More than 150 Hongkongers have been bilked out of HK$2.7 million (US$340,000) in WhatsApp scams this year, with creative fraudsters devising new ways to use the popular messaging service.Police on Monday said that the amount of defrauded money was up 50 per cent from last year, even as the number of WhatsApp victims fell by more than 40 per cent. More than 250 Hongkongers were scammed on the message app in the first three months of 2017 for HK$1.8 million (US$229,390).WhatsApp scams came to the…
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