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Hong Kong Woman Loses HK$2.25 Million in Job Scam
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Hong Kong Woman Loses HK$2.25 Million in Job Scam

A 25-year-old Hong Kong woman was cheated out of more than HK$2.25 million (US$287,190) over one month after responding to a part-time job posting offering HK$90 an hour. The victim, who had quit her university research assistant job due to health issues, was tricked into signing documents for a fake lawyer assisting a mainland financier, taken to three loan companies in one day, and asked to open virtual bank accounts to transfer money to scammers.

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