Huge Explosion In Online Romance Scams In Hong Kong In 2018, With Victims Swindled Out Of Us$57.6 Million – SCARS™ SCAM NEWS2 min read

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Updated on February 1, 2020 by SCARS|EDUCATION™ Editorial Team

SCARS™ SCAM NEWS: Huge Explosion In Online Romance Scams In Hong Kong In 2018, With Victims Swindled Out Of Us$57.6 Million

Police warned people to be alert when making friends online and to take any request to send money as a sign of a scam

EDITOR’S NOTE: The explosion may have more to do with police awareness and tracking, as well as increased reporting by victims, and less to do with the total amount of scams.

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Huge explosion in online scams in 2018, mostly romance-related

A massive 92 per cent of the cyber scamming cases involved criminals preying on lovelorn individuals. Police warned people to be alert when making friends online and to take any request to send money as sign of a scam.

South China Morning Post

RSN™ Team
A SCARS Division
Miami Florida U.S.A.

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FAQ: How Do You Properly Report Scammers?

It is essential that law enforcement knows about scams & scammers, even though there is nothing (in most cases) that they can do.

Always report scams involving money lost or where you received money to:

Local Police – ask them to take an “informational” police report – say you need it for your insurance
Your National Police or FBI (www.IC3.gov)
The Scars Worldwide Reporting Network HERE or on www.Anyscam.com

This helps your government understand the problem, and allows law enforcement to add scammers on watch lists worldwide.

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