S$7,430 crispy crab rolls? 5 food scams and how to avoid falling for them

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One lady lost $18K on a healthy meal 'deal'.

have been on the rise lately, with con artists posing as legitimate food sellers on social media. The scary bit? They’ve gotten slicker —. Many of these stories begin with seemingly innocuous ads on social media sites like Facebook.Healthy meal ‘deal’ that lost victim $18K

Deng was later instructed to download a third party app called “Grain” to place her order, before being told to PayNow a $10 deposit to the seller. Soon after, Deng realised that a whopping $18K had been transferred out of her bank account, and that the scammer had raised her funds transfer limit from $1K to $25K. She has since made a police report.On July 28, Ma Yulian, 84, was cheated of over $300 when purchasing durians from a door-to-door durian seller in his twenties.

She was told to download a third party app through a link, which required her to fill in her bank account information. As Li began to get suspicious, she didn’t follow through with the payment. Soon after, she began receiving phone calls, both from the scammer and another person claiming to be from a bank, asking her for her personal details. The next day, she was notified that $7,430.20 was transferred out of her account. She lodged a police report immediately.

 

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