A Hong Kong woman has lost nearly HK$4.9 million (US$625,800) in three months after being cheated by bogus “investment experts” in an online scam. The victim was lured into contacting the scammers after seeing a post on social media advertising high-return stock investments, police said. She was then instructed to download an app via an online messaging service. Believing the scheme to be genuine,

Hong Kong woman loses HK$4.9 million to bogus online ‘investment experts’
Ng Kang-chung·South China Morning Post··1 min readLimited
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