Letters | Can Hong Kong really get ahead of scammers?
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My recent close brush suggests the problem won’t be easily solved. I received an SMS message one evening supposedly from Mannings, reminding me to redeem my reward points for a gift, as I had done in the past.
The link in the message led me to a webpage, where I selected a gift and tried to complete the transaction. At this stage I received a message from my bank’s mobile app asking me to approve a credit card payment of US$699.99 to the merchant “HuntGame”. It was then that I realised it was a scam.
The SMS message, webpage and checkout interface did not look any different than before. The close encounter sent a chill up my spine.