Reporting a scam in Hong Kong

First hour, in order

Call your bank. Call your bank and the ADCC on 18222, the ADCC operates a stop-payment mechanism with banks.
Stop paying. No fee, tax or "release payment" ever unlocks money that does not exist.
Screenshot everything before you delete an app, block a number or close an account.
Then report using the routes below. Reporting is slower than the bank call, and less urgent, but it is what produces enforcement.

Hong Kong’s ADCC runs a 24-hour helpline on 18222 and a stop-payment mechanism with local banks. Its Scameter tool lets you check a phone number, account or URL against reported fraud before you act.

18222 is the 24-hour Anti-Scam Helpline. Verified on the ADCC site at our last review.

Where to report

Anti-Deception Coordination Centre (ADCC)

Open the reporting page

Phone: 18222

Also worth using

Scameter
Official search tool: check a phone number, bank account, email or web address against known fraud reports.
Hong Kong Police e-Report Centre
File a report online.

What not to do

Do not pay anyone to recover your money. No legitimate service charges an up-front fee to get stolen funds back, and people who have just been scammed are the primary market for recovery scams.
Do not use contact details the scammer gave you, not the phone number, not the "support" chat, not a link in a message. Look the agency up yourself.
Do not delete the evidence. Apps, chats, wallet addresses and transaction IDs are what make a report actionable.
Do not send one more payment. This is where most of the largest losses happen.

Sources

Agency names, URLs and phone numbers were checked on 2026-09-06. Government contact details do change, if something here is wrong, please tell us.

Anti-Deception Coordination Centre. Hong Kong Police Force. Accessed 2026-09-06.
Scameter. Hong Kong Police Force. Accessed 2026-09-06.