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The following is issued on behalf of the Hong Kong Monetary Authority:
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority wishes to alert members of the public in Hong Kong to a fraudulent website with the domain name "http://hkhsbconline.com/". The website looks similar to the official website of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited (HSBC). HSBC has clarified that it has no connection with the fraudulent website.
HSBC has reported the case to the Hong Kong Police Force for further investigation. Anyone who has provided personal information to the website or has conducted any financial transactions through the website should contact HSBC at 2233 3000 for Personal Internet Banking customers or 2748 8288 for Business Internet Banking customers, and any local police station or the Commercial Crime Bureau of the Hong Kong Police Force at 2860 5012.
Ends/Tuesday, January 29, 2013
Issued at HKT 19:02
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