SINGAPORE – When she received an Instagram message telling her that her photos and personal information were being shared on a private Telegram group, Ms Glennice Tong got worried.
The Instagram user, who appeared to be a woman, warned Ms Tong that the group was a “remake” of the now-defunct Telegram group SG Nasi Lemak, where obscene photos and videos of women were shared.
The student, 22, told The Straits Times (ST) that she had not taken such images.
She said: “The thought of there being another chat group like SG Nasi Lemak, and the idea of my photos on it and possibly more girls being harmed because of it were terrifying.”
The SG Nasi Lemak group on Telegram had 44,000 members at its peak.
One of its administrators was jailed and fined last year, while another man was given a mandatory treatment order. Two young people were given probation.
Ms Tong said the woman appeared friendly and claimed she had already reported the chat group on her behalf, and suggested she do the same.
Ms Tong asked for more information and was later sent a link to join the group.
Speaking to ST on Jan 27, the same day she received the messages, Ms Tong said she became suspicious when the person claimed that aside from photos, there were screenshots of chats between her and a man.
Ms Tong added: “When she sent me a sketchy link to join the group, I knew it was a scam.”
The link led her to what appeared to be the Facebook login page that required her to key in her phone number and…
