Fraudulent website: www.unionbankhk.com

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) wishes to alert members
of the public in Hong Kong to a fraudulent website with the domain
name "www.unionbankhk.com". The website looks similar to the
official website of Bank of Communications, Hong Kong Branch. Bank
of Communications has issued a press release today (23 December
2004) to clarify that it has no connection with the fraudulent
website.

Bank of Communications has reported the case to the Hong Kong
Police Force for further investigation. Anyone who has provided his
or her personal information to the website or has conducted any
financial transactions through the website should contact Bank of
Communications at 2269 9699 and any local Police Station or the
Commercial Crime Bureau of the Hong Kong Police Force at 2860
5012.

For further enquiries, please contact:
Kevin Ip, Manager (Press), at 2878 1687 or
Thomas Chan, Senior Manager (Press), at 2878 1480

Hong Kong Monetary Authority
23 December 2004