[Bigiron]

Singaporean family desperate after egg scam wipes out S$150,000 in life savings 

https://www.channelnewsasia.com/singapor...122023_cna

[Ola]

The ordeal started on Nov 26, when Mr Singh's wife came across a Facebook advertisement selling organic eggs.

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Throw away your handphones, lah!

[wulala]

if he can afford to have so much spare cash in his normal saving account. means he can afford to lose that much.
who knows maybe he is the scammer hoping the bank will reimburse the lost. these days anything is possible.

[Gemstar]

if he can afford to have so much spare cash in his normal saving account. means he can afford to lose that much.
who knows maybe he is the scammer hoping the bank will reimburse the lost. these days anything is possible.

This cud be a possibility. Who knows he is in cahoots with the scammer.

[victortan]

This cud be a possibility. Who knows he is in cahoots with the scammer.

Possible too. Fake kana scam n ask for some compensation.

[Tangsen]

Scams prey on the greedy

[moonrab]

Something is wrong with FB.
Most scam comes from there...

Normally we buy from Lazada, shopee no such problem. Why government never take action against FB?

[lylcnn]

Believe not just FB, but any website that can convince one to click a link and let the apk install onto their phone can be victim

[Huliwang]

This is scary. Can steal money from all his 4 bank accounts in different banks some more. 

[sgbuffett]

Mr Singh said he did not receive any notifications, alerts or one-time passwords to permit the transactions - even though he usually received these for transactions involving much smaller amounts.

Basically bank  security is bypassed..they should.comoensate this poor family.

[ysh02]

Basically bank  security is bypassed..they should.comoensate this poor family.

$75k max is it ?

[Alice Alicia]

Facebook make $billions promoting scam sites.

Pap even embraces Facebook as it's media, thus getting more of it's diehard followers scammed. Especially the 61%. Pap must pay for this.

[RiseofAsia]

That day, one CECA called me to do Survey. I told him, Sorry I am not free. 

[RiseofAsia]

Expensive lesson. 
Who told him never come to Sg Talk forum like Ahbutt to check clear 

[Ola]

Facebook make $billions promoting scam sites.

Pap even embraces Facebook as it's media, thus getting more of it's diehard followers scammed. Especially the 61%. Pap must pay for this.

It is a huge mistake to endorse social media for their GE Campaign

It is another mistake to drive old folks to attend Digital Class without giving warning of risks

It is true incompetencies not to stop 3rd Party Payment App like other Countries

It is bull -dozing to force Hawkers to use so many gadgets to make payments

It is dumb mistake to support digi bank payments without security

The WORST Mistake is to Hire Shoot Blank Queen!

[wendychan]

after SO MANY real life examples and warnings about NOT downloading unkown app still go and download.....

[wendychan]

Basically bank  security is bypassed..they should.comoensate this poor family.

is it the bank's fault?


"Jason assured them about the quality of the eggs and asked for a deposit to be placed via an app, with the remainder to be paid upon delivery. He then sent a link to download the app.

Mr Singh installed the app, used it to order 60 eggs, and was led to a payment page that looked strikingly similar to UOB's.

Mr Singh then keyed in the login details of his UOB account. The transaction failed."

"On Nov 27, Mr Singh received not eggs but a call from a UOB customer service officer, asking about a hefty credit card transaction which Mr Singh "vehemently denied"."

[wendychan]

Basically bank  security is bypassed..they should.comoensate this poor family.

did you even read the article?

[pinkpanther]

is it the bank's fault?


"Jason assured them about the quality of the eggs and asked for a deposit to be placed via an app, with the remainder to be paid upon delivery. He then sent a link to download the app.

Mr Singh installed the app, used it to order 60 eggs, and was led to a payment page that looked strikingly similar to UOB's.

Mr Singh then keyed in the login details of his UOB account. The transaction failed."

"On Nov 27, Mr Singh received not eggs but a call from a UOB customer service officer, asking about a hefty credit card transaction which Mr Singh "vehemently denied"."

Ah Singh said he didn't receive notification from the bank..., he could have call and clarify if he received the msg...

[wendychan]

Ah Singh said he didn't receive notification from the bank..., he could have call and clarify if he received the msg...

coorect me im i am wrong, but notifications you yourself have to set up in "settings"  right?

in any case, he went to download app then he key in his details.

[pinkpanther]

coorect me im i am wrong, but notifications you yourself have to set up in "settings"  right?

in any case, he went to download app  then he key in his details.

That is why he only wanted the bank to take partial responsibilities.

[sgbuffett]

All this is happening because banks phase out hardware tokens to save money.

Now Singaporeans suffer from endless scams.

Those in IT know that operating systems and apps are never safe. You need a separate token to protect the customer.

Many here would like to blame customers being ignorant and not cyber trained.

But shouldn't securty mechanism the into account the customers' education background etc.

[revealer]

All this is happening because banks phase out hardware tokens to save money.

Now Singaporeans suffer from endless scams.

Those in IT know that operating systems and apps are never safe. You need a separate token to protect the customer.

Many here would like to blame customers being ignorant and not cyber trained.

But shouldn't securty mechanism the into account the customers' education background etc.

It would depend on whether the Banks had earlier notified or informed the user not to divulge any account log-in details to any other persons. In this case, the user has been misled into a fake website and divulged the account details. Unless it can be pointed out it is the banks' fault, it would be very difficult or near impossibile to recover the money.

[WhatDoYouThink!]

A friend almost kena. The scammer gave him a link and kept asking him to download an app to enter his particulars.

[p1acebo]

I always fcuk scammers who ask me to download anything to my hp. Anyway I’m on iOS. Safer a bit

[WhatDoYouThink!]

All this is happening because banks phase out hardware tokens to save money.

Now Singaporeans suffer from endless scams.

Those in IT know that operating systems and apps are never safe. You need a separate token to protect the customer.

Many here would like to blame customers being ignorant and not cyber trained.

But shouldn't securty mechanism the into account the customers' education background etc.

Physical tokens are not safe either. If your bank app is infected, after the token is used to approve a transaction, the malware could continue to instruct more transactions without showing them on the screen and so you are not aware of them

[p1acebo]

Anyway it is ahneh “victim”. Could be working together with the scammers. Never trust ahneh’s words

[WhatDoYouThink!]

Some banks detect presence of unsafe apps in yr phone and stop you from using their apps, that's correct and dun blame them ok

[p1acebo]

All this is happening because banks phase out hardware tokens to save money.

Now Singaporeans suffer from endless scams.

Those in IT know that operating systems and apps are never safe. You need a separate token to protect the customer.

Many here would like to blame customers being ignorant and not cyber trained.

But shouldn't securty mechanism the into account the customers' education background etc.

Lidat if I pretend to be illiterate I can get away and be compensated even if I blatantly download unknown apps and apks?

[Alice Alicia]

Some banks detect presence of unsafe apps in yr phone and stop you from using their apps, that's correct and dun blame them ok

Well said. 👏