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The 'romance scammers' cashing in on lockdown loneliness
Lockdown isolation has been a boon for the con artists and catfishers targeting lonely Hong Kong women.

When Yvonne left the bank in Hong Kong, she couldn't stop smiling. She was genuinely happy to be giving a helping hand to her British boyfriend.
She hadn’t yet met him, but after a month of intense emailing and a few romantic calls, the boyfriend, who said he was the operation manager on a South American oil drill, had promised to fly over to meet Yvonne in person. However, before he did, he said he needed money for essential rig parts. She happily transferred HK$40,000 (US$5,160, £3,900).
But, soon after, the ‘boyfriend’ asked for another transfer. Yvonne, a 55-year-old hospitality worker, who requested to withhold her surname for privacy, realised that her online date was nothing more than a con artist. “He told me that his daughter had an accident and needed to raise money for surgery. That’s way too dramatic, and I finally woke up!”
In Hong Kong, women are particularly susceptible to online dating scams. Data from Hong Kong police shows that nearly 90% of the known victims this year were women aged 15 to 85, who collectively lost about HK$160.8m.
Ethnic whores are getting scammed by people larping as British Chads. They think they have found their perfect British Chad, only to never hear from him again.