Privacy Commissioner Calls for Greater Vigilance Beware of Phishing Emails or Messages Issued by Bogus Government Departments or Banks
The Office of the Privacy Commissioner for Personal Data, Hong Kong (PCPD), noted that there were numerous fraud cases reported recently which involved the use of phishing emails or SMS messages issued from sources pretending to be the Hongkong Post, the Centre for Health Protection, banks or other organisations in order to lure the public into revealing sensitive personal data, including names, phone numbers, bank account login information, credit card information, health and travel records, etc. Some victims had suffered monetary losses as a result.