S'pore woman, 63, loses S$4,000 to man impersonating senior center staff, only finds out after she couldn't buy dinner due to rejected debit card
Be vigilant.
A 63-year-old woman in Singapore lost almost S$4,000 to a scammer who pretended to be a staff member at the Precious Active Ageing Centre. The victim's daughter discovered the fraud after her mother couldn't use her debit card to buy dinner. The scam began when the woman saw a Facebook ad for PAAC, which offered various activities for seniors.
Intrigued, she provided her contact details to the ad. Soon after, she received a WhatsApp message from someone claiming to be from PAAC, offering to assist her with registration. The scammer then asked her to download an app and sent her a file via WhatsApp, which led to the theft of her money.
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