Wong warns public not to trust phone calls & messages from purported ‘authorities’
In view of the fact that the number of telecom and online fraud cases grew “significantly” in the first six months of this year, in which the number of phone scams and online scams increased by 125 and 53 cases from 34 and 296 recorded in the same period of last year to 159 and 349 respectively, Secretary for Security Wong Sio Chak “solemnly” yesterday urged residents, tourists and non-local students in Macau never to trust phone calls or text messages from purported “authorities”