Users have also received SMSes marked ‘likely scam’ from video games platform Steam, insurance providers Great Eastern and Singlife with Aviva, and co-working platform Switch, according to screenshots seen by The Straits Times. — AZHAR MAHFOF/The Star
SINGAPORE: Financial adviser Tan Zhi Liang thought he had been scammed after buying flight tickets to South Korea from Trip.com, when he saw a booking verification SMS flagged as “likely scam”.
Tan, 29, said: “I thought I had made a purchase from a scam site. I found it weird at first, but I double-checked my booking and it was there, so I didn’t worry too much then.”
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