The force said on Sunday that the suspects, aged 25 to 36, lacked experience in the financial sector and rented offices in bustling commercial districts to…
Hong Kong resident Alan Chew* was aware that scamming had become rampant and believed he had done everything right after coming across an online investment opportunity. Yet, over four months from last October, he lost HK$1.3 million (US$145,100) of his life savings to scammers who persuaded, cajoled and threatened him over WhatsApp messages into parting…
JAKARTA, Indonesia — Indonesia’s immigration officers on the tourist island of Bali have arrested a Chinese suspect sought by Beijing for helping run over $14 billion investment scam to clients in China, officials said Thursday. The 39-year-old man, identified only by his initial, LQ, was arrested on October 1, when an immigration auto-gate in Bali’s…