New Scam ...pls be alert .

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> > Friends

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> > A scam that could happen on you,

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> > A forwarded message:

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> > Its all started when I received a call from someone claiming that he was

> > from M1 or Singtel or Starhub and he asked me to shutdown my phone for 2

> > hours for 3G update to take place. As I was rushing for a meeting, I did

> > not question him and shutdown my cell phone.

> > After 45 minutes I felt very suspicious since the caller did not even

> > mention his name . I quickly turned on my cell phone and I received

> > several calls from my family members and the others were from the number

> > that had called me earlier - 93954380.

> > I called my parents and I was shocked that they sounded very worried

> > asking

> > me whether I am safe. My parents told me that they had received a call

> > from

> > someone claiming that they had me with them and asking for money to le t

> > me

> > free. The call was so real and my parents even heard 'my voice' cryi ng

> > out

> > loud asking for help. My parent was at the bank waiting for next call to

> > proceed for money transfer. I told my parents that I am safe and asked

> > them

> > to lodge a police report.

> > Right after that I received another call from the guy asking me to

> > shutdown

> > my cell phone for another 1 hour which I refused to do and hung up. They

> > keep calling my cell phone until the battery had run down. I myself

> > lodged

> > a police report and I was informed by the officer that there were many

> > such

> > scams reported. MOST of the cases reported that the victim had already

> > transferred the money! And it is impossible to get back the money.

> > Be careful as this kind of scam might happened to any of us!!! Those guys

> > are so professional and very convincing during calls. If you are asked to

> > shut down your cell phone for updates by the service provider, ASK

> > AROUND!

> > Your family or friends might receive the same call.