HKU student scammed out of HK$1.8m: sources
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A mainland student from the University of Hong Kong (HKU) is suspected to have lost around HK$1.8 million in a phone scam, sources said on Tuesday. It is understood the woman, 22, got a phone call last August from someone pretending to be from the SAR's Immigration Department. The scammer told (…)
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