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Judiciary alerts public to phishing email ***************************************** The following is issued on behalf of the Judiciary:      The Judiciary today (October 28) called on the public to stay vigilant to a phishing email sent from the email account “HONG KONG JUDICIARY “. The email falsely claims that it was issued by the order of the Hong Kong Judiciary, and is suspected of containing a malicious link. The Judiciary has reported the case to the Police.      Members of the public are reminded to stay alert to suspicious emails and refrain from opening them. Anyone who has ... Read more

FSO alerts public to deceptive advertisements purported to be interviews with FS ********************************************************************************      The Financial Secretary’s Office (FSO) today (June 11) appealed to members of the public for heightened vigilance against deceptive advertisements circulating online, purported to be interviews with the Financial Secretary (FS). The FSO solemnly clarified that it has never issued or authorised such advertisements. The FS has never conducted the so-called interviews on fictitious articles and the remarks in the relevant fake articles are all fictitious.      The FSO recently noted some deceptive advertisements and websites on some online news portals and in social media which carry the ... Read more

Judiciary alerts public to phishing email ***************************************** The following is issued on behalf of the Judiciary:      The Judiciary today (May 4) called on the public to stay vigilant to a phishing email sent from the email account “香港司法機構judiciaryofhongkong01@gmail.com”. The email falsely claims that it was sent by the Judiciary of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. The Judiciary has reported the case to the Police.      Members of the public are reminded to stay alert to suspicious emails and refrain from opening them. Anyone who has provided personal information to the email sender is advised to contact ... Read more

Administration Wing alerts public to fraudulent email *****************************************************      The Administration Wing today (January 14) appealed to members of the public to stay alert to a fraudulent email on nomination for honours and awards purporting to be sent by “Honours Section, Administration Wing” under the email account cso.gov.hk@express.com. A suspected link to a malicious file is attached in the email, inviting recipients to provide information.          The Administration Wing has not sent the email and a report has been made to the Police. Members of the public are reminded not to open any suspicious email. Anyone who has ... Read more

Hong Kong Customs alerts public to fraudulent phone calls *********************************************************      ​Hong Kong Customs today (October 26) appealed to members of the public to stay alert to deception-related phone calls purporting to be made by Customs.      Customs recently received a number of public enquiries about receiving phone calls from +852 2815 7711, which is the same number as Customs’ General Enquiry Hotline (2815 7711), or from other local mobile phone numbers. The caller claimed to be an officer of Hong Kong Customs and told the member of the public concerned that he or she had a mail parcel or cargo consignment ... Read more