The Hong Kong Police announced on Monday (June 12) that Hong Kong recorded 1,174 investment fraud cases in the first four months of this year, with a loss of more than 700 million Hong Kong dollars (the same, S $ 120 million), which was compared to last year.More than 50 % of the same period.
According to the Hong Kong News Agency, in the 1174 investment fraud case, the highest amount of the case was lost by more than 27 million Hong Kong dollars together.Essence
The Hong Kong police introduced that the victim's age was from 14 to 86.A 80 -year -old mother -in -law released a rental property last year.The mother -in -law has repeatedly transferred to the personal account of the scammer. The prerequisite for a few months was rejected, only to find that they were deceived and lost a total of HK $ 9.1 million.
Another 17 -year -old high school student. A few hours after making friends online in April this year, the scammers successfully lobbying to invest in cryptocurrencies after making money.The opponent finally lost HK $ 210,000.
Statistics of Hong Kong police, cryptocurrency fraud accounts for more than 57%of all investment fraud cases, and stock fraud cases account for 20%.It is believed that the scammers have improved their economy after the epidemic, and the stock market is fiery opportunities to deceive. First, use a false investment platform to create the illusion of making money, to seduce victims to increase investment and then cheat.
In the investigation of relevant investment fraud cases, the police announced that Hong Kong has temporarily arrested 64 people this year.
