FILE PHOTO: Men pose with smartphones in front of displayed Whatsapp logo in this illustration September 14, 2017. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/File Photo
More than 150 Hongkongers have been bilked out of HK$2.7mil (RM1.40mil) in WhatsApp scams this year, with creative fraudsters devising new ways to use the popular messaging service.
Police on April 8 said that the amount of defrauded money was up 50% from last year, even as the number of WhatsApp victims fell by more than 40%. More than 250 Hongkongers were scammed on the message app in the first three months of 2017 for HK$1.8 million (RM940,050).
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