Lion City woman loses S$20,000 after shopping for S$1 dim sum online. (Singapore News on the 12th) Another woman fell into a phishing scam while shopping for dim sum online. In order to buy 1 yuan (RM3.44) dim sum, more than 20,000 yuan (RM68,700) was transferred.
“Shin Min Daily News” recently reported that when a woman wanted to buy snacks online, she was tricked into downloading an whatsapp number app and her bank information was obtained by scammers. Fortunately, her husband found out in time and did not lose any money.
This time, another reader fell into the same scam. Ms. Li (52 years old, company manager) complained that she found an advertisement for a “Happy Dim Sum” on Facebook on June 1, offering a pack of steamed pork ribs, a pack of glutinous rice chicken, and a Dumplings are sold for only 1 yuan each.
Ms. Li was attracted by the price of dim sum, but unexpectedly she fell into a scam.
Since the price was very cheap, she contacted the “seller” through Facebook. After clicking on the link, she was directly transferred to the WhatsApp software to contact the seller directly.
“I told him I wanted to buy snacks, and he gave me many advertising pictures of the food they sold. After I placed the order, they gave me a link to download the app and place the order.”
Ms. Li then followed the instructions, downloaded an application called “1stMallv6.0” and entered her personal information.
“After downloading the app, there were many complicated procedures, so I told the other party that I didn’t want to continue. Unexpectedly, the phone suddenly malfunctioned. The phone suddenly became hot and the screen turned black. My daughter asked me to shut down the phone and restart it immediately.”
She revealed that her family was going to Malaysia the next day. When checking her emails at the customs checkpoint, she found that she had received several bank emails around 11 o’clock the night before. One of them showed that the daily limit of the account had been increased from 3,000 yuan to 70,000 yuan. .
“Then several other emails showed that there had been three transfer records of 4,986 yuan, 8,945 yuan and 9,989 yuan, totaling 23,921 yuan.”
When she realized something was wrong, she immediately called the bank to freeze all accounts. However, it was too late and the money had already been transferred. She then followed the bank’s advice and called the police.
When questioned, the police confirmed that the case was reported and the case is under investigation.
I won’t dare to shop online again from now on
Ms. Li said that she could no longer find her original Facebook account, but found another similar account with the same WhatsApp phone number.
“Many people have left messages under this account saying they are interested in buying. I know that my chances of getting my money back are slim, so I don’t want to have other victims. Everyone really shouldn’t be fooled just for the sake of cheapness.”
After this lesson, she also said she would never shop online again.
“I won’t even use online bank transfers anymore because I’m afraid my money will be taken away again.”
