Fake bitcoin website strikes again – this time quoting Tharman, Singapore News & Top Sto…

SINGAPORE – The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) on Tuesday (Dec 3) warned of a fake website that uses made-up quotes from its chairman Tharman Shanmugaratnam, following similar concerns voiced by Temasek chief executive Ho Ching last Tuesday.

The fake webpage, which pretends to be a news page from a local media organisation, asks for payments into a bitcoin trading scheme and also tries to trick people into supplying their credit card or bank account information.

“The information on the website is highly deceptive and misleading. The statements attributed to Senior Minister Tharman are completely false,” MAS said.

MAS also urged the public to exercise caution and avoid providing personal information on the websites, and to report such cases to the police.

Mr Tharman, who is Senior Minister and Coordinating Minister for Social Policies, was also used as an “endorser” of such fake sites in September last year.

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