Actress Michelle Chong files police report after being made face of keto gummy ad

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Local actress and filmmaker Michelle Chong has made a police report after learning that she was unknowingly made the face of a weight loss product. After receiving hundreds of messages and e-mails from people trying to buy keto gummies from Let’s Keto, a nutritional supplement company that promotes fat loss, Chong realised that she was being featured by the brand as its ambassador without her knowledge.

Chong then took to social media to talk denounce the scam. “Didn’t want to dedicate a post on the second day of CNY to a scam but I have no choice, because I have literally received hundreds of messages and emails asking me about Let’s Keto from people who want to purchase it.”

Chong wrote in an Instagram post alongside a Reel of screengrabs of emails and social media posts featuring her as the brand’s ambassador.

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“I can’t imagine the number of people who have already bought! Also, I have reported a number of times to Meta but they just don’t think having me, the original “Michelle Chong” account, reporting on these fake accounts using my name and pics from my IG/ FB to sell these weight loss products is reason enough to ban them,” she continued.

Chong then went on to criticise Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg for not being able to handle and spot the scam despite billions spent on artificial intelligence and the platform.

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“But everyone, please do continue to help me report the post if it pops up on your feed and most importantly, do not purchase it. We don’t even know whether it exists. But seriously, “Phuket Beach Club”, “Haram Health Services” and a random black guy called Rowan selling a weight loss pill fronted by a Singaporean? Come on, guys!” she wrote.

Chong also took to Facebook a week ago to remind her followers that the gummies are a scam and that the company photoshopped its products on her pictures. She added that it is not a real product and that buyers will simply lose money and not get a product in return. On February 4, Chong posted a screengrab of the ad and wrote, “I give up.”

She told MARKETING-INTERACTIVE, "This has been extremely frustrating because even though we’ve made a police report and have gotten lawyers write to Meta, these scammers continue to start new accounts to boost their fake ads."

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