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81 Hongkongers swindled out of HK$12 million in online job scams in past week
14 Oct 2024 06:31 GMT
… job offers.
The force reminded the public to remain vigilant against employment … of all types of online job scams between January and … reports of online employment fraud on their CyberDefender page last week … in a “click-farming” job scam after he received a …
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348 Hongkongers, including 50 students, fell victim to fake online job ads in May
19 Jun 2024 05:45 GMT
… bogus job offers,” police said in a post on their CyberDefender … are interested in finding summer jobs need to be cautious … reached, and they offer jobs without requiring education or interviews … the number of overall online employment fraud cases to 3, …
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Hong Kong employee tricked into paying out HK$4 million after video call with deepfake ‘chief financial officer’ of UK multinational firm
30 May 2024 06:43 GMT
… financial officer fooled an employee at the firm’s … has learned.
The woman employee received a WhatsApp message on … to the force.
“The employee seeing the familiar appearance and … ]”, police said on their CyberDefender Facebook page.The woman realised …
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Hong Kong IT security firm ‘saved from HK$5 million email scam by bank employee’
14 Mar 2024 09:32 GMT
… was foiled by a bank employee, the Post learned on Thursday … ” search engine, accessible through the CyberDefender website, to check for suspicious …
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29 Jan 2019 20:12 GMT
Those who want to make a living defending computer networks from hackers will have a new way to be certified to do so.
Santa Rosa-based Empire College has announced it is partnering with The Computing Technology Industry, a nonprofit trade association, to …
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115 Hongkongers lose HK$22 million in a week in click farming scams
12 Nov 2024 10:06 GMT
… increasingly rampant employment fraud in an alert posted on their CyberDefender Facebook … reports of this fake online job scam last week, with the … after she responded to a “job offer” sent to her through …
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1 in 5 victims of ‘naked-chat blackmail’ in Hong Kong are students as young as 11 years old
23 Sep 2024 11:23 GMT
… money, police said.
Criminals also employed a “scattergun approach” to befriend … ,” the force said on its CyberDefender website, an initiative to educate …
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Deepfakes, crypto hoax, phishing and love scams: how Hongkongers paid HK$9.18 bn to fraud
01 Aug 2024 23:48 GMT
… lost, while scams related to jobs, e-commerce and impersonation of … Hong Kong-based finance department employee of Arup, a UK-headquartered … can access it through the CyberDefender website or app to check …
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Hong Kong police reveal small rise in number of online scams, but amounts swindled up 37%
08 Jul 2024 00:56 GMT
… voices and faces and fooled employees at two UK-based …
But the amounts lost in employment, romance and email scams dropped … the highest number of online employment scams in a month, … search engine, accessible through the CyberDefender website or app, to check …
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Hong Kong Police Arrest 100 Fraud Suspects and Recovers Over HK$180 Million
22 May 2024 20:59 GMT
… deception. These included investment scams, employment fraud, internet love scams, e … “ search engine, available through the CyberDefender website or app, to verify …