Man in SG jailed 10 months for role in scam that used voicemails to gain access to WhatsApp accounts

By Samuel Devaraj

Arivalagan Muthusamy was sentenced to 10 months' jail. — KELVIN CHNG

SINGAPORE: Using the default personal identification number (PIN) 8888, Arivalagan Muthusamy gained access to multiple StarHub voicemail mailboxes that were used to take over WhatsApp accounts.

Some of these accounts were then used in cheating scams that saw three victims transfer S$83,750 (RM270,769) to a syndicate.

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