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Another Filipina in Hong
Kong has been fleeced of more than Php5 million in a cryptocurrency scam,
according to a report on GMA News.
No dates were mentioned,
but the report said 25 suspects were arrested after the Filipina immediately
reported the case to the police after realizing she had been duped.
It did not say, though,
whether the money or part of it, has been recovered.
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The Consulate’s
assistance to nationals section has not responded to a query on whether it was
aware of the case.
The report comes just
two months after another Filipina resident complained to the police and the
Consulate after she lost HK$700,000 (also about Php5million) to a group that
lured her into a supposed trading platform.
In both cases, the
victims were made to think they were making a profit from their “investment”
when all they were shown were manufactured figures in an online platform
controlled by the syndicate.
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In the later case, the
Filipina called “Joy” was offered the fake investment scheme on social media. She
was told that she would make money by transferring money into some bank
accounts.
Joy was encouraged to
keep transferring money when her initial investment of Php1,500 ballooned to
more than Php2 million according to her dummy account controlled by the
scammers.
But when she asked to
withdraw her money, she was told she would be charged 20% of the total amount.
In truth, the scammers would never have given back a single cent of what she
had put in.
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Joy reported the case
immediately to the police, and the suspects were nabbed.
In the earlier case, the
victim lost all her money in just one day. An offer to reward her small amounts
by participating in a survey and small online jobs got her hooked to the investment
scam.
After reporting to the
authorities, she was told that the three Filipinas whose bank accounts were
used to receive her money were all migrant workers in Hong Kong. But she was
not made aware of any arrests being made following her complaint.
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At one stage, the police
also told her that her case had been transferred from the Wanchai station to Tseung
Kwan O because that was where one of the suspects had operated from. But again,
no further information was given her.
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