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Finance, gaming and part time jobs top list of online scams in China, with live streaming a lucrative new hunting ground, says report
The three most popular categories of fraud in China last year were finance, gaming and part-time jobs, with live streaming emerging as a lucrative new hunting ground for scammers, according to a study by an internet security company.Financial fraud saw the highest number of cases last year – 3,314 in total, according to Qihoo 360. Among the different kinds of financial fraud, per capita losses caused by cryptocurrency scams were the highest at 134,522 yuan (US$19,355). Terms such as “digital…