He realised he had been duped only when the website showed that US$39.99 was charged to his credit card for a premium membership. It is not known what the membership is for.
A man was duped into an online payment of US$39.99 on Sunday after he used a third-party app to scan a legitimate QR code while trying to recycle his clothes at a recycling machine.reported on Friday that a resident in Ang Mo Kio Avenue 10, who gave his name only as Mr Liu, took his old clothes to the SG Recycle machine near his home on Sunday morning.
The 57-year-old said he entered his personal information as he believed the rewards for recycling old clothes would be credited to his card account. “It is purely a third-party app issue that affects Android users who downloaded apps that contain advertisements. The QR codes on our machines are not compromised and direct users to the correct app download on Google Play or Apple App stores.”
The company also reminded users to be cautious of third-party apps that contain advertisements, to use trusted apps such as Google Lens or the iPhone QR scanner, and to report errant apps to Google to help prevent other users from falling for such scams in future.
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