The Judiciary Police (PJ) yesterday announced a phone scam case in which a local woman lost 312,900 yuan (362,500 patacas) after she deposited the money into a bank account in the mainland, when someone pretending to be from a law enforcement agency in the mainland claimed that the victim was involved in an “economic crime” case and that depositing money into a bank account could speed up the investigative process.
During a regular press conference, PJ spokesman Chan Cho Man identified the victim as a woman in her forties working in a local casino.According to Chan, on Friday the victim received a phone call, in which a woman speaking Cantonese, claiming to be an “immigration department” staff member, told the victim that she had broken the law when “she assisted someone in applying for an Exit-Entry Permit for Travelling to and from Hong Kong and Macau”.
Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Chan Cho Man speaks during yesterday’s regular press conference. Photo: Tony Wong
