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Ng Kang-chung

The South China Morning Post has alerted police after a website posted a fake news report purporting to be from the media company about cryptocurrency investment advice from Hong Kong billionaire Li Ka-shing.
A spokesman for the Post said: “We are aware of the situation and have reported it to police.”
He also advised readers to remain vigilant to avoid scams or phishing sites and reminded them the Post’s website was www.scmp.com.
The fake article claimed that Li had dropped a “bombshell” by saying he had made “millions from cryptocurrency auto-trading” during a TVB interview. The report showed a publishing date of April 17.
The website was designed to appear like the Post’s. The company did no publish any such report on that date.
A review of the TVB news reports on the same day also found no such story.
TVB said on Thursday that it had reported the matter to police. The broadcaster also called on the public to remain vigilant and verify information from unknown sources.
In a reply to the Post, a police spokesman said the case was handed over to the force’s cybersecurity and technology crime bureau for investigation.
No arrests have been made.
“In response to the relevant illegal acts, police have requested the internet service platform to follow up and remove the fake web pages,” the spokesman said.
“Police urge the public to be vigilant and not to log into any suspicious websites or provide personal information to websites of unknown origin.”


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