Hong Kong’s Environmental Protection Department has warned about a circulating poster claiming that a company and the department jointly offered a subsidy for recycling.
The department said it had never launched the scheme with any organisation or authorised anyone to use its name or logo to promote it. It said the logos attributed to the department and the company on the poster were false.
The department said it had reported the matter to police. It advised the public not to trust posters, links or messaging-app information from unknown sources, join suspicious recycling-subsidy activities or give personal or financial information to unknown sources. Anyone who provided personal information or made a transaction in connection with the offer should contact police as soon as possible.