How To Identify Scams

Scammers just never fail to run out of ideas. I know a few people who fell for this one.  You will be sent a SMS message that informs you that you have unpaid fines. And so you worry and click on the link.. and you will then be brought to a fraudulent website that looks like a site where you can pay the fines.. and if you do pay, you have to say goodbye to your money..  You can read more about the scam here https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/courts-crime/over-100-police-reports-filed-on-phishing-scam-purporting-unpaid-lta-fines-and-bills?fbclid=IwAR3g6IGM2Mxy5tJ49u_UD-nnU62NQoOCkrKZ_XUGXqufVVDRGz6LuvD3028 While this scam is pertaining to Singapore, I am sure there are similar ones out there. If ever you are asked to pay money online for whatever reason, always be vigilant. 

  Scams are constantly changing.. Just recently, a scam even appeared in my LinkedIn account! So I opened up a Linkedin to find a message from someone that goes like this... New Regional Fintech/Partnership Opportunity Hi XX, We are extremely impressed with your background, and I would like to introduce you to a business / fintech partnership with a special client of ours. Due to the sensitive nature of this Fintech/partnership, we are contacting you on his behalf. This opportunity does not require you to move. If you are interested, write to Liang zhu at lzhu2294@gmail.com This opportunity is of immense benefit to both parties. Good luck YYY Interim Recruiter @ XXX I tried to google this YYY person and it seemed this was a legitimate person working in a legitimate company So I emailed Liang Zhu.. even though I was still suspicious.. I just wanted to see what this will lead to. A few days later, YYY messaged me and told me that his account was hacked and asked me not to open any l

  There is a new bank scam going around in Singapore according to the news...  “The man said he received the phishing message with a link at around noon on Dec 21 last year. It claimed that an unknown payee had been added to their account, and instructed him to click on the link if it was not approved by him. "The SMS looked like it came from OCBC and entered the usual SMS chat history from OCBC used for authentic banking services," he said. "The link took me to a site that looked exactly like the OCBC login page." He then entered his account details, unwittingly handing over control of the whole account to scammers.” Even though this bank involved had some automated system to detect fraud and inform their customers, it seems the scammers were able to block and delay the reciept of warning sms the bank had sent out Read the details at:  https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/courts-crime/ocbc-bank-customer-lost-120k-in-fake-text-message-scam-another-had-250k-stolen?