As one of the Ah Jies in Mediacorp’s golden times, everyone knows, or at least recognise, Xiang Yun. And unfortunately, some scammers are making use of her reputation for their own brands.
Here’s why she’s filing a police report over fake advertisements bearing her images.
Warns Fans Not To Get Tricked By Brands She Doesn’t Endorse
Xiang Yun recently posted on Facebook, alerting fans of brands that have photoshopped her and Edmund Chen into promotional posters for health and beauty products.
She thanked everyone who had sent her screenshots of the fake advertisements. She added that she has already made a police report about this.
Reader Bao: Wait, if these products aren’t endorsed by her, how did they get all these promotional pictures?
Well, Reader Bao, all the pictures in the fake advertisements were actually posted by Xiang Yun on her Facebook page previously. They simply downloaded these pictures and photoshopped them for their advertisements.
To know whether an advertisement was really endorsed by Xiang Yun, she shared the following tips:
- All official advertisements from her will be shared directly on her Facebook page
- She has a blue verified checkmark beside her name on Facebook. If the checkmark isn’t there, it means that the account is an impersonator.
She also asked her followers to take pictures of fake advertisements and send them to her, as well as to report them to Facebook immediately.
Xiang Yun seeks the public’s support to share her post with as many people as possible, so that fans do not get scammed into buying these products.
Advertisements Keep Popping Up Despite Repeated Reports
In the comments section, many followers said that they’ve seen these fake advertisements on Facebook frequently.
And it’s not just limited to Xiang Yun. Brands would often photoshop images of popular actresses onto their posters. Fans would get tricked into thinking that the product is endorsed by the actress, and would buy the product as a show of support.
Although many followers have reported such advertisements after realising they were fake, these advertisements still keep showing up.
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There were also plenty of comments that said they nearly fell for these advertisements, and thanked the actress for her post.
Seems like the only way for fans to not get tricked is to spread the word, which many have stated that they’ve done in the comments. Do remain vigilant when buying things online, lest you get scammed as well.
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