‘Fake’ MOM operator with an Indian accent calls man, asks him for his PIN number

Singapore ― A recipient of a scam call took to TikTok to document the entire experience, even up till he was asked for his PIN number.

In a two-minute-long clip, one jaakelow said (using an electronic voice generator): “So fake MOM called me”.

When he answered the phone, the person on the other end of the line said, “Ya, my name is Michael and I’m calling from MOM Ministry of Manpower and Singapore, MOM”.

The netizen said that once receiving the call, he had to change his tone and the way he spoke to the caller.

The alleged MOM caller then said, “Are you, err, vaccine you take already?” When the netizen said that he had not yet got vaccinated, the caller then asked, “One dose, two dose?”

Pulling the caller’s leg, the netizen replied that they had got three doses. “My country three number”, the netizen said, prompting the caller to ask which country that was.

“Ya, your country. You’re Singaporean?” the caller asked. To this, the netizen replied that he was Chinese. “Ya, your mother country in China”.

Speeding things up, the caller then said: “Your PIN number. Tell me your PIN number”. When he realised the netizen wasn’t being too clear, the caller then asked the netizen to hold on and put a colleague of his on the line. The recording of the call ended before they could have a proper conversation.

Earlier this week, the police warned of scams targeting those selling their gaming accounts. They added that scammers are preying on people who post their game accounts for sale online, tricking them into paying to “unfreeze” fake e-wallet accounts.

The scammers would express interest in purchasing victims’ gaming accounts and direct victims to fake websites to create the e-wallets to receive payment, the police said on Tuesday (Sept 28).

Some fake websites used are baowushouyou.com, bianjieshouyou.com, 85shouyou.com and xinyushouyou.com, where “shouyou” refers to mobile games. /TISG