Wednesday, December 31, 2025

UOB Scam Variant

What: Favorite targets will receive malicious calls from scammers/ insider social engineering (from telco/ fi/ media/ gov related)
Who: UOB/ Shopee/ SingTel/ robocall
When: Mar-2026/ Oct-2024/ Jul-2024
How: Report malicious/ serial scams to relevant authority (such as pdpc) for breaking DNC law and illegal sharing of people phone nos

Warning - Greed HIGH   Fear HIGH   Stupidity HIGH   Humor HIGH

[AI voice-to-text] Automated Call Variant #1: (from SingTel Scammer)
"This is the call from UOB Service Center. You have a transaction of $1,*** was charged under your UOB bank card ending ***. To approve for this transaction, please press 1. To speak with our operator, please press 0."
(Pause, no response from the user)
"This is the call from UOB Service Center. You have a transaction of $1,*** was charged under your UOB bank card ending ***. To approve for this transaction, please press 1. To speak with our operator, please press 0."
(Pause, no response from the user)

[AI voice-to-text] Audio Call Variant #2: (fabricated call)
​Representative: Hello, good afternoon.
Me: Hello.
Representative: Yes, am I speaking to Mr. ***?
Me: Yes.
Representative: Hello, sir. I'm Adi***, calling from UOB Transaction Department.
Me: Yes.
Representative: Uh, today I'm calling in to verify regarding a transaction that was made under your UOB credit card ending with ***.
Me: Yes.
Representative: Just want to confirm whether ... did you just make a payment amounting to $3,*** to Shopee about a few minutes ago?
Me: You are the scammer. I'm going to report you to the government ...

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