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In May this year, a granny living alone received a phone call from a scammer posing as a mainland official who tricked her into disclosing her personal particulars. The scammer even accompanied her to a bank and persuaded her to make some withdrawal instructions, in an attempt to steal her life savings. Suspecting that a scam was occurring, the bank staff called the Police for help and assisted officers in arresting two scammers.
Determined to combat phone scams, officers from the Regional Crime Prevention Office of New Territories North (RCPO NTN) and members of Senior Police Call stepped up publicity at housing estates to remind elderly people not to fall for phone scams. They also visited the bank concerned to commend the staff on their vigilance and provide them with additional anti-scam tips, in a bid to quash phone scams together.
In addition, members of public received calls from scammers impersonating bank staff or officers of government departments and claiming that they could help register for the Government’s Cash Payout Scheme. Officers of the RCPO NTN visited banks to distribute anti-scam leaflets to citizens to remind them not to disclose their personal particulars to strangers.
