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Many Lost Millions of Dollars after Joining Fraudulent WhatsApp Groups
2025-02-27



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Alert! In a number of recent investment fraud cases, the victims were added into WhatsApp groups named “K研亞洲林sir內部群組” or “K研亞洲實驗室” and lost millions of Hong Kong dollars.


Posing as investment experts, the scammers randomly invited people to join investment classroom groups on WhatsApp, claiming that money-making tips would be shared in the groups. The victims were then induced to download fraudulent trading platform applications to conduct transactions.

 

In the scams, the scammers would fabricate profit-making transaction records of the fraudulent trading platforms and lure the victims to invest more money. When the victims wanted to withdraw the funds, the customer service staff would delay the payment with various pretexts and even ask them to pay hefty handling fees. In the end, the victims failed to get back their money.

 

Scam groups:

K研亞洲林sir內部群組  

K研亞洲實驗室

 

Fraudulent platforms:

  1. CLEXP  
  2. CLEXP-II 
  3. CLExp

 

Our Advice

  • Stay alert and do not rashly believe the so-called “investment experts” you meet online;

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

  • The bank accounts provided by scammers usually belong to individuals or third-party agencies, with names different from the trading platforms’;

  • 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 page of the Securities and Futures Commission; 

  • You may enter suspicious phone numbers, web addresses 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.

 

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