[Talent]

New Scam called SIM SWAP FRAUD. Be aware

Happened in SG. Can be in MYsia too. Pls be careful.

Your BANK Account could be Emptied without an Alert!

Dear All, Please let's be very careful.. There is a new HIGH TECH FRAUD in town called the SIM SWAP FRAUD, and hundreds of persons are already VICTIMS.

How does it work?
1 A new fraud called SIM SWAP has started.  Your phone network will momentarily go blind / zero (No Signal / Zero Bars) and after a while a call will come through.

2 The Person on the other end of the call will tell you that he is calling from (your cell phone company) depending on your network and that there is a problem in your mobile network. 

3 He will instruct you to Please press 1 on your phone to get the network back. 

- Please at this stage don't Press anything, Just cut or END the call.

If you press 1, the network will appear suddenly and almost immediately go blind again (Zero Bars) and by that action, your phone is #HACKED. 

Within a second they will empty your bank account, and you won't receive any alert.

What you will experience.
It will appear as though your line is without Network, meanwhile your SIM has been SWAPPED.
The danger here is that, you will not get any alert of any transactions, so please those of us doing USSD Banking and Mobile Banking BEWARE.  Let's be very careful.

Please, forward to your contacts, loved ones and friends. The fraud is increasing day by day.

Received from a #CybersecurityGroup

Don't forget to share this post...... I repeat don't forget to share this post. Many people's  Account as been emptied!

Please encourage more people to learn from this episode

[Sentinel]

This is not possible in SG

SIM card Swap is impossible in SG

To do SIM card swap, it must be approved by the Telco, and SG Telcos are very strict in its security, so no way

[WhatDoYouThink?]

cud be just a joke. the joker just wants to see how far can his joke spread

[Sticw]

Unless your phone got cloned. So unless you passed your phone to anyone and it was away from sight. But if your phone got cloned, they will not even have to call you cos they would be impersonating you with that cloned device...

[hansamu]

If it is true, guidelines in social media, tvs, radios  etc will surely alert the public relating to this scam.

[Sentinel]

Unless your phone got cloned. So unless you passed your phone to anyone and it was away from sight. But if your phone got cloned, they will not even have to call you cos they would be impersonating you with that cloned device...

Ok, no way to clone the phone (with your number)

If you want the number on more than one phone, the Telco has a service for you to subscribe to, for example M1 has that service

[Sentinel]

If it is true, guidelines in social media, tvs, radios  etc will surely alert the public relating to this scam.

You are barking up the wrong tree

Dun expect social media, tv, whatever sheet to alert you

Even if it was a scam, which it is not, no one will alert you

Get that into your head

NO ONE!