Nearly 20 Hongkongers have lost HK$10 million (US$1.3 million) to online romance scams over the past two weeks, including a 70-year-old man who was tricked by a fake water leak alert, according to police.
The force said on Wednesday that 40 per cent of the victims were aged over 60, adding that one of the cases involved the elderly man who was conned out of more than HK$3 million from his lifelong savings and was also left with an additional HK$1 million in debt.
About two months ago, the man…
