Seven people were arrested for their connection to at least 25 phishing scams in which the victims were swindled out of about HK$500,000. Separately, four men were also arrested for cheating about HK$900,000 from online sellers by using invalid cheques. The first phishing case was handled by the East Kowloon regional crime squad. Officers also seized two modem pools and a significant number of SIM cards to be used to send victims phishing messages containing fraudulent links. As for the second case, the seven scams involving invalid cheques took place between March and April.
