Sugar Daddy: Con artists scam victims with fake pregnancies

If you ever receive a call about your son knocking some girl up, you might want to try asking him if there’s any truth to the story first.

Recent telephone scammers have been posing as the father or boyfriend of a woman that’s made pregnant by a victim’s son. In most cases, they would ask for HKD200,000 but the fraudsters would only receive about HKD100,000 after negotiation.

According to the SCMP, this new pregnancy tactic is speculated to be used by two or three mainland conmen.

Police have indicated there will be more police and undercover cops patrolling popular tourist areas as with the National Day golden week holiday beginning tomorrow, many mainland thieves are expected to come to the city to steal.



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