According to the Singapore Police Force, two victims were almost cheated by “tech support” scammers but the illicit transactions were stopped by OCBC bank staff.
The police were notified in September 2021 to two victims, ages 51 and 74, who had nearly lost their life savings owing to such frauds.
Case No. 1
In the first instance, the victim was duped into believing that his home WiFi was being utilized for illegal purposes. Scammers directed him to put up a ‘trap’ for the crooks. The fraudsters persuaded the victim to install ‘Ultraviewer,’ a remote desktop program, on his laptop.
Following that, the fraudsters gained control of his laptop and attempted to withdraw funds from the victim’s OCBC bank account.
Case No. 2
Similarly, the second victim was told to download a file that would allow the fraudster remote access to his PC. When the fraudster asked for his OCBC online banking information, the second victim likewise provided it.
Fortunately, OCBC Bank staff intervene,  money transfers totaling more than $300,000 belonging to both victims were halted, and the fraudsters’ intentions to steal from both victims were foiled.
The bank’s Fraud Surveillance System flagged the two transactions as suspicious. When contacted by bank personnel to confirm the legitimacy of these transactions, both victims were still ignorant of the fraud.
Disclaimer: Not all Antigen Rapid Test (ART) kits are suitable for home use.
The Health Sciences Authority (HSA) said that they are investigating the unauthorised sale and distribution of the Antigen Rapid Test kits (ART) that was manufactured by SG Diagnostics, a company based in Singapore.
According to Straits Times, HSA said that the ART kits by SG Diagnostics are meant to be utilised by healthcare professionals who are trained in using the kits and validate the test results.
The kits, manufactured by SG Diagnostics, are not to be used by untrained users, because they may get results that are not accurate and lead to the delay in getting treatment to them should they be infected with the virus.
ST Diagnostics appealed to consumers to stop using the product.
Listings for the ART kits were seen on shopping websites like Carousell, Shopee, Lazada and even WeBuy.
A netizen also spotted the sale of the ART kits at Challenger.
Earlier today, a 45-year-old man pleaded guilty in court after he was found to have raped his daughter. The charges include 2 counts of rape and another charge of sexual assault by penetration.
The court revealed that the couple migrated to Singapore from China and the man eventually received his citizenship (Pink IC).
In court, it was revealed that the man is the biological father of the victim. The daughter’s nightmare began when she was 9-years-old and the father let the daughter went through 2 years of ordeal from touching her and raping her.
This went on for two years before the mother found out about it. The man was worried that his daughter might get pregnant and he fed her contraceptive pills and told her that it is cough medicine.
The mother eventually discovered the pills and knew that the pills were not for cough and confronted her husband. The husband admitted that the pills were to make sure her daughter did not get pregnant.
The mother reported the incident to the Police the next day leading to him pleading in court today (Oct 14), The man was sentenced to a jail term of 21 years and 24 strokes of the rotan.
A video emerged online showing the situation at the entrance of a shopping mall.
Following the introduction of the Vaccinated-only rule where non-vaccinated persons are not allowed to enter shopping malls, malls are required to check the vaccination status of shoppers prior to entry.
Long queues were seen forming outside the mall at the entrance as people waited for their turn to enter.
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