S$110,960 durian tour to malaysia....

[threadfin]

A part-time bakery worker lost over US$81,000 (S$110,960) to scammers who siphoned money from her two DBS bank accounts after infecting her Android phone with malware.

Ms Lie, 52, had on Sept 10 chanced upon a Facebook advertisement for a $28 durian day-tour ticket to Kulai, Malaysia, from a tour agency called “GD Travel & Tour”.

She was attracted by the offer as she had enjoyed a durian tour in 2022 and contacted the seller on Facebook.

The seller texted Ms Lie on WhatsApp and instructed her through voice messages to download a third-party app called EG Store on her phone to browse the tour offers.

“I wasn’t suspicious of him. He had a strong Malaysian accent and sounded very sincere. He was patient and helpful with my questions about the tour so I believed him,” she told The Straits Times.

Ms Lie eventually did not buy the tour ticket as her friends did not want to go. She did not provide him with her banking details or address.

She did not think much about the incident until a week later when she was trying to pay her credit card bills. She noticed that she could not log into her Internet banking app after multiple attempts.

https://www.straitstimes.com/singap...ing-third-party-app-to-buy-durian-tour-ticket

 

[k1976]

Anything due with jiuhu online... Is a BIG NO NO

 

[k1976]

Sinki always love to be cheated... That is why jiuhu slwaya see us as biggest saw hei

 

[Hightech88]

Never ever install any 3rd party app, period.

 

[k1976]

Never ever install any 3rd party app, period.

U say, I say... But draft 70% dun know and dun want to know De woh

 

[bobby]

My grandfather always say….

Good things not cheap
Cheap things not good

$29 for durians and tour bus is liddat one.

 

[syed putra]

I could gave taken her on the tour for free. Chinese girls get horny after savouring durians.

 

[borom]

Most of the scammed victims are DBS account holders.
Is it a coincidence or because of the weak security features of the the bank's operational and computer systems ?
Anyway 70% voted for this as DBS is govt owned bank and Tharman was immediate past chair of MAS

 

[Scrooball (clone)]

Why didn’t they mention that 100% of the victims use android phones?

 

[Hypocrite-The]

Soon android will be more like iOS. Can only download from playstore

 

[Hypocrite-The]

Why no action taken against fuck book?

 

[nabeifuckpap]

Dumbfuck sinkies love to anyhow install apps then blame the bank for their own stupidity, using iPhone is not going to protect from scams since scammers can use other methods like phishing and social engineering instead of apps

 

[threadfin]

Dumbfuck sinkies love to anyhow install apps then blame the bank for their own stupidity, using iPhone is not going to protect from scams since scammers can use other methods like phishing and social engineering instead of apps

old people shd just use this