The Kochie scam that every Australian needs to know about – with one man losing $30k in SECONDS
- Aussies have been warned to remain vigilant for scam using fake David Kochie
- Fraudsters have included fake quotes from Sunrise host to endorse the scam
- They quote Kochie as saying he makes ‘thousands everyday’ using crypto hack
- Kochie has called on the federal government to do more to crack down on ads
- Australians have lost $4billion to scams from January to August this year
Australians have been warned not to fall victim to a scam using a fake endorsement from TV personality David Koch after one man lost $30,000.
Scammers are using photos, and ‘dodgy’ quotes from the Sunrise host to trick people into investing their money into a fake cryptocurrency trading app.
In a tense on-air showdown with Assistant Treasurer Stephen Jones, Kochie asked how the government planned to crack down on the ads.
Kochie said a scam victim had abused him on Facebook who was angry he had lost thousands of dollars to the dodgy investment platform.
‘I had a bloke on the weekend contact me through Facebook, abusing me because he had lost $30,000 on a scam that used my picture and dodgy comments from me,’ he told the assistant treasurer.
The host claimed fraudsters had used…
