A local Neighbourhood Watch is warning about a scam letter that is being posted to residents, purporting to be from a company in Hong Kong.
The letter claims to be from a Hong Kong based business called ‘Hung Kai Finance Company Limited’. It states that a recently deceased member of the recipient’s family had accounts in China and that the recipient is entitled to $10.5 million.
This is a scam. Do not contact the sender and ignore the request if you receive a letter like this.
People are also being warned never to hand out bank details during correspondence such as this.
Read more about the Hong Kong inheritance scam on the Langar cum Barnstone Parish Council’s website.
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