A series of attempted frauds targeting Japanese companies in Hong Kong ... The consulate calls attention again (Macau newspaper) --Yahoo! News

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In April of this year (2021), the Consulate-General of Japan in Hong Kong issued a warning to Japanese expatriates in Hong Kong, saying that there were multiple attempted fraud cases targeting Japanese companies in Hong Kong. According to the museum, fraud cases targeting Japanese companies have continued since then, and it has been on the rise for the past few months. An arousal was made. As with the one in April, the method is to call the representative name of the Japanese head office and urge them to contact the designated lawyer for M & A negotiations, but the caller's Japanese is fluent, the telephone of the Japanese head office It is said that the technique is becoming more sophisticated, such as the number being displayed as an incoming number. So far, there is no information that the actual damage has occurred, but since similar cases may occur in the future, he called for caution. In addition, when a similar incident occurs, he requested that the department in charge of the building and the head office be notified. The following is an outline (recent specific examples) of attempted fraud cases targeting Japanese companies in Hong Kong. (From the content of the email delivered by the Consulate-General of Japan in Hong Kong) [Point] ・ There is a phone call from a person who claims to be the president.・ The phone number of the head office in Japan may be displayed as an incoming number.・ Because Japanese is fluent, the person calling is considered to be Japanese.・ The chief financial officer of the representative office is targeted.・ The content of the call is "I want you to contact the designated lawyer for M & A negotiations and transfer the required amount to the designated account."・ Because of a top secret case, there is a nail stab that I want you to stop calling and emailing for confirmation to the head office. ● 9/14 Case 1 ・ Call from a person who claims to be the president of the head office.・ There are requests such as whether there are Japanese staff, tell us the representative mobile number on the Hong Kong side, and connect with the accounting and finance staff.・ Although the local staff responded, the staff was acquainted with the president, and there was a sense of discomfort in the voice and speaking atmosphere, so we confirmed detailed information with the person who called. The phone is hung up while checking. ● 9/20 Case 2 ・ Call from a person who claims to be the president of the head office. The caller is the representative phone of the head office. He is proceeding with a confidential M & A project and wants to transfer the funds as soon as possible.・ We are proceeding with only two parties, a lawyer and the president. I didn't tell my secretary, so I didn't tell anyone. You will be instructed not to hang up until the transfer is complete.・ Because Japanese is fluent, the caller seems to be Japanese.・ I received an email from a British lawyer about the deposit account and amount, so I was informed that I would like to deposit. I proceeded halfway through the procedure, but noticed that the domain of the email from the lawyer and the domain listed on the website of the law firm are different.・ After that, when I contacted the secretary of the head office, the president was absent today and it was discovered that it was a fraud. Cancel the procedure. ● 10/5 Case 3 ・ Call from a person who claims to be the chairman from the head office representative phone number. He is proceeding with a top secret M & A project and wants to transfer the funds.・ When the accounting staff responded and asked who had the authority to send money and answered that he was the president of a local corporation, he was told to change the phone.・ I thought that my voice was different from that of the chairman, and when I confirmed my identity, I was cut off.・ Japanese is fluent and probably Japanese. ● 10/15 Case 4 ・ Call from the head office representative phone number to call the head office president and contact the president of the local subsidiary.・ Because Japanese is fluent, the caller seems to be Japanese.・ It is explained that remittance is required from the local subsidiary to carry out confidential M & A.・ Because it is a confidential matter, there is a message that the means of communication regarding this matter should be limited to telephone calls from charged persons or lawyers to the local corporation (the local corporation is nailed to avoid making confirmation calls or emails to the head office. ).・ Since there is no chat, I feel a sense of discomfort, but I also imagine that it is an important case. Contrary to the instructions from the caller, he searched the head office and found out that it was a fraud from the whereabouts of the president of the head office. ● 10/21 Case 5 ・ Call from a person who claims to be the president of the head office. From the wording, it seems that the caller is Japanese.・ Remittance from a local subsidiary is required to carry out confidential M & A.・ Since the lawyer's e-mail address will be given to carry out the remittance, an e-mail will be sent to the effect that the remittance destination information is requested, and after the remittance destination information is sent back from the lawyer, an explanation will be given asking for the remittance as soon as possible. ..・ Because it is a confidential matter, other words are strictly prohibited.・ Since I had confirmed the warning email from the hotel, I decided that it was a fraud and confirmed it with the president of the head office, but there was no fact that I requested remittance. -The name of the lawyer's office or the remittance destination company described in the remittance destination information sent from the lawyer was a real corporation. In addition, similar incidents are occurring around 2019 in Mexico and Germany.