{"id":72987,"date":"2026-07-31T01:45:46","date_gmt":"2026-07-30T17:45:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=72987"},"modified":"2026-07-31T01:45:46","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T17:45:46","slug":"a-call-from-me-think-again-sm-lee-stars-in-mock-scam-call-warns-against-impersonators-singapore-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/?p=72987","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;A call from me? Think again&#8217;: SM Lee stars in mock scam call, warns against impersonators, Singapore News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>We&#8217;ve all read news reports about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.asiaone.com\/singapore\/police-spf-advisory-government-official-impersonation-scam-pm-lawrence-wong-funding-assistance-hormuz-49-million\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">scam calls impersonating public figures<\/a>, such as former prime minister Lee Hsien Loong, in attempts to extort money from unsuspecting citizens.<\/p>\n<p>Lee, who is now Senior Minister, took to Facebook to simulate one such scam call by impersonating himself, in a bid to prevent others from falling victim to such predatory calls.<\/p>\n<p>In a video uploaded on Thursday (July 30), SM Lee acted out a scenario in which he picked up a phone call, only to hear a scammer impersonating him on the other end of the line.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Your bank account has been compromised. Please transfer your funds out immediately,&#8221; the mysterious caller said.<\/p>\n<p>After hanging up, SM Lee looked into the camera to raise awareness about such scams.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;No Government official will ever ask you to transfer money or handle valuables over a phone call. Not the police, and certainly not me!&#8221; SM Lee said.<\/p>\n<p>He then encouraged those who are unsure to hang up immediately and verify the call by contacting the ScamShield Helpline at 1799.<\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"720\" width=\"380\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?height=476&amp;href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Freel%2F1754510532345973%2F&amp;show_text=true&amp;width=380&amp;t=0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share\">\u00a0<\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A call from me? Think again. This is a simulation, but such impersonation scams do happen,&#8221; SM Lee said in the caption.<\/p>\n<p>He pointed to a recent case in which deepfakes of PM Lawence Wong and Minister Indranee Rajah were used during a fake video conference. One victim reportedly lost <a href=\"https:\/\/www.asiaone.com\/singapore\/police-spf-advisory-government-official-impersonation-scam-pm-lawrence-wong-funding-assistance-hormuz-49-million\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">$4.9 million<\/a> after seeing a video purportedly showing PM Wong requesting for &#8220;urgent funding assistance&#8221; related to the situation in the Strait of Hormuz.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Scammers are growing more and more sophisticated, using deepfakes and AI to deceive victims. Any of us can be taken in and scammed,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n<p>SM Lee concluded by urging Singaporeans to stay vigilant and to act against scams together.<\/p>\n<p>daoen.wong@asiaone.com<\/p>\n<p>[[nid:735214]]<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<center><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.asiaone.com\/singapore\/sm-lee-hsien-loong-simulates-scam-call-warns-impersonation-scams\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article At Source <\/a><br \/>\n<center\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;ve all read news reports about scam calls impersonating public figures, such as former prime minister Lee Hsien Loong, in attempts to extort money from&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":72988,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2611],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-72987","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-buzz-headlines","wpcat-2611-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72987","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=72987"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/72987\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/72988"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=72987"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=72987"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=72987"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}