{"id":27553,"date":"2016-09-28T08:45:45","date_gmt":"2016-09-28T01:45:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/hong-kongs-newest-property-trap-man-scams-buyer-out-of-hk3-million-in-another-case-of-id-fraud\/"},"modified":"2016-09-28T09:39:22","modified_gmt":"2016-09-28T02:39:22","slug":"hong-kongs-newest-property-trap-man-scams-buyer-out-of-hk3-million-in-another-case-of-id-fraud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/hong-kongs-newest-property-trap-man-scams-buyer-out-of-hk3-million-in-another-case-of-id-fraud\/","title":{"rendered":"Hong Kong\u2019s newest property trap? Man scams buyer out of HK$3 million in another case of ID fraud"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#013;<br \/>\nA man was arrested for his alleged role in a fraud racket in which scammers posed as a flat owner and duped a potential buyer out of about HK$3 million in deposit payments.<br \/>\nThe unemployed 40-year-old man, a suspected drug addict, was believed to be part of a gang whose members pretended to be a flat owner selling a property in residential estate Festival City in Tai Wai for HK$9.2 million, about 10 per cent below the price of similar units, in November.<br \/>\nThe gang collected the personal data of&#8230;&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource : South China Morning Post&#013;<br \/>\nRead more&#8230;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/hong-kong\/law-crime\/article\/2023203\/hong-kong-man-arrested-role-hk3-million-housing-scam\" target=\"_blank\">Hong Kong\u2019s newest property trap? Man scams buyer out of HK million in another case of ID fraud<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; A man was arrested for his alleged role in a fraud racket in which scammers&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27553","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-7ap","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":108642,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/hong-kong-public-housing-flat-sells-for-record-hk5-26-million\/","url_meta":{"origin":27553,"position":0},"title":"Hong Kong public housing flat sells for record HK$5.26 million","date":"July 2, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"\r Hong Kong\u2019s property market continues to make waves in these turbulent times.A 598 square feet flat at Fung Tak Estate in Wong Tai Sin, Kowloon, has been sold for HK$5.26 million (US$674,000), making it the most expensive public rental housing unit in Hong Kong, according to data from the\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Property News&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":20144,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/hk4-5-billion-for-a-kowloon-office-tower-the-buyer-of-hong-kongs-most-expensive-home-strikes-again\/","url_meta":{"origin":27553,"position":1},"title":"HK$4.5 billion for a Kowloon office tower? 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