Hong Kong woman loses HK$69m to scammers posing as mainland Chinese officials

A Hong Kong woman has been conned out of nearly HK$69 million (US8.8 million) in a month-long scam involving fraudsters posing as mainland Chinese officials. Police said on Friday that the 43-year-old woman received calls from people claiming to be mainland law enforcement officers, who accused her of committing a crim

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