Man arrested for illegally obtaining personal particulars via fraudulent QR codes at HDB blocks

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SINGAPORE: A 39-year-old man was arrested last week for his alleged involvement in a series of fraudulent QR codes, which were put up at the lift lobbies of some Housing and Development Board blocks in Bukit Batok

of some Housing and Development Board blocks in Bukit Batok in order to obtain the personal particulars of feedback providers.

The posters have since been taken down, and the MSO has also alerted all town councils to the matter. The town councils have conducted the necessary checks on the OS Lite QR codes in their towns, said the police and MSO. A screenshot of the phishing website appeared to offer mortgage loans under OneService's name, claiming to help users access"the best rates from all banks".

QR codes and links associated with OneService always lead to websites on the “gov.sg” domain, and are of A4-size and printed on wall-mounted, hard acrylic board, they added.

 

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