Man to be charged over suspicious SMS messages

[RTHK] - 02/19/2025

Police on Wednesday said that a man had been arrested on suspicion of scamming people by sending phishing text messages that start with a hashtag. A little more than a year ago, authorities introduced a scheme under which registered firms and organisations can send messages that start with the (…)



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