![]() "After I gave every single information to the caller, I received SMS texts from DBS and realised there were multiple transactions from my DBS account to bank accounts in India. "He also asked for the old password to my account, followed by the OTP. "He then sent me a new generated pin that was stated to be from 'POSB' and I believed him. "I tried looking for it in my email, which took quite a long time, and then he said, 'Give me your username also, ok. "I told him I did not remember my passport number and only knew my Personal Identification Number (PIN). ![]() "He said someone was hacking my account, which was why he was trying to protect and set up my account, then said 'give me your passport number'. The Stomper explained: "He claimed he was calling from DBS and the Singapore police, which I understood as the police from DBS. ![]() "He asked me to provide all my bank details, including a One-Time Password (OTP), in order to lock my account."Ĭho said she felt nervous and pressured by the caller, who apparently "threatened and coerced" her, which was why she followed his instructions. ![]() The call was from a foreign number that started with +92, the country code for Pakistan, and had the DBS logo as its profile picture.Ĭho, a Myanmar national working in Singapore to support her elderly parents, recounted: "The caller pretended to be from DBS Bank and said somebody was hacking my account. ![]() Stomper Cho, a 38-year-old quantity surveyor, said she received a call via messaging platform Viber on Feb 6, at around 3.10pm. A woman lost her life savings of nearly $60,000 after falling victim to a scam in which she received a 'threatening' Viber call from someone claiming to be from the police and DBS Bank. ![]()
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