In the wake of the fake text message phishing scam involving OCBC Bank customers, with those affected estimated to have lost at least S$8.5mil, everyone’s on high alert when it comes to receiving notifications and text messages from their banks.
Earlier this week, actress Sora Ma, 37, received a similar message from her bank, DBS, informing her that a US$978.11 (S$1318.27) transaction had been made on her credit card.
The transaction happened in the wee hours of the night, at 12:37am to be exact, at the online site of American big-box department store Target.
Thank goodness she saw the message almost immediately
In an IG Story update, Sora shared that it was her first time discovering a fraudulent transaction on her card.
And of course, she immediately called the bank to cancel her card and secure her account, as soon as she received the text message from DBS.
Later, when 8day.sg contacted Sora for a phone interview, she shared more about the experience, revealing that she’s “not sure if there are any other transactions made without [her] acknowledgement.”
As it turns out, after she cancelled her card, it disappeared entirely from her online banking app. Therefore, she’s now unable to access the account’s history, making it hard for her to check if there were other fraudulent transactions.
“[When I called the bank,] they said that they would cancel the card first, and then check on the details and get back to me as soon as possible,” Sora said.
