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26 September 2016
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THIS IS A SCAM.
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Fernandes denies endorsing get-rich-quick schemes
The advertisements on social media claimed the AirAsia founder had revealed his secret of making up to USD300 per day from home.
PETALING JAYA: Aviation mogul Tony Fernandes has denied endorsing any get-rich-quick schemes, after such advertisements made their rounds on social media.
According to a report by The Star Online, Fernandes, the AirAsia group CEO, said the advertisements were false and that he had nothing to do with them.
The advertisements had claimed that Fernandes had revealed his secret to making up to USD300 (RM1,240) per day from home.
AirAsia had also, in a statement, refuted claims that Fernandes endorsed such schemes and urged the public against sharing them.
“We refer to sponsored advertisements on Facebook linking to articles claiming to quote AirAsia Group CEO Tony Fernandes, e.g. ‘They will eat me alive for this!’, ‘They’ll take my head, every Malaysian needs to watch this’, ‘They want my head for revealing this secret’,” said the company.
AirAsia also advised the public to refer to AirAsia or Fernandes’ official social media pages and other credible news sources if they wanted more information on the group and Fernandes.
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Perak Today Scammers use Tony Fernandes’ image to dupe victims in Facebook ads https://goo.gl/mpsua7 #peraktoday
KUALA LUMPUR: If you’ve come across an advertisement on Facebook featuring AirAsia Group CEO Tan Sri Tony Fernandes urging you to discover his ‘secret’ to success, stop right there.
Don’t click on it and don’t respond. Chances are, it’s a link to an international scam.
AirAsia, in a statement today, said the sponsored ads on Facebook are linked to articles claiming to quote Fernandes as saying, “They will EAT me alive for this!”,”They’ll take my HEAD, every Malaysian needs to watch this”, “They want my HEAD for revealing this secret”. Facebook ads featuring AirAsia Group CEO Tan Sri Tony Fernandes is likely a link to an international scam.
AirAsia said Fernandes has not endorsed these advertisements.
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Checks on the ads suggest that they are linked to a binary options trading scam page.
On one of the advertisements’ Facebook page, Malaysian users flooded its comments section, warning would-be page visitors that it is a scam.
One user claimed that his friend was conned out of USD$1,000 (around RM4,100) after registering with the website.
The scammers, it is understood, would contact their victim from an overseas number and urge the victim to make a deposit via credit card.
This supposedly will enable the victim to open their binary trading account and “make money fast.” However, the scammers will eventually retain the deposit, leaving the victims with nothing.
Scammers use Tony Fernandes’ image to dupe victims in Facebook ads
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