Foresight News|Mar 24, 2026 02:48
[Hong Kong Woman Falls Victim to Crypto Investment Romance Scam, Losing Over HK$5.5 Million in Two Months]
According to Foresight News, citing a report from *Hong Kong Economic Journal*, a 39-year-old woman in Hong Kong met a man claiming to be an employee of a new energy company through a mobile dating app. The two later transitioned to WhatsApp and developed an online romantic relationship. The man lured the victim into investing in cryptocurrency on a fake trading platform under the pretense of high returns. Following the platform's customer service instructions, the victim transferred over HK$5.5 million to multiple unknown personal accounts over two months, after which the man disappeared.
Last week, Hong Kong police received 15 reports of online romance scams, involving nearly HK$10 million in fraudulent losses.
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