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 basé sur l'IA

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

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

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 one week, with total losses exceeding HKD 80 million (about USD 10.2 million).

Police point out that 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. 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 persuade victims to invest funds.

Fake AI quantitative trading tactics, woman loses over USD 1 million 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 (around USD 1 million).

It is understood that the victim initially received unknown information via the messaging app Telegram, the other party claiming to be an investment expert, asserting that they use artificial intelligence algorithms to trade in the crypto market, generating stable high returns.

After multiple communications and persuasion, the victim was guided to a fake investment platform and instructed to transfer funds into a specified wallet address. She made 17 transfers involving $USDT and assets such as Ethereum ($ETH).

When attempting to withdraw