Three people aged 28 to 35 were arrested by police over a scam in which they used citizens’ credit card information – stolen through phishing messages – and spent over HK$1.5 million on shopping. They would then tell citizens their membership points accumulated were about to expire and lure citizens to visit certain links and enter their credit card information, including the card validation code (CVC/CVV). After citizens entered the information, they received notifications from the bank the same day that their credit cards were suspected to be stolen. Meanwhile, the Democratic Alliance for the Betterment and Progress of Hong Kong (DAB) received complaints from citizens regarding credit card theft. They also slammed banks for failing to intervene in time and put suspicious transactions on hold when the credit limit was exceeded.
