Through this incident I realize that there's a lot of people who are lazy and clueless about how things work. Want to invest money but don't know it works and too lazy to find out when there's a lot of information easily available. Aside from whether CF is legit or not, if one cannot stomach such risks or understand such investments, it would be safer to just put the money in something super safe like SG Tbills or SSB.
Put in stocks they are afraid the company close shop, put in ETF they are afraid the whole sector crumbles because of things like tariffs, put in unit trusts and what not they are afraid the company cheats their money and cannot withdraw, put in crypto they're afraid it's a scam. There's always risk in investing, if it causes one to be unable to sleep, get overly anxious then maybe investing is not for them. Want to play, then don't be afraid. If afraid, then don't play.