Scammers use hacked WhatsApp accounts to seek donations to ‘buy oxygen machines for India’

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Friday, 07 May 2021
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The scammers have been using hacked WhatsApp accounts belonging to friends of their targets to claim they are raising funds to purchase the machines for donation to India, the police said on May 7. — Pixabay

SINGAPORE: Scammers are exploiting the coronavirus situation in India by asking for fake donations in Singapore for the purchase of oxygen concentrator machines, said the police.

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Scammers use hacked WhatsApp accounts to seek donations to ‘buy oxygen machines for India’