Data show that the Hong Kong online account rollover case rose sharply from 99 in January this year to 558 in March, an increase of 4.5 times.
Comprehensive Hong Kong Zhongtong News Agency and Radio Hong Kong reported that the Hong Kong police said on Monday (April 22) that there were signs of recovery in the case of cyber accounts., Rose sharply to 558 in March, rising by more than 4.5 times; the amount of losses also increased from HK $ 3.3 million in January (Same, S $ 573,500) to March 11.6 million Hong Kong dollars.
Liang Yide, the Governor of the Governor of Cyber Security and Scientific and Technological Crime Investigation Division of the Hong Kong Police Department, said that the user of the account being robbed, in addition to the forgotten to log in to the account with a public computer, and the invasion of malicious software,Scammers will also pretend to be official units to send fishing text messages, to seduce people into fake websites, and then deceive users' accounts.
Liang Yide also pointed out that after a scammer, after a robbery, he started to start with his relatives and friends of the victim to make "multiple robbers".
It is reported that the recent losses of the largest cyber account ride occurred in February this year. A social media account of a male businessman engaged in the catering industry was invaded.Send a message that requires payment business money.The business partner did not show a fraud to a total of 190,000 US dollars (S $ 258,800) to the bank account of a scammer. It was not until the victim's verification to the male businessman through another social media that the other party's social account was stolen.
