Man arrested after 23,000 bogus customer service scam calls in over a week

South China Morning Post Sunday 11 October 2026, 08:19 UTC By Theodora Yu 1 min read

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Hong Kong police have arrested a 24-year-old man over an alleged scam operation that made more than 23,000 fraudulent calls in over a week by impersonating e-commerce customer service representatives, with one victim losing more than HK$100,000 (US$12,741). The force said on Sunday that the man was suspected of operating a call centre for a syndicate that posed as online shopping platform staff and tricked victims into transferring money for a variety of reasons. Senior Inspector of the...

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