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 a...

  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?...

Today, an idiot called me and told me that he is from MOH.. Number one, he used my dialect name but pronounced it in mandarin and pronounced my surname as the last word.. which is sala already. Scam alert, he speaks mandarin. He speaks with an accent and it sounds like he is from China. He asked me if I had sent in a package from overseas. I replied, "Even if I did, what has it got to do with MOH?" He said that the package contained banned medication and would like to find out more like why I did that. I asked him if he can speak english.  He said he can but he cannot use english because this is CHINESE department of MOH. I told him my mother say speak chinese one is scam... LOL Immediately someone else came and took over and said this really is MOH, I should check their number online and we can see this is MOH hotline number. I told them dont waste my time and hang up. He called me back again and asked me to check MOH number. (which checks out as their general hotline number...

My sis told me her friend had just been scammed in a very high end scam and had her credit card used to purchase high ticket items.   We figured maybe she was not careful enough about keeping her credit card but we found out later that she did not pass any credit card info to the scammer.  We came across this post and figured this must have  been how she got scammed.  In the end,  no one could stop the transaction and she was at risk of losing the money because neither Lazada or the bank could do anything about this.  Sharing the post here for educational purposes...  Info drawn from:  https://www.facebook.com/704083217/posts/10159005397258218/?d=n  Reproduced here with permission of Stanley Fu.  Scam alert (Very high level) and I almost fell for It!  ——— Someone who speaks very fluent English called me. He spoke with a slight Indian accent.  He claimed to be from Lazada and said that they detected a transaction from UK, while ...

Recently, there have been some new scams that go aeound promising easy money.  First they will send u a message promising easy money.  Either an easy job or some easy investment.  Then, they will invite you to join a chatgroup in platforms like LINE  or whatsapp.  After that they will ask u to do some simple transaction at somr website link they provide to earn money and at the start you will see some returns.  When you get greedy and start transacting in larger amounts,  they will take your money and close the site down.  Actually pretty similar to online game scams .  Easy Job Here is a sample of a invitation you might receive under disguise of a job :  Hello, do you need a part-time job that can easily make money in your free time? We are hiring part-time online writers. Help Tik Tok internet celebrities increase their fans Just use your mobile phone, you can make money easily in your free time Completion once can get 2-10SGD income. ...

If you receive a video of your child being gagged and blindfolded, it is important to stay calm and CALL YOUR CHILD TO CHECK IF THIS IS TRUE. Lately, there are more elaborate scams happening where they scam the child and asked them to take a "x-ray" via a video call and send the video of the gagged and naked person to their parents overseas to demand for ransom.  https://mothership.sg/2021/05/scam-blindfold-gag-video-call/  And one such case happened to a student in Singapore whose parents were residing overseas. The said student was told he is involved in some investigation by the police in China. "He was instructed to remove his top, gag and blindfold himself to take an "X-ray" over the video call. He was also told to isolate himself in a hotel room and cease contact with family and friends." Also, if any stranger came to you and told you that you were under investigation, the first thing you can do would be to contact the police in that country to check...