Hong Kong’s newly appointed police chief has pledged to step up international cooperation to tackle the low detection rate of rampant scam cases, while strengthening local tools to protect residents from fraud. Commissioner of Police Joe Chow Yat-ming, who assumed the top job on April 1, added that the force would not ban all protests…
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) has teamed up with banks and the police to launch a new public awareness campaign to combat rising scams that have defrauded the city’s residents to the tune of billions of dollars. The HKMA on Wednesday released the first video in the series titled “Click the Links, Fall for…
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) has teamed up with banks and the police to launch a new public awareness campaign to combat rising scams that have defrauded the city’s residents to the tune of billions of dollars. The HKMA on Wednesday released the first video in the series titled “Click the Links, Fall for…
Hong Kong police have reached out to mainland Chinese authorities to discuss the possibility of educating students coming from across the border and their parents about scams before they arrive in the city, according to the head of the force. Police Commissioner Raymond Siu Chak-yee also said on Saturday the force was investigating whether any…
Hong Kong police have reached out to mainland Chinese authorities to discuss the possibility of educating students coming from across the border and their parents about scams before they arrive in the city, according to the head of the force. Police Commissioner Raymond Siu Chak-yee also said on Saturday the force was investigating whether any…
Hong Kong police have arrested eight people in an operation targeting a criminal syndicate using bounced cheques and screenshots of forged money transfers to scam merchants. Tam Tsz-wai, chief inspector of the force’s regional crime unit in New Territories North, said on Saturday the syndicate was behind 20 cases involving a total of HK$2.4 million…
Hong Kong police have issued a warning over an increasing number of scammers posing as officers and technical support staff, as the force launches a second round of a raffle to raise public awareness about fraud. Commissioner of Police Raymond Siu Chak-yee said on Thursday residents risked losing their life savings to scams in some…