Fake, a romance-scam thriller inspired by the best-selling book of the same name by Stephanie Wood, is set to stream on ITVX on April 20 and begin airing weekly on ITV1 on April 26. In the ...

Hong Kong police logged a total of 94,747 crimes in 2024, up 5% year on year. Almost half, or 44,480, were deception cases, an 11.7% rise compared with 2023 figures. KEYWORDS ...

The Hong Kong Insurance Authority (IA ... the IA collaborated with financial regulators in 2024 to launch the Anti-Scam Consumer Protection Charter 2.0. The initiative aims to reinforce industry ...

Hong Kong police have smashed a fraud syndicate and arrested six suspects who allegedly cheated at least 12 victims out of about HK$520,000 (US$66,667) in a series of phone scams since last November.

“The tasks were assigned through a link via the Telegram app, targeting victims from Hong Kong,” he said in a statement yesterday. Hussein said the case is being investigated under Section 420 of the ...

Jackie Chen, a social worker and rights activist, has been convicted for her involvement in Hong Kong's 2019 pro-democracy protests, according to Radio Free Asia (RFA). Chen attempted to mediate ...

But financially, the top three costliest scams were investment fraud, spear phishing and romance scams. For this year's Fraud Prevention Month, authorities are focusing on impersonation scams, which ...

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) has teamed up with banks to launch a new public awareness campaign to combat rising scams that have defrauded the city’s residents to the tune of billions ...

A gang in East Delhi was exposed for running a dating app scam at Big Daddy Bar, tricking victims into paying inflated bills. The scammers used fake profiles and real women to trap the victims, with ...

Hong Kong social worker Jackie Chen has been found guilty of rioting during a protest in 2019, following a retrial that came after the government appealed against her 2020 acquittal. Social worker ...

The FTC has shared in a new report an alarming statistic linked to romance and crypto scams. As per the findings, there was a 25% YoY rise in fraud losses last year. The funds lost in such scams hit ...