Five Hong Kong residents have been conned out of more than HK$1.8 million (US$14 million) in total after they fell for dubious job offers, which claimed they could get paid by clicking on websites or increasing sales with their own money, police have said.
The victims, aged from 25 to 46, reported their cases to police on Wednesday after they were embroiled in a common type of online employment fraud known as click farming or boosting sales, the force revealed on Thursday.
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