SCAM ALERT – BEWARE OF FRAUDULENT PURCHASES CHARGED TO MOBILE PHONE BILLS

The Police have received several reports where victims informed that they had incurred charges to their mobile phone bills after providing a three digit PIN number to strangers whom they befriended over Facebook.

The scammers initiated contact with victims by sending a friend request via Facebook. In some cases, the scammers even set up Facebook accounts which closely resembled that of victims’ friends! They then asked for the victims’ mobile phone number and mobile service provider. With the victims’ mobile phone number, the scammers then made online purchases of gaming credits/online gift cards. The cost of such purchases were charged to the victims’ mobile phone bills after the victims provided the One Time Password (OTP)/Verification Code to the scammers. Victims only know that they have fallen prey to the scam when they receive their mobile phone bills.

For the past 2 years, an elderly man has been serenading Punggol MRT users with his own unique variety of “songs”. Using a handheld radio device, the uncle blasts hokkien vulgarities, some of which may be familiar even to non-dialect speakers.

According to one witness, she came across the uncle one day when she was going home. The man was carrying a portable handheld radio with vulgarities blaring from its speakers. Some of the vulgarities are easily recognizable as curses directed against any intended victim’s parents or foul descriptions of a woman’s genitals.

Feeling insulted by what she saw, one witnessed submitted evidence of the man’s antics to reporters. In the video, the man was seen carrying his radio and advancing towards the turnstile gantries. He pretended to take out his wallet to tap his EZ link card, but would pause there for 2 to 3 minutes with his vulgarity-spewing radio turned on at full blast. After getting everyone’s attention, he would then walk off and turn down the volume on his expletive ridden radio set.

The witness has tried in vain to get the uncle to stop his antics.

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Hi Singapore Uncensored,

I realise in my neighbourhood that there are some FT that are renting a whole HDB unit and subletting the room to their countryman. which is illegal

There is also more and more race or country specified room rent classified ads appearing online that only rent out rooms to a certain race. They are doing so in case there were caught subletting they would simply say that they are relatives.

If you do not believe me just do a quick search on facebook or google.

News Source: Joyce Koh

A reader hired a maid who endangered the life of her son by putting detergent in his water bottle. Although the employer had been patient with her and warned her many times, she has done so many things to harm her family that she now fears for her family’s lives.

The reader said that within the first week of working for her, she discovered that the maid wanted to go back home even though she has an outstanding loan here. In the subsequent days she worked for her, the maid tried all ways and means to make her employer angry. She claims that the maid seems to be trying to make her angry and see whether she will beat her, which she will then use as an excuse to demand compensation or threaten her employer to let her go back to Indonesia without paying off the loan.

Our reader thinks that some colleagues that the maid met during her training may have taught her how to scam and cheat her way out of her loans.

Occupants at the 50 story high Pinnacle@Duxton in Tanjong Pagar were left panting for air and in outrage yesterday after some of them were made to move up 20 stories or more after lifts separated twice in the traverse of a day.

A woman claimed that she needed to convey her 4 year-old youngster down 19 flights of stairs at Block 1E to the 26 story where there was working lifts at the other connecting building

Another old man in his 70s needed to advance down the whole piece gradually with his stick.

Did we mention that this is an award winning building?

13 arrested for vice related activities at Ang Mo Kio, Sengkang, Punggol, Hougang and the INFAMOUS YISHUN!

The raid was at housing areas and massage parlors. 4 of which was arrested for drug related cases which involve cannabis. While the rest that was arrested was woman advertising sexual services on the internet and used residential areas as a spot to do the illegal business.

The police are still investigating the suspects.

Early Sunday morning and two roads in Hougang had the honour of getting flushed with water. There was a water pipe leak, that caused water to gush out into Upper Serangoon Road and Hougang Avenue 3.

The PUB said that they were informed of the pipe leak at 4:30 am on Sunday, which caused two lanes of the roads to be closed for repairs. No reason was given as to why the pipes burst in the first place.

So, this is how we are going to be saving water, and to make Singaporeans realise water is precious. Just one pipe to burst, water not to reach homes, then you know that water is precious. And saving water? Well, you want a shower, just go to the water leak, and take your turn.

Well done, PUB!

Chen HJ