Hong Kong has received over 150 reports of WhatsApp account hijacking scams in the past two weeks, with losses exceeding HK$15 million.

PANews October 16 news, according to Hong Kong 01 report, Hong Kong has received over 150 WhatsApp account hijacking scam cases in the past two weeks, involving more than HK$15 million. Among them, after a virtual currency exchange company employee's WhatsApp account was hijacked, the scammer copied the name, avatar, and member information of a real work group, created a fake group, and impersonated a client to make an exchange request, inducing the victim to transfer cryptocurrency to a designated wallet, ultimately causing the company to lose more than HK$4 million.