{
  "id": 13682499,
  "title": "Man arrested after 23,000 bogus customer service scam calls in over a week",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/11/man-arrested-after-23-000-bogus-customer-service-scam-calls-in-over-a-13682499",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-11T08:19:30.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post - Hong Kong",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post-hong-kong",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3370488/man-arrested-after-23000-bogus-customer-service-scam-calls-over-week"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Hong Kong police have arrested a 24-year-old man over an alleged scam operation that made more than 23,000 fraudulent calls in over a week by impersonating e-commerce customer service representatives, with one victim losing more than HK$100,000 (US$12,741). The force said on Sunday that the man was suspected of operating a call centre for a syndicate that posed as online shopping platform staff…",
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        "outlet": "South China Morning Post",
        "title": "Man arrested after 23,000 bogus customer service scam calls in over a week",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/11/man-arrested-after-23-000-bogus-customer-service-scam-calls-in-over-a",
        "published": "2026-10-11T08:19:30.000Z"
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}