SG police: Beware of scam using WhatsApp accounts hacked through voicemail


Posing as the friend, the WhatsApp scammers tempt the victim into buying gold bars they claim are being sold at 30% below the market rate. The crooks explain that the gold bars are being sold cheaply because they were seized by the Immigration and Checkpoints Authority or Singapore Customs, and were being auctioned off. — Pixabay

SINGAPORE: Scammers have come up with a new way to cheat people with a gold bar scheme using compromised WhatsApp accounts, Singapore police warned on June 2.

They added that the accounts had been hacked using a voicemail method.

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