Man studying abroad scammed out of HKD820,000

A young Macau man studying in Australia has reportedly lost nearly HKD820,000 after a phone scammer accused him of involvement in multiple fraud cases. According to the Judiciary Police, the scammer claimed to work for an Australian telecommunications operator. The scammer contacted the student in October, claiming the student’s phone number was involved in multiple fraud cases in Beijing. The student was transferred to “Beijing Haidian District Public Security Bureau” and accused of opening Australian bank accounts for multiple transnational money laundering activities. Within the next month, he transferred HKD819,000 into the designated account in multiple installments to “cooperate with the investigation.”