Fake ‘Hong Kong coin’ promoted by chief executive impersonator account

A “corner” of Hong Kong, based in Solana, is promoted by an X account imitating as managing director of Hong Kong. The authorities and regulators warned the merchants not to be ripped off by the false piece.

March 6 Hong Kong The legislator and active supporter of the Crypto Johnny NG warned the traders that an account pretending to be the CEO of Hong Kong, John Lee, promoted a Solana (GROUNDThe play based on) said it was the “Hong Kong national piece” in the region “.

NG confirmed that the medal was false and that the government of Hong Kong is not at all involved in the launch, calling it as scam.

“The government has clearly indicated that this information is absolutely false and is intended to deceive. Citizens are reminded to be careful and not to be misled by such scams! »Said NG in his recent job.

The story that referred to the arrow of the username “Johnleek_chiu”. The impulse published on the launch of what he claimed to be the “National Hong Kong Coin” on March 6 at 3:00 am in Hong Kong. He said the token would be available to exchange Solara Blockchain.

“This strategic step marks a new era of digital innovation and economic growth for Hong Kong. Stay listening for more details while we are preparing to transform the future of finance, “wrote the account.

The account told its 40,400 subscribers that the Solana -based token was launched on March 6 at 2:00 p.m. Hong Kong time or 1:00 a.m., but it later declared that the launch would be postponed for three hours at 5:00 p.m. in Hong Kong.

At the time of the press, 30 minutes after the scheduled launch time of the false piece, the account shared the ticker of the “Hong Kong memes piece” as Hkong next to the address that was launched at the same corner Launchpad Pump.fun.

So far, the medal has been down more than 50% since its launch. Despite the scam warnings data on pump.fun. The merchants on X noted that 80% of the tokens are held by the best holders, indicating the beginnings of a carpet traction.

The first article mentioning the play by Hong Kong was considered by more than 162,000 accounts and republished 146 times. The account itself joined X in August 2017 and received gray verification in 2019.

Hong Kong has made progress to advance its cryptography sector, aimed at becoming an Asian hub for digital assets by delivering more cryptographic licenses and prioritization Tokenization initiatives and stable.