Friday, August 30, 2013

Photographer Has Camera Lens Stolen From Around His Neck



The video of the camera lens thieves in action was taken in Saint-Petersburg (Russia). The thieves would target passers-by while the police are unable to stop them.

The thieves work together. One of them will shove something in front of the camera's owner, hiding the camera and lens from his sight. Then, another team-mate will take the chance to remove and steal the lens.

Do take note that similar plot can be happening in other countries as well, and they may not necessary target only camera lenses.

Do not show off your valuable. When travelling, always try to go in pair.

Friday, August 23, 2013

Facebook Fake Profile - Kayla Ong



https://www.facebook.com/kayla.ong.9822

Yes, in case you are wondering why are you in such a good luck that a babe has requested you to add her as a friend in Facebook, you are just one of the many victims of hers. We are not sure what's the motive of this faker who has ripped photos of Stephanie Tan, a Singaporean.



Taken from: https://www.facebook.com/stsygoneinpieces/posts/10151664146013492

HI PEOPLE!!!!!! READ THIS & SPREAD AROUND.

PLEASE TAKE NOTE OF THIS ACCOUNT AS IT'S A FAKE ACCOUNT. THIS PERSON TOOK MY PHOTOS AND ACT AS IF IT'S HERS. I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT'S HIS/HER MOTIVE BY DOING SO, BUT SOMEHOW I JUST FIND IT RATHER HILARIOUS. WHY DO I FELT THIS WAY ? IT'S BECAUSE THAT PERSON CHOSE TO BE A "PHOTOCOPIER" INSTEAD OF A "NORMAL PERSON". FIND IT RATHER ENTERTAINING THOUGH. PLEASE HELP TO SHARE THIS AND SPREAD AROUND ALRIGHT. THANKS PEOPLE

TO THE POSER: HI, KAYLA ONG?!?!? WELL, FYI MY NAME IS STEPHANIE TAN. MY FATHER'S SURNAME IS TAN AND NOT ONG. WANT TO POSE AS ME ALSO DON'T KNOW HOW TO POSE. EPIC !!!!! REALLY HAVE NO COMMON SENSE. COPY CAN ALSO COPY WRONGLY. PATHETIC YOU WANT MY PHOTO, I CAN SEND IT TO YOU FOR FREE. DON'T HAVE TO DO SUCH DIRTY TRICKS.

Wednesday, August 21, 2013

Email Scam

As irritating as it can be, such nonsensical scam email still exists.

If anyone has encountered and replied to such email, please share with us the progress of the scam!



My name is Mr. Ling Tia Liu; I work with Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, Hong Kong. I have a business proposal in the tune of $21,300,000.00 US Dollars, to be transferred out of my bank with your assistance.

After the successful transfer, we shall share in ratio of 50% for you and 50% for me. Should you be interested, please respond to my letter immediately, so we can commence all arrangements and I will give you more information on the project and how we would handle it. Please treat this business with utmost confidentiality.

You can contact me on my private email :(mrtailing@yahoo.com.hk) along with the Following information's for documentation purpose:

(1) Full names:
(2) Direct phone number:
(3) Current residential address:
(4) Occupation:

Thursday, August 15, 2013

Crime Advisory - "Police Bail" Phone Scam

From Singapore Police Force Fan Page:

The Police would like to remind the public to be vigilant against scams as criminals are coming up with more innovative ways to cheat unsuspecting victims. Police have received reports on the “police bail” phone scam recently.

In this scam, the victims received calls purportedly from China, with the “+86”country code. The caller would claim to be the victim’s friend and allege that he had been arrested by police while in China. The scammer would then ask the victim to transfer a sum of money to pay the bail or fines for his release. Victims who acceded to the scammer’s request would eventually discover that it was a scam after establishing contact with their friends. Thus far, victims have transferred sums ranging from $800 to $16,000 to a bank account in China.

Police would like to remind members of public to be vigilant against such scams, and to adopt the following crime prevention measures:

- Inform the Police immediately if anyone attempts to extort or ask money from you;

- Be wary of messages or calls from unknown people who want to befriend you;

- Do not remit or transfer money to people whom you do not know well enough. The criminal may spend months building rapport with you before asking for money;

- Do not give personal details about yourself or friends when interacting with unknown persons over the phone; and

- If you receive any message or call from anyone claiming he/she is in some kind of trouble overseas and need you to urgently send money over, you should report the matter to Police and not transfer the money.

If you have any information related to this crime, do not hesitate to call the Police hotline at 1800-255 0000 or 999 for urgent Police assistance.

Monday, August 12, 2013

Twitter Account Spamming for Yahoo IDs



This spam Twitter account has caught our attention. It seems to be automatically mentioning other users the exact same tweet, except that there are various Yahoo IDs that are being randomly generated from a list.

@YOUR_TWITTER_USERNAME Random but my friend Adriana seen your pics, is her yahoo name add her online she thinks your hot

The scammer has made it too obvious for dumb Twitter users to fall into the trick as once you open his/her page, you can see similar tweets for other users. How many female friends do this "person" has who, at the same period of time, happen to think so many Twitter users are hot and willing to share with him/her?

We have no idea what is the scam about but it definitely is seeking all potential victims to email or add the "babe" in Yahoo Messenger.

Anyway, some of the Yahoo IDs listed are of following:

stimulating890babe
bieber72chick
adri18stunning
sugar2audriana91
angel89adriana
beach7983babe
animatedadriana826
bad1660female
cute50adriana
adri96stunning
stunning73adri
bad7193female
softball91chick
loyal727chick
pretty2937pink
emo6865adriana
emo73gurl
love4514adriana
cute50adriana
loyal813chick
cute50adriana
bieber26chick
adriana5537ocean
bad1660female
sweet8944sexy
erotic35chick
adrianalove4999
pinkforever11girl

Note that there are some similarities in the user IDs. The Yahoo accounts could be created via certain software that has managed to break into Yahoo's registration spam protection.

We hope this has helped to broaden your skill in exposing fake Twitter accounts.

Saturday, August 3, 2013

China Bank SMS Scam

Presenting you the great money making opportunity...



+265 998 74 16 64:
I AM MAO CHEN FROM CHINA BANK, I HAVE AN URGENT BUSINESS DEAL FOR YOU WORTH 26 MILLION USD.PLS ITS IMPORTANT YOU CONTACT ME VIA EMAIL: maochen05@yahoo.com.hk

26 million US dollars!

Hey baby Mao Chen, why don't you call me directly since it's so urgent? Can my pet bunny do the business with you inside the toilet? We will be pleased to arrange it on the new World Toilet Day.

We laughed upon seeing this SMS, how about you?

For those who don't get the joke, please note that this is just an SMS scam.