Hong Kong police pointed out on the “Net Keeper” social platform that fraudsters have recently been involved in sending phishing text messages pretending to be Binance, the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange. If users click on the text messages, the scammers can steal their Binance accounts and Transfer the assets in the account. The police said that in the past two weeks, they had received 11 cases involving the transfer of virtual assets from Binance accounts, involving 3.5 million yuan.
The police remind citizens to pay attention to 5 things when conducting virtual investment activities:
1. When investing, you should pay attention to the security risks of relevant platforms and networks;
2. Choose a virtual asset trading platform licensed in Hong Kong to invest in the “List of Virtual Asset Trading Platforms”;
3. Store large amounts of virtual assets in offline wallets;
4. If you find suspicious phishing messages, you should first verify with the official agency, or check through the “Anti-Fraud Video Device” and “Anti-Fraud Video App”;
5. If in doubt, do not enter any personal information.
