{
  "id": 15868168,
  "title": "At least $249,000 lost in 1½ months to impersonation scams involving compromised WhatsApp accounts",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/21/at-least-249-000-lost-in-11-2-months-to-impersonation-scams-involving",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-10-21T08:12:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Straits Times",
    "slug": "straits-times",
    "url": "https://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/at-least-249000-lost-in-11-2-months-to-impersonation-scams-involving-compromised-whatsapp-accounts"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "There have been at least 128 such cases since September.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 1,
    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}