Fun Coffee, a company linked to Vietnam, has left investors in Hong Kong facing losses exceeding HK$1 billion, around $127 million. The scheme promised outrageous annual returns of 222%, luring about 4,000 participants who transferred money through a mobile app under the guise of a coffee business.
Arriving in Hong Kong in late 2025, Fun Coffee aggressively marketed itself as a major brand with a headquarters on Vietnam’s Phu Quoc island, claiming over 5,000 employees and assets above $1 billion. The operation even held a local running event and distributed anti-fraud leaflets, ironically increasing trust among the community.
The model required users to complete “tasks” for interest payments paid in crypto, but by July 2026, withdrawals were frozen and many users lost access to their accounts. Hong Kong’s Securities and Futures Commission (SFC) has flagged Fun Coffee as a suspected crypto scam, while police have received 115 reports and passed the investigation to the Commercial Crime Bureau.
The scale and sophistication of Fun Coffee’s pitch bear similarities to other high-profile crypto losses recently reported, underscoring the ongoing risks that investors face in unregulated schemes promising unrealistic returns.
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