Hong Kong enregistre 80 cas de fraude en cryptomonnaie en une semaine ! Une femme a été dupée pour un million de dollars en croyant à une promesse de profit garanti par une trading quantitatif basée sur l'IA

Hong Kong experiences a large-scale crypto scam outbreak, with over 80 reports in a single week, and total losses exceeding 80 million HKD. The scammers use methods such as AI quantitative trading and love scams to induce victims to transfer crypto assets multiple times.

Over 80 scam cases in one week, with total losses surpassing 80 million HKD

Recently, Hong Kong has seen a surge in large-scale cryptocurrency fraud cases, drawing high attention from law enforcement. According to local authorities, more than 80 related scam reports have been recorded in a single week, with cumulative losses exceeding 80 million HKD (about 10.2 million USD).

Police point out that the scam techniques are continuously evolving, combining crypto assets with popular technological concepts, causing both the number of cases and the scale of losses to rise simultaneously. Victims span different age groups, many of whom are first-time crypto investors.

This wave of scams mainly spreads through social media platforms and instant messaging tools. Scammers often pose as investment advisors or professional traders, promoting “low risk, high return” tactics to gradually lure victims into investing funds.

Fake AI quantitative trading tactics, woman loses over 1 million USD after 17 transfers

In an exposed case, a woman believed in an “AI quantitative trading” investment opportunity and ultimately lost about HKD 7.7 million (approximately USD 1 million).

It is understood that the victim initially received unknown information via the messaging app Telegram. The other party claimed to be an investment expert and stated that they used artificial intelligence algorithms to trade in the crypto market, which could generate stable high returns.

After multiple communications and persuasion, the victim was guided to a fake investment platform and instructed to transfer funds into a designated wallet address. She made 17 transfers involving