{
  "id": 17348876,
  "title": "Hong Kong woman, 66, loses HK$2.7 million in money-laundering phone scam",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/31/hong-kong-woman-66-loses-hk-2-7-million-in-money-laundering-phone-scam-17348876",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-31T05:29:25.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "South China Morning Post - Hong Kong",
    "slug": "south-china-morning-post-hong-kong",
    "url": "https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/law-and-crime/article/3372815/hong-kong-woman-66-loses-hk27-million-money-laundering-phone-scam"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "A 66-year-old Hong Kong woman was swindled out of HK$2.7 million (US$344,158) in a phone scam after a caller alleged that her bank account had been involved in money laundering. Police said the woman, who lives in Sau Mau Ping, told the force at about 5am on Saturday that she had received the call earlier this month from a suspected scammer. He claimed her bank account, the one she used to buy…",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 2,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Nikkei Asia",
        "title": "Fatal dog attacks test Hong Kong's ambitions for a pet-friendly economy",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/31/fatal-dog-attacks-test-hong-kongs-ambitions-for-a-pet-friendly-economy",
        "published": "2026-10-31T00:46:52.000Z"
      }
    ]
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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."
}