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Safeguarding Against the Rise of Deepfake Scams: What Employers and Employees Need to Know

A recent deepfake scam has rocked the financial landscape of Hong Kong, demonstrating the extreme lengths to which cybercriminals are willing to go to defraud unsuspecting victims. This sophisticated scheme, which saw...more

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Protecting Against Business Email Scams and Recovering Funds Wired to the United States

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“Business Email Compromise Scams” or “BEC scams” typically target companies that conduct wire transfers with entities abroad. For example, a fraudster may use an email address that is very similar to that of a business’s...more

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Recent Trends in Wire Fraud Scams: Uncovering and Tackling the Latest Tactics in Hong Kong

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Wire fraud threats have been on the rise in recent years, with Hong Kong becoming a particularly attractive destination for fraudsters due to its status as a global financial hub. Criminals are using increasingly...more

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Partially relieved – Hong Kong court judgment highlights difficulties facing cyber fraud victims in seeking recovery

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The Hong Kong Court of First Instance in Edison Norge As v. BZZ Ltd [2021] HKCFI 135 has granted default judgment against email fraudsters whilst granting the declaratory relief applied for only in part. This decision...more

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To trace or not to trace? Hong Kong Court reiterates applicable tracing principles for obtaining a proprietary relief in email...

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In a recent High Court decision, the court rejected the plaintiff's application for a declaration that the defendant (a first layer recipient) held the total amount of three transfers that were mistakenly made by the...more

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Hong Kong Email Wire Fraud Epidemic - How to retrieve funds and prevent wire fraud

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Over the Lunar New Year period, we observed a spate of email wire frauds (or ‘business email scams’) which involve funds being wired internationally to bank accounts in Hong Kong. The amounts transferred vary from a few...more

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Hong Kong and Overseas Businesses Defrauded of over HK$1.8 billion (US$231m) in 2016

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Email wire fraud scammers continue to target local and international businesses with victims suffering millions of dollars of lost funds wired to Hong Kong bank accounts. In December 2016, the Hong Kong Legislative...more

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