Scammers posing as police dupe 42 mainland students in Hong Kong out of millions

Among the 42 cases, one victim was tricked into staging her own “abduction” after being lured to Thailand, despite having attended anti-scam courses at her university.

The largest student case involved a 22-year-old man who was cheated out of HK$8.21 million by a scammer posing as a mainland police officer and accusing him of being connected to a fraud case.

The fraudster demanded that he hand over funds as proof of his innocence.

He deposited the money into six bank accounts before the scammer cut contact with him.