While alerting people of this fraud happening in Singapore, the police (Singapore Police) has also told what is said in the WhatsApp message and how people are implicated.
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Fraud in Singapore: There have been cases of fraud in Singapore in the name of helping India. The Singapore Police Force (SPF) has told people on Friday that a new kind of scam has started, under which some WhatsApp accounts (WhatsApp Fraud) are being hacked and used. Through this people are asked to donate money. Then it is a false thing to provide oxygen concentrator machine to Corona virus affected India. In many cases, fraudsters (criminals) themselves message through the WhatsApp account of the victim’s friend.
These people claim that it will buy an Oxygen Concentrator machine to donate to India and ask for donations. Police said that fraudsters ask people to either give money to buy machines or donate some money. After this, they try to trap them in emotions and say that by doing so, the seriously ill people in India will be helped. People give the need for immediate money, they give an account number to transfer this money and say that the account number belongs to the supplier.
What kind of messages do criminals do?
Police said in a statement, people feel trapped in the trap of criminals when they are unable to contact the scamsters or their friend tells them that his WhatsApp account was hacked. The police have also shared screenshots of a similar conversation on WhatsApp, in which one of the offenders says, “I am ordering 20 pieces to donate, so that they can be sent to India.” (Fraud in Singapore) He then claims that his credit card ‘limit has been exhausted’ and that the supplier has to ‘send the remaining 3750 Singapore dollars.’ Then you are forced to give money by messaging and it is said that the money will be returned the next day.
Police asked people to be vigilant
After which people get caught in their net and transfer the money. But when the next day is approached for money, no reply is available. The police have asked people to be cautious of any such request on WhatsApp, even if the message was sent from the account of your friend or relative (Singapore Police). The police has said that before transferring the money, ask your acquaintances whether they have sent the message or someone else. Talk about this time India is facing the second wave of COVID, due to which there is a shortage of even hospital beds and oxygen.
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