WHAT WAS CLAIMED

Professional-looking crypto traders are securing huge returns on investments.

OUR VERDICT

False. The “traders” use fake profile images, client photos and bank transfers.

AAP FactCheck – Self-described crypto traders are promoting themselves by deceitfully using the images of European politicians in a bid to appear credible.

Social media users in Fiji are being targeted, with the “traders” also using fake images of bank transactions and happy clients brandishing wads of money in a bid to get people to hand over their savings.

The accounts share many similarities with those identified in an AAP FactCheck investigation in February 2024.

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