Hougang NPC recently shared on their Facebook page warning the public of the latest series of scams by scammers posing as banks.
These latest series of scams involve scammers using the tactic of actively targeting bank customers by offering them the Singapore Bicentennial Commemorative Note of $20 for free.
Bank customers would usually receive a phishing SMS with a link that will lead them into a website which looks exactly the same like any normal Internet Banking website.
The phishing website will then request for their personal particulars and that is where the scammers will exploit these information and use them for their own gains.
Hougang NPC urges all to be vigilant and has shared a few tips on how to avoid being the victims of a scam.
A video was uploaded by a netizen on Facebook recently showing two dogs mating on stage in the middle of a song performance.
This incident did not happen in Singapore, probably in China judging from the amount of Chinese National Flags seen hanging on the stage.
The dogs were seen doing it in accordance of the pace of the slow song that the female singer was singing and also with as much passion as the singer put into singing the song.
According to a news article from The Star, Malaysia’s Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob wrote to Singapore’s Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong earlier today (7 Nov) seeking leniency in a case to save a Malaysian man sentenced to the gallows here in Singapore.
The article wrote that Malaysia’s PM has asked Singapore to consider a stay of execution and seek a new application for presidential clemency.
D.Nagaethran, the man in this case, was claimed by his lawyers to have disabilities intellectually.
He was arrested on 22 April 2009 for the offence of smuggling 42.72 grams of diamorphine.
The Singapore High Court then sentenced him to death on 22 Nov 2010.
The sentence was appealed against and it went all the way through to the final stage before his appeal for presidential clemency was rejected on 1 June 2020.
He will be hanged on 10 Nov 2021 according to schedule.
Image source: Facebook Lee Hsien Loong & Ismail Sabri Yaakob
A netizen shared that she went to the Men Men Don Don outlet at White Sands to pack dinner home earlier this evening, and was shocked by one of the staff’s handling procedures of the utensils.
She alleges that the staff working there had dropped the food tongs and spoon on the floor, picked it up and gave it a quick rinse with only water and no soap before using it almost immediately again to take food.
She added that the staff must have thought that she was working at home and so did not bother so much about the hygiene standards.
A netizen shared how he and his brother were cycling on a bridge when another cyclist almost crashed into them.
They then chased after the cyclist and confronted him
Here is the story:
“So this incident happened at a bridge. This curvy bridge near pandan gardens. At AYE expressway there.
As you can see in the picture, there is one lane for walking, one for cyclists going up and another one for cyclists going down.
Me and my brother were cycling downwards (Not at a high speed). We were within the speed limit of 25km/h. We know our speed because we were using bike computer that shows us our current speed.
As we were going down, this man in the pic was going in the wrong lane. We didnt notice until we got quite near. My brother was infront of me and almost hit him.
It would have been a major crash but luckily, since we were kind of experienced roadbike riders, my brother handled the bike well and managed to escape from falling.
Everyone knows that if u go downhill/downslope, your speed will be faster than going up slope.
After escaping this crash, i felt relieved. I was happy that we werent injured or smth. But i wanted to teach this guy in the pic a lesson.
Because he didnt even apologise.
So i quickly u turn and chase him down. He was riding a foldie. He knew he was in the wrong, so he was riding super fast. I still managed to chase him down.
I blocked his path and i confronted him nicely asking him to apologise because he was obv in the wrong.
I didnt shout or create a scene. After this guy apologised, I said to him “Pls dont repeat this again in future bro”.
He replied saying that he was not the only one in the wrong. He said we were speeding.
But we knew we were not speeding and first of all, ITS DOWNSLOPE.
I got frustrated, but i still talked to him in a cool manner. I said, “we are using bike computer so we know our speed, but you came into our lane that’s the main point and that’s the only mistake”.
Guys keep in mind that my intention for chasing him down was not to scold or embarrass him.
It was to warn him not to do it next time in the future. So just wanna ask other people’s opinion on who is right and who is wrong.
Just to spread awareness that there is this type of riders out there so we have to watch out carefully. Ride safe !”
