90-Year-Old Woman Conned Out Of $32 Million In Hong Kong's Biggest Phone Scam
90-Year-Old Woman Conned Out Of $32 Million In Hong Kong's Biggest Phone Scam
Last summer criminals contacted the unnamed woman pretending to be Chinese public security officials
Updated: April 21, 2021 4:56 pm IST
A Hong Kong woman was conned out of US$32million in the city's biggest recorded phone scam.
A 90-year-old Hong Kong woman has been conned out of US$32million by fraudsters posing as Chinese officials, police said, in the city's biggest recorded phone scam.
Hong Kong's elderly are plagued by phone scammers who seek out vulnerable and wealthy victims willing to transfer money or make bogus investments.