Hong Kong SFC blacklists fake crypto exchange websites

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Hong Kong’s financial regulator, the Securities and Futures Commission (SFC), has identified and blocked fake websites impersonating major local cryptocurrency exchanges.

On March 4, the SFC issued an official warning against multiple suspicious websites impersonating two licensed crypto trading platforms. The online perpetrators created several fake domains impersonating two licensed exchanges in Hong Kong, including OSL Digital Securities and Hash Blockchain Limited, also known as HashKey.

According to the announcement, the SFC blocked a total of six websites, including hskexpro.com, hskex.com, hskexs.com, hskexit.com, oslexu.com and oslint.com. The measures followed reports of fund withdrawal difficulties and high fees and commissions for withdrawals.

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