A mainland Chinese student in Hong Kong has been arrested on suspicion of wasting police resources over her role in her elaborately staged kidnapping that sought to trick her parents into handing over HK$5 million (S$914,000) in ransom. The ruse came to light last Friday (Sept 30) after the victim's mainland parents received a video that showed what appeared to...
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The student, 18, came to Hong Kong last year to take an associate degree course on advertising at Chinese University, according to a police source.In August, she came across a scammer online posing as a Shanghai police officer who accused her of being involved in a criminal case and during the "investigation", she was duped out of HK$200,000 last month, the source said.
Despite being warned by officers, the student continued to believe she had a romantic connection with the scammer, but her parents stepped in and asked her to return home. The woman returned to the Mong Kok hotel on Saturday afternoon and was arrested by awaiting officers. The student did not suffer any injuries and was being detained for questioning on Sunday.
Superintendent Alan Chung urged the public to remain vigilant while meeting friends over the internet.
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