Accoding to Cointelegraph, Hong Kong’s police force warned after 11 Hong Kong-based Binance customers were targeted in a wave of phishing scams sent through text messages.
Hong Kong police is believed to have warned the users about the scam with a post made on October 9, 2023, on its Facebook page named “CyberDefender,” Cointelegraph added.
“Recently, fraudsters posing as Binance sent text messages claiming that users must click the link in the message to verify their identity details before a deadline, otherwise their account would be deactivated,” the post explained.
After the scams, which might be the largest financial fraud ever to hit Hong Kong, the SFC mentioned that it would publish a list of licensed and “suspicious” crypto platforms in order to combat potential fraud.
(With insights from Cointelegraph)
