Hi everyone, i am just a tourist in singapore and a man approached me in chinatown outside maxwell food centre and said my new iphone was really cool (i was holding my iphone in hand) and that it has the best camera, he then asked me to take his picture using my phone and send it to him. At first my guard was down, so i said sure but then he said his phones were dead (him holding two phones) so i questioned how i was going to send him the photos. He then said that his phone was working but he wanted to take a photo using my phone, i offered him to take his picture using his phone but he insisted using my phone so I politely refused and said i really needed to go.
Was it a scam or am I loosing my mind? For some reason it just felt shady.
I am happy to drop a discription of the man if everyone thinks this is a scam.
Edit: thanks everyone, i think I dodged a bullet. The man was racially black, had long dreads, wearing red tee, around 5’10 to 6’ and heavy built. Please ignore him if he approaches you, take care.
Here are what netizens think:
- – Definitely dont pass your phone to a stranger, all it takes for them is just a scan from your phone of a qr code on their phone or whatever rubbish and their objective would be met. He probably targetted you as u are a tourist.
- Sounds like a scam. Singapore is safe but when in doubt, walk away.
- Good chance this was an attempted SIM swap and he wants your number by getting you to send a photo to him.
- Wow I have never heard of this ‘scam’ but sounds shady. Better safe than sorry, just reject
- For me, when I’m out, my default mode is to treat anything out of the ordinary as a scam.
- Sounds like he’s indirectly trying to get your number so that he can get his accomplice to contact you or get your info. So yes it looks like a scam to me.