At least 168 people have lost no less than $20,000 in total in e-commerce scams involving the sale of food items, such as wagyu beef and premium durians, since February. In an advisory on Monday, the police said that scammers posing as sellers posted offers or sponsored...
The public is also advised to check details of deals with official sources and beware of prices that seem too good to be true. Goods should be bought only from authorised and reputable sources.
Singaporean actor Charlie Goh was recently scammed of $160 after seeing an advertisement on the Grocery Retail Facebook page flagged by the police. In a similar incident in February, an unnamed person found a deal for durians on Facebook and paid $100 for eight boxes of the fruit, according to a recent Stomp article.One of the accompanying photos to the article shows a screen shot of the conversation between the buyer and the Department Store Facebook page, also flagged by the police as a scam account.
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