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Beware of Bogus CLP Power Employees Defraud Investors in “Green Waste” CLP Power: Never Promote Investment from Customers via Social Media
2025-12-16

Beware of Bogus CLP Power Employees Defraud Investors in “Green Waste” CLP Power: Never Promote Investment from Customers via Social Media

Defrauding Tricks

After posing as employees of The Hongkong Electric Company, Limited (HK Electric), scammers also pose as employees of CLP Power Hong Kong Limited (CLP Power).

Recently, some scammers approached members of the public via social media such as WeChat, showing fake staff identity cards to lure them into registering accounts on a fraudulent State Grid Corporation of China (State Grid) website and transferring funds into designated bank accounts to invest in a so-called “green waste” project.

In such scams, the scammers fabricated profit-making records of the trading platform to entice victims to invest more funds.  However, when the victims tried to withdraw their money, so-called “customer service staff” would delay the payments using various excuses and even demand hefty handling fees.  In the end, the victims failed to get back their money.

 

Our Advice

  • CLP Power employees will never contact customers via social media to promote investment projects, or ask for personal data and money;

  • If you have to verify the identities of CLP Power employees, please call the CLP Power Customer Service Hotline at 2678 2678;

  • The official websites of CLP Power and State Grid are www.clp.com.hk and www.sgcc.com.cn respectively.  Do not trust other URLs;

  • CLP Power and State Grid will not promote any investment projects related to the buying and selling of “green waste”;

  • Do not hastily trust the identities of strangers.  You should always seek verification from relevant organisations;

  • You are advised to make investment through registered investment institutions. You may check out the public register of licensed persons and registered institutions on the web pages of the Securities and Futures Commission;

  • Do not hastily click on hyperlinks, download mobile applications, log on to any suspicious websites or download any attachments;

  • You may enter suspicious phone numbers, URLs or transferees’ account numbers on “Scameter” of CyberDefender or “Scameter+”, the mobile application of “Scameter”, for security check in addition to seeking verification from relevant organisations;

  • If in doubt, please call the “Anti-Scam Helpline 18222” for enquiries.


Related scam alert - Bogus HK Electric Employees: https://www.adcc.gov.hk/en-hk/alerts-detail/alerts-1919633052404350978.html