The public is advised not to trust unofficial sources, said a Sea Limited spokesman. Read more at straitstimes.com.
SINGAPORE - What 27-year-old Ms Ong thought was blossoming love after an online encounter on Facebook’s dating service, turned out to be a scam that saw her lose $5,000 in three weeks.
“From time to time, he would talk about this investment programme, and after a while he said I was lucky enough to receive an invitation to invest,” said Ms Ong, who only wanted to be known by her surname.The man sent her a link to a website where with options to invest projects such as Build-To-Order flats, non-fungible tokens and cryptocurrency.
She made a police report and froze her bank account. The police confirmed that a report was lodged and investigations are ongoing.She went on to post about what happened on Facebook and Chinese social media app Xiaohongshu, and said she has received messages from more than 30 other victims who were also allegedly scammed by people posing as Sea employees. One woman claimed she had lost $100,000, she added.ST was unable to verify the number of victims who were duped by these scammers.
Meanwhile, Chinese daily Lianhe Zaobao also reported a similar scam on Thursday, where a 29-year-old civil servant was duped by a man who claimed to work for real estate company GuocoLand.