727 FinancePANews October 16 news, according to Hong Kong 01 report, Hong Kong has received over 150 WhatsApp account hijacking scam cases in the past two weeks, involving more than HK$15 million. Among them, after a virtual currency exchange company employee's WhatsApp account was hijacked, the scammer copied the name, avatar, and member information of a real work group, created a fake group, and impersonated a client to make an exchange request, inducing the victim to transfer cryptocurrency to a designated wallet, ultimately causing the company to lose more than HK$4 million.
Hong Kong has received over 150 reports of WhatsApp account hijacking scams in the past two weeks, with losses exceeding HK$15 million.
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