Singapore: Since June, at least 12 people have fallen prey to a scam involving a fake Singtel SMS.
In this scam, victims would receive an unsolicited SMS urging them to redeem expiring Singtel points with rewards such as an Apple Watch or Apple AirPods supposedly on offer.The selected reward item could only then be redeemed by topping up a nominal amount of cash, such as one dollar, along with the Singtel points.
Singtel had posted an alert on its scam advisory page alerting customers to the scam on June 9, as well as on its social media platforms.
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