A 20-year-old woman alleged that a safe-distancing ambassador has been stalking her.

According to The New Paper, she had met the SDA while she was working at a restaurant at Tampines 1, back in November 2020.

The SDA was speaking to a customer on her behalf about safe distancing guidelines.

After that, he allegedly told her that she was very pretty and asked if she had a boyfriend and also about when are her off days.

He then shot his shot and asked her for her phone number and Instagram account.

He also allegedly asked her if she had any friends who were “pretty” to introduce to him.

The SDA was persistent and she eventually relented, giving her number to him about a month later.

Speaking to TNP, the girl said that she regretted doing so, and that she should’ve said no or at least given him a fake number.

In the earlier part of this year (2021). the man allegedly took a photo of her and sent it to her, to which he told her not to take her photos anymore.

The SDA also allegedly began following her, during her lunch breaks, and tried to strike up a conversation with her.

Sometime in April 2021, the girl was on her way back to the restaurant after going to the toilet, and the SDA approached her.

She didn’t want to make eye contact with him but he then rushed to her, blocking her path.

He then bent down to look up at her because she was looking away avoiding his gaze, asking her “cannot see me ah?”

The girl said that she was “so scared” and traumatized by the encounter that the made a police report later that day.

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According to a Police media release, there has been a rise of job scams that specifically targets couriers.

The police want to alert the public about work frauds that target couriers.

Scammers will target couriers from various delivery systems in these situations. In these frauds, there are two sorts of variations:

Version A of scam

The fraudsters would make a request through the delivery mechanism in the first version.

After that, they’d contact the designated courier and ask for help obtaining gift cards from convenience stores. The fraudsters would ask the courier to scratch and expose the code behind the card while on their way to the location, and then email a photo of the code as proof of purchase. When the fraudster became uncontactable and did not pay for the gift cards, the courier would realize they had been duped.

Version B of scam

The fraudsters would mention a remittance agency as the location for the courier to pick up the delivery in the second variation.

They would then call the designated courier and suggest that they transfer a particular amount of money to an overseas account in exchange for an enticing tip of at least $100 each transaction. The couriers would only realize they had been duped when the fraudsters were no longer reachable and there was no one at the delivery site to pay for the transfer they had facilitated.

According to the latest Police media release, there has been a new kind of scam that is impersonating Singapore Pools.

The Police said that victims may have come across fake Singapore Pools’ websites or mobile applications while browsing the Internet or Google Play store.

However, these applications are not legitimate, unsuspecting victims would download the application and place bets through it. They would only realise that they have been scammed after discovering that the payments were allegedly made to other companies instead of Singapore Pools.

The following two are examples of URLs impersonating Singapore Pools’ websites:

• https://sgpools.online
• https://www.sgpools.app

Members of the public are advised to adopt these crime prevention measures:

1. Be wary of downloading fraudulent applications, even if they are available on official online application stores;
   
2. Always verify the authenticity of the application with the official website or sources;
   
3. Report any fraudulent transaction involving your e-payment accounts to the e-payment service provider immediately.

Fake reviews on Andriod Playstore

According to the Ministry of Health, as of 25 August MOH reported a staggering increase of cases at Bugis Junction. Bringing the cluster to a total of 61 cases.

BHG Bugis Closure

MOH is investigating cases of COVID-19 infection amongst individuals who work in or visited Bugis Junction. A total of 61 cases are currently linked to the cluster, with 38 new cases added today.

Of the 61 cases, 51 are staff who work in Bugis Junction, of whom 46 are staff of BHG, and 10 are visitors to the mall.

To break any potential chain of transmission and enable deep cleaning of the premises, the closure of BHG Bugis Junction to all members of the public will be extended for another 5 days until 30 August 2021 (inclusive).

Staff who have been working in affected shops at Bugis Junction are being tested, and close contacts of confirmed cases will be quarantined. To uncover any community infection cases, MOJ announced yesterday that they are extending free COVID-19 testing to members of the public who had visited the retail shops or used the services/ facilities at Bugis Junction between 17 August and 24 August.

According to the Ministry of Health(MOH), 25 August 2021, 12pm, the Ministry of Health (MOH) has confirmed and verified that there are 118 cases of locally transmitted COVID-19 infection and 2 imported cases.

Death cases

Case 66762

an 86 year-old male Singaporean, has passed away from complications due to COVID-19 infection on 24 August 2021.

His case was first reported on 28 July. He had been admitted to Tan Tock Seng Hospital for an unrelated medical condition on 1 July and tested negative for COVID-19 multiple times.

Another test taken on 28 July came back positive for COVID-19 infection.  He had been partially vaccinated against COVID-19 and had a history of cancer, cardiomyopathy, chronic kidney disease, hypertension and hyperlipidaemia.

Case 67995

95 year-old female Singaporean, has passed away from complications due to COVID-19 infection on 25 August 2021. Her case was first reported on 9 August. She had developed symptoms on 5 August, and tested positive for COVID-19 infection on 9 August after being admitted to the National Centre for Infectious Diseases.

She had not been vaccinated against COVID-19, and had a history of Alzheimer’s Disease.