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The Regional Crime Prevention Office of New Territories South (RCPO NTS) held the “Anti-Deception Week” between June 15 and 19 and designed a new “Scam Alert Card” to increase public awareness.
Officers from the RCPO NTS and different police districts jointly disseminated anti-scam messages to the public in over 40 locations during the campaign period. They visited about 200 banks and currency exchange shops to give information about the latest scams and promote the “Scam Alert Card” to their staff, inviting them to help safeguard the money of their customers. When their customers request to make unusual fund transfers or remittances or apply for online bank accounts, the staff will provide the “Scam Alert Card” to the customers to remind them to beware of deception. Officers also encouraged banks and currency exchange shops to call the Police when suspicious fund transfer or remittance requests are received.
The cover of the scam alert card contains common dialogues of swindlers while the inside pages of the card contain the common modus operandi of scammers and anti-scam messages, so the card receivers can learn more details about the latest scams.
The RCPO NTS also invited an informant who avoided a scam to be interviewed by the media. The informant recounted her experience of being targeted and monitored for 24 hours by the swindlers, hoping that the public will stay alert and remind their friends and relatives not to fall prey to scams.
