Important Notice on Impersonation Activities and Fraud Prevention Recommendations
Dear Members,
We wish to bring to your attention a concerning matter that has recently come to our notice: several individuals have been unlawfully impersonating HKSFPA and misrepresenting themselves as our employees on the LinkedIn platform. We want to emphasize that these individuals are not associated with HKSFPA in any capacity. For further information, we encourage you to review our official statement. We have taken the necessary steps by reporting this situation to the appropriate platforms, and we have also notified the Hong Kong Police Force, the Securities and Futures Commission, and other regulatory authorities.
To safeguard your rights and protect your company's interests, we urge all members to heighten their awareness of fraud prevention. In response to an invitation from the Commercial Crime Bureau, we recommend that you visit and subscribe to the Hong Kong Police Force's Anti-Scam Coordination Centre for the most up-to-date information on fraud.
- Anti-Scam Coordination Centre
https://www.adcc.gov.hk/zh-hk/home.html
- Latest Fraud Alerts
https://www.adcc.gov.hk/zh-hk/alerts.html
- Fraud Prevention Videos
https://www.adcc.gov.hk/zh-hk/videos.html
Should you require consultation services related to fraud prevention, please do not hesitate to contact the anti-fraud consultation hotline at "18222" for police assistance.
Wishing you continued health and safety,
Mofiz Chan
Chairman
Hong Kong Securities and Futures Professionals Association
For further insights regarding the recent impersonation of HKSFPA's foreign exchange traders, analysts, etc., please refer to our formal statement http://www.hksfpa.org/tc/detail-page/id/5
