Fernandes denies endorsing get-rich-quick schemes

The advertisements on social media claimed the AirAsia founder had revealed his secret of making up to USD300 per day from home.

PETALING JAYA: Aviation mogul Tony Fernandes has denied endorsing any get-rich-quick schemes, after such advertisements made their rounds on social media.

According to a report by The Star Online, Fernandes, the AirAsia group CEO, said the advertisements were false and that he had nothing to do with them.

The advertisements had claimed that Fernandes had revealed his secret to making up to USD300 (RM1,240) per day from home.

AirAsia had also, in a statement, refuted claims that Fernandes endorsed such schemes and urged the public against sharing them.

“We refer to sponsored advertisements on Facebook linking to articles claiming to quote AirAsia Group CEO Tony Fernandes, e.g. ‘They will eat me alive for this!’, ‘They’ll take my head, every Malaysian needs to watch this’, ‘They want my head for revealing this secret’,” said the company.

AirAsia also advised the public to refer to AirAsia or Fernandes’ official social media pages and other credible news sources if they wanted more information on the group and Fernandes.

According to Forbes’ Malaysia’s 50 Richest list, Fernandes, a self-made tycoon, is worth USD230 million (RM951.91 million).

Fernandes co-founded AirAsia in 2001, with partner Kamarudin Meranun, buying the airline from its former owner and taking on its USD11 million debt, before turning it around to become one of the world’s most successful airlines.