HKEX Clearing Company warns of virtual wallet scam: fake websites trick users into providing bank account information.

PANews October 31 news: According to a press release from the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Government, Hong Kong Interbank Clearing Limited disclosed that it has identified two fraudulent websites impersonating its official website, which induce users to make deposits and withdrawals through virtual wallets and claim to provide Faster Payment System (FPS) online transaction security support, including refunds, reporting unauthorized online transactions, and transaction support. Hong Kong Interbank Clearing Limited emphasizes that under normal circumstances it does not directly provide FPS services to individual members of the public, nor does it proactively contact individual members of the public, and urges the public not to provide personal or banking information to the relevant websites.