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HK Actress Says Fraudsters Charged Nearly S$8K To Her Stolen Credit Card To Buy iPhone 18 Pro

Hong Kong actress Grace Lam was reportedly among victims in a wave of credit card fraud cases linked to new iPhone 18 Pro purchases.

HK Actress Says Fraudsters Charged Nearly S$8K To Her Stolen Credit Card To Buy iPhone 18 Pro

While many are rushing to pre-order the new iPhone 18 series, it may be time to be extra vigilant about your credit card transactions.

Recently, Hong Kong actress Grace Lam shared on Instagram that there were a few fraudulent transactions on her credit card, all of which were used to purchase the iPhone 18 Pro to be launched later this month.

According to screenshots of text messages posted by the 48-year-old, a series of transaction alerts were issued at around 8:25pm on September 12.

The notifications showed that multiple transactions worth more than HK$20,000 (S$3,200) each were declined because “the card’s online transaction function has been suspended, or the online spending limit has been exceeded”.

However, two transactions amounting to HK$26,598 (S$4,303) and HK$11,499 (S$1,860) respectively appeared to have gone through successfully.

“HSBC credit card? Stolen and used. Someone stole my credit card and used it to buy an iPhone 18 Pro from Apple,” the actress wrote.

“They charged nearly HK$50,000 (S$8,090) to my card. Shouldn’t Apple do something about this?” she asked.

She added that she had seen numerous other victims posting online about their credit cards being fraudulently used to purchase iPhones.

Many netizens also urged her to report the incident to the police immediately and contact her bank to cancel the card to prevent further unauthorised transactions.

According to reports, Grace’s case appears to be part of a larger scale credit card fraud.

Shortly after pre-orders officially opened on September 12, numerous people reportedly took to social media to complain that they had suddenly received payment notifications from their banks despite never making the purchases.

Some users claimed that their cards had been used to buy iPhones without their knowledge, while one netizen said they had suffered losses exceeding HK$60,000 (S$9,709) after multiple unauthorised transactions were made.

Experts have since urged anyone who receives notifications for unfamiliar transactions to contact their card-issuing bank immediately to stop or dispute the transactions.

They have also been advised to report the matter to the police.

The fraudsters could have gotten three iPhone 18 Pro (512GB) phones with the S$8K stolen from Grace

Stay alert guys!

Photos: Grace Lam/Instagram

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