SCAM ALERT! New scam with fraudsters posing as WhatsApp Support to steal your credit card details, 6-digit code or two-step verification PIN
A new scam targeting WhatsApp users has recently been identified. People using the popular messaging app have been warned to be careful when they receive messages from an account claiming to be WhatsApp Support.
What can even be more tricky is that some of the fake support accounts feature a profile photo that contains a verified badge that may convince people that they’re genuine.
WP’s Pritam Singh & Faisal Manap probed by police for possible offences
The police have started an investigation into the actions of the Workers’ Party Secretary-General Pritam Singh and Vice-President Faisal Manap for their testimony at the “Raeesah Khan saga” by the Parliamentary Privileges Committee. As part of the investigation, the authorities will jointly contact the relevant personnel.
The police force issued a statement late today (April 29). Parliament referred Pritam Singh and Faisal Manap’s conduct during their testimony before the Parliamentary Privileges Committee to the Attorney-General’s Office in February this year, which in turn referred the matter to the police for investigation.
22yo missing M’sian woman allegedly detained in Myanmar considered a cash cow by her captors due to Wang Lei’s S$128K cash reward
Following veteran getai singer and livestream host Wang Lei’s cash reward for the safe return of 22-year-old Malaysian Chia Min Yong, the woman is now reported to have been detained in Myanmar by her captors.
Chia has been missing for several weeks, after she allegedly sent a lengthy message to her mother on April 5 regarding her struggles with her insurance job. Chia said then that she began a high-paying job “rather far” from home. She became uncontactable since that day; her family suspected she had fallen victim to a foreign job scam.
4th NUS professor sacked over inappropriate behaviour (sexual misconduct) in 18 months, Netizens ask ‘Why NUS so many cases?’
Another professor from the National University of Singapore has lost his job due to allegations of sexual misconduct. It was reported on Thursday (Apr 28) that Ethan Putterman, who was an associate professor at the NUS Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences’ political science department, had been fired.
Since September 2020, former Tembusu College fellow Jeremy Fernando, former Provost Chair Professor in the Department of Political Science at the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences Theodore Geoffrey Hopf, and former Director at the East Asian Institute Zheng Yongnian, have all lost their jobs due to similar reasons.
Jay Chou’s 4-year-old son may be Mozart in the making…
King of Mandopop Jay Chou posted a video of his little son, Romeo, showing that the 4-year-old boy has some pretty advanced skills.
Over Instagram on Thursday (Apr 28), Chou, 43, showed little Romeo, dressed in his pyjamas, writing line after line of musical notes in a 23-second clip.