26-11-2021, 10:19 AM
At least 41 individuals fell prey to a movie ticket scam here and lost a total of $203,000 this month.
The police said yesterday the scam was linked to companies with "Filmgo" in their names.
Victims were invited to participate in a job commission scheme over messaging platforms such as MiChat and WeChat.
Filmgo Production and Filmgo Digital were part of the scheme that tricked the victims into thinking they could earn a commission by buying and selling movie tickets.
The victims were told to create accounts on Filmgo websites and download mobile applications to use the service more conveniently.
They would then be required to top up their accounts to fund the purchase of the movie tickets and to receive commission from tickets sales.
Payments were made into bank accounts provided by the scammers.
Part of an article found in today's The New Paper
The police said yesterday the scam was linked to companies with "Filmgo" in their names.
Victims were invited to participate in a job commission scheme over messaging platforms such as MiChat and WeChat.
Filmgo Production and Filmgo Digital were part of the scheme that tricked the victims into thinking they could earn a commission by buying and selling movie tickets.
The victims were told to create accounts on Filmgo websites and download mobile applications to use the service more conveniently.
They would then be required to top up their accounts to fund the purchase of the movie tickets and to receive commission from tickets sales.
Payments were made into bank accounts provided by the scammers.
Part of an article found in today's The New Paper