The Labour Department (LD) today (April 23) urged members of the public to remain vigilant against fraudulent emails purportedly sent by the LD.

     The LD recently received enquiries from members of the public concerning emails purportedly sent by the LD, claiming that they had violated employment right provisions and requesting them to take action via hyperlinks embedded in the emails. These hyperlinks are not the official website address of the LD (www.labour.gov.hk), and the email accounts sending out these emails are also not official email accounts (ending with "@labour.gov.hk" in general) of the LD.

     The LD confirmed that the email accounts (mostly ending with ".com") involved are fraudulent and has reported the cases to the Police.

     The LD reminds members of the public to stay alert when receiving any unidentified emails, and not to visit any suspicious hyperlinks and disclose any personal information. Anyone who has visited suspicious hyperlinks and provided his or her personal information should contact the Police. For enquiries, please call the LD's enquiry hotline 2717 1771 (manned by 1823) or send an email to enquiry@labour.gov.hk.

Ends/Thursday, April 23, 2026
Issued at HKT 11:30

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