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That said, old scam tactics still work and the rise of social media makes it very easy for irresponsible individuals to draw in unsuspecting targets. The first scam Facebook page TRP came across two such scam pages on Facebook. The first Facebook page impersonated the CEO of Bursa Malaysia Datuk Muhamad Umar Swift.
To be safe, Bursa said people can check the Securities Commission Investor Alert List at http://sc.com.my/investor-alert before investing. If they believe they have been scammed, they can contact the National Scam Response Centre hotline at 997. The scammer asked people to message “his” assistant on WhatsApp so she could mail the books about building stock trading skills to them for free.According to the official Sunway Group’s Facebook statement, the scam seemed to date all the way back to 2020.