Woman in SG loses RM260,595 after downloading third-party app to buy mooncakes


Lee said the money had been set aside for the down payment on her new Build-to-Order flat and renovation works. — Photo: Shin Min Daily News/The Straits Times/ANN

SINGAPORE: An order of mooncakes cost one woman S$76,000 (RM260,595), after scammers took control of her phone through a third-party app and siphoned the money from her bank account.

Lee, an administrative executive, had chanced upon a Facebook advertisement for bunny-shaped mooncakes filled with Mao Shan Wang durian from a bakery called “Sunshine Cake House” on Sept 14.

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