Be Careful with Links
The victim wanted to sell her $3,400 bag on Carousell, ended up kena tricked in to parting $9,900, but lucky for her the bank reimbursed her, that's really surprising because I always thought banks would just let people eat the loss and learn a painful lesson.
The scammer tricked her into giving her email:
"He said that he wanted to buy for his mother," Lu said. "So he asked if I could email him photos of the bag."
Then the scammer sent her a fake Carousell link and tricked her into entering her banking details, I suppose that would mean her internet banking id, password and OTP since the scammer managed to transfer the money abroad, very odd also, I thought the only thing the victim needed to share would be either her bank account number, or handphone number for PayNow.
I think there needs to be even more education on what information is safe to share and what information must never be shared, like your internet banking id, password and OTP are like the keys to your home, you never ever share that, you never ever use it anywhere else other than your home, like why would you key it in Carousell if your bank is OCBC, doesn't make sense right, and if people wants to send you something, you share your address i.e. your bank account number and that's it.
I also think just pasting posters everywhere is not enough, government needs to double up or triple up the nation-wide campaign to build up stronger awareness, it's kind of worrying especially when these scams are so obvious and yet people are still falling prey.
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