Seven local residents have fallen victim to telephone scams and lost over 1.26 million patacas, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Leng Kam Lun said during a regular press conference yesterday.
According to Leng, the seven victims comprise six women and one man, aged between 18 and 24, including three university students and a high-school pupil.
Leng said that since last month the seven victims had received various phone calls from people claiming to be delivery company staff members as well as mainland law enforcing officers, demanding that they transfer money to specified bank accounts. They were instructed to go to certain telecom shops to transfer the money to the accounts.
Judiciary Police (PJ) spokesman Leng Kam Lon poses during yesterday’s regular press conference. Photo: Joel Chu
