Fraud cases relating to lottery claims

The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) wishes to alert members
of the public to recent fraud cases where victims were informed by
fraudsters that they have won a lottery and would be paid a large
sum of money. They were told to deposit an advance fee into a
designated bank account before the lottery money would be remitted
from the "Hong Kong & Macau Monetary Authority".

The HKMA wishes to inform the public that the "Hong Kong &
Macau Monetary Authority" is a fictitious entity. The HKMA has
already reported the cases to the Hong Kong Police Force for
investigation.

Anyone who receives fraudulent letters of this kind is advised
to contact the Commercial Crime Bureau of the Hong Kong Police
Force (telephone number: 2860 5012).

For further enquiries, please contact:
Sara Yip, Manager (Press), at 2878 8246 or
Hing-Fung Wong, Officer (Press), at 2878 1802

Hong Kong Monetary Authority
8 June 2007