news Scmp World 2026-08-07

Hong Kong Woman Scammed Out of HK$69 Million by Impersonators

A 43-year-old woman in Hong Kong was defrauded of over US$8 million by scammers posing as mainland Chinese officials claiming she committed a crime.

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