Odaily Planet Daily News: The Hong Kong police announced yesterday the figures and trends of online investment scams. In the first 9 months of this year, a total of 3,468 cases were reported, with a total loss of about 2.2 billion Hong Kong dollars. Although this is a decrease compared to the same period last year, the number of cases in October this year surged by 24% compared to September, indicating a rebound trend. Nearly 40% of the cases involved financial investment products, and 35% involved virtual assets. Among them, the largest single loss amount in virtual asset scams was about 78.47 million Hong Kong dollars, with the victim being a female executive of a cryptocurrency company, who was deceived into opening a video call to discuss investment details and ended up having her electronic wallet account password stolen, leading to the transfer of a large sum of money. As virtual asset investments become increasingly popular, the police remind investors to stay vigilant to avoid falling into scams. From January to October 2023, the police recorded 5,017 investment scam cases, involving an amount of about 4.93 billion Hong Kong dollars. Although the number and amount of online investment scam cases from January to September this year have decreased compared to the same period last year, there were 312 cases in September involving about 187 million dollars, while in October, there were 380 cases involving about 248 million dollars. (Wenhui Network)