Industrial and Commercial Bank of China (Asia) Limited (“the Bank”) would like to alert all customers and the public that the Bank noticed culprits pretending to be staff members of ICBC (Asia) contacted the customers and the public by fraudulent messages on the instant messaging application WhatsApp, and falsely claimed to assist them to handle mortgage applications, which involved the phone number “+852 6462-9741”. The Bank would like to alert all customers and the public that ICBC (Asia) has no connection with the aforesaid phone number and messages, and also remind all customers and the public to stay vigilant and not to provide any personal data through such messages. Anyone who has provided personal information through such fraudulent messages should report to the Hong Kong Police Force immediately for investigation. For the Bank’s press release, please click here.