Recent Phishing Scam Impersonating Other Brokers
Recently, many fraudsters have impersonated brokerage firms and sent SMS messages with embedded phishing hyperlinks to their clients, inducing them to enter fake brokerage websites or mobile applications through the link and enter their login credentials. Fraudsters intercept clients’ information and log into clients’ accounts to conduct unauthorized transactions, ultimately causing customers to suffer financial losses. Our company would like to take this opportunity to remind you to stay vigilant and follow these precautions to protect your account:
- Our company and staff will not ask clients to provide sensitive personal information via hyperlinks, including login credentials and one-time passwords.
- Clients should not disclose their account login information or any personal information to any unverified websites, even if they look genuine.
- Do not click on links in suspicious SMS or emails.
- Always confirm you are on our official website before entering any information.
- Our Company reminds clients to check their account activities regularly, such as trade executions, or changes to client and account related information, so as to promptly detect any abnormal activities. If clients suspect that unauthorized transactions have occurred in their accounts, please report this to the Hong Kong Police Force where appropriate. If you have any doubts, please call our Customer Service Department promptly.
- Our Company also reminds clients to use Scameter (https://cyberdefender.hk/scameter/) launched by the Hong Kong Police Force, or the mobile application Scameter+ to enter suspicious information for verification, or visit reliable websites to check suspicious lists or information about cybersecurity threats and anti-fraud, such as:
If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact our customer service hotline at (852) 2841-7979 or email to hotline-access@platina.net for enquiries.
Thank you for your attention and cooperation.