Woman in S’pore loses over RM380,000 after downloading third-party app to buy durian tour ticket

Lie had chanced upon an offer for a durian day tour, and was instructed to download a third-party app to browse the tour offers. — Bernama/Filepic

SINGAPORE: A part-time bakery worker lost over US$81,000 (RM381,307 or S$111,000) to scammers who siphoned money from her two DBS bank accounts after infecting her Android phone with malware.

Lie, 52, had on Sept 10 chanced upon a Facebook advertisement for a S$28 durian day-tour ticket to Kulai, Malaysia, from a tour agency called “GD Travel & Tour”.