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SINGAPORE – Three people are set to be charged in court on Aug 8 over their suspected roles in a scheme that compromised the Singpass accounts of work permit holders.<\/p>\n
The scheme involved offering work permit holders cash in exchange for access to their Singpass accounts.<\/p>\n
The perpetrators would then use the compromised Singpass accounts to apply for telco or financial accounts.<\/p>\n
Since early August, at least 23 work permit holders have reported that their Singpass accounts were locked after being offered $80 cash in exchange for access to their accounts, said the police in a statement on Aug 7.<\/p>\n
Some of these work permit holders were told that their Singpass accounts would be used to purchase National Day Parade (NDP) tickets at a discounted price of $500. However, NDP tickets are not for sale.<\/p>\n
After agreeing to take part in the scheme, these work permit holders were told to meet the perpetrators at locations including MRT stations, HDB residential areas and construction sites.<\/p>\n
They would either meet the perpetrators directly or be driven to nearby locations where the perpetrators would scan their work permits and obtain their Singpass passwords, said the police.<\/p>\n
The fraudulently obtained Singpass accounts were used to register for more than 30 accounts on cross-border payment app LiquidPay and more than 1,200 phone lines without the work permit holders\u2019 knowledge, said the police.<\/p>\n
Officers from the Cyber Command and Clementi Division, with support from the Singpass Trust & Safety team at the Government Technology Agency of Singapore, launched an operation on Aug 5 and 6 to establish the syndicate members\u2019 identities and take enforcement action against them.<\/p>\n
The operation resulted in the arrest of the three individuals \u2013 a 25-year-old man and two women, aged 29 and 38 \u2013 for their suspected involvement in obtaining the Singpass login credentials.<\/p>\n
Further investigations identified another 136 foreign workers whose accounts were linked to the same activity.<\/p>\n
All affected LiquidPay accounts have been frozen, and the fraudulent phone lines have been terminated, said the police.<\/p>\n
The three individuals will be charged with the offence of obtaining the Singpass credential of another person.<\/p>\n
If convicted, offenders can be jailed for up to three years, fined up to $10,000, or both.<\/p>\n
Investigations into the work permit holders who voluntarily gave up their Singpass credentials are ongoing, said the police.<\/p>\n
Those who disclose their Singpass credentials can be jailed for up to three years, fined up to $10,000, or both.<\/p>\n
The police advise the public not to accept offers of quick monetary gains in exchange for their Singpass accounts or credentials.<\/p>\n
Given that NDP tickets are not for sale, the police issued this advice: \u201cIf you are offered discounted tickets or any financial incentive that requires you to provide personal login details, verify the offer directly with the official organising body through recognised channels.\u201d<\/p>\n
The police also encourage the public to check the number of post-paid SIM cards they hold by visiting SIMCardHowMany (Beta).<\/p>\n
If they spot discrepancies or suspect that the post-paid SIM cards were fraudulently registered, they should alert the relevant telcos and the police.<\/p>\n
Anyone with information on such scams can call the police hotline on 1800-255-0000 or submit information online at www.police.gov.sg\/i-witness<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n For more information on scams, members of the public can visit www.scamshield.gov.sg<\/span><\/a>, or call the ScamShield Helpline on 1799.<\/p>\n All information will be kept strictly confidential, said the police.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n SINGAPORE – Three people are set to be charged in court on Aug 8 over their suspected roles in a scheme that compromised the Singpass…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":74880,"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-74879","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\/74879","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=74879"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74879\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/74880"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=74879"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=74879"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sgbuzz.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=74879"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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