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Authorities ramp up awareness of scams

According to the Online Fraud and Complaint Centre, from January 2022 to April 2023 there were 49,352 complaints about online trading/shopping fraud.

As online scams remain rampant and in recent cases scammers are using the names of high-profile businesspeople to lure the public to invest with them, local authorities are lining up to advise people to be cautious and verify the authenticity of any links or messages sent to them.

The risk for people who rush to invest is falling victim to fraud, according to authorities.

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