Pengacara dan pelakon Awal Ashaari mendedahkan dia menerima kiriman mesej mengenai nama dan gambarnya telah digunakan oleh beberapa buah akaun tajaan di media sosial.

Menerusi akaun Instagram (IG) miliknya, Awal menegaskan dia tidak terlibat dalam mana-mana skim pelaburan berasaskan bitcoin.

"I've been getting messages and DMs about my name and images being used by various sponsored accounts on Social Media for the past couple of days.

"For your information, I have no such involvement in any bitcoin scheme or whatever they're claiming," tulisnya.

Suami kepada pelakon Scha Alyahya ini menyatakan hanya penipuan semata-mata serta tidak akan teragak untuk mengambil tindakan selanjutnya.

"So whoever behind this, please be responsible and stop using my name and images to confuse the internet user.

"This is a scam and I will not hesitate to take necessary action," tulisnya lagi.

Terdahulu, nama selebriti Chef Wan turut didakwa terlibat dalam kegiatan scam dalam talian.

I’ve been getting messages and DMs about my name and images being used by various sponsored accounts on Social Media for the past couple of days. For your information, I have no such involvement in any bitcoin scheme or whatever they’re claiming. So whoever behind this, please be responsible and stop using my name/ images to confuse the internet user. This is a scam and I will not hesitate to take necessary action. @skmm_mcmc @pdrmsia_official

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