An 82-year-old woman in Hong Kong has lost HK$4.2 million (US$539,800) after being duped by scammers with a new phishing tactic involving a streaming subscription that has also been used against postgraduate students, police have said.
The force’s Anti-Deception Coordination Centre revealed on Thursday that it had received over 35 inquiries on the scams involving messages allegedly sent by streaming or TV companies, including Netflix, Now TV and HOY TV, that targetted a wide demographic of…
