WhatsApp scams: Hongkongers cheated of S$466,000 in three months

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HONG KONG — More than 150 Hongkongers have been bilked out of HK$2.7 million (S$466,000) in WhatsApp scams this year, with creative fraudsters devising new ways to use the popular messaging service.

 

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