Man drove around Singapore with 'SMS blaster' that sent more than 10,000 phishing messages, gets jail
When he visited his sister while the device was in his car, he warned her about phishing messages targeting WhatsApp users.
A Malaysian man named Ong Kak Seng, who was deeply in debt, spent up to 12 hours each day driving around Singapore with a device in his car that sent out more than 10,000 phishing messages. He believed he was promoting illegal online gambling, but the SMS blaster device was transmitting fraudulent messages to trick people into providing their WhatsApp login details. Ong pleaded guilty to cheating as part of a criminal conspiracy and was sentenced to one year and nine months in jail, along with a S$1,500 fine.
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