SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): A doctor has lost overnight access to his 15-year-old daughter and 12-year-old son after his former wife submitted transcripts of audio recordings in court to show his sexual promiscuity and “unhealthy obsession” with pornography and sex with underage girls.
‘I blame myself’: M’sian woman working in SG loses over RM17,000 after encountering scammer on Facebook’s dating serviceScams where victims authorise payments to a fraudster, such as those arising from investment or love scams, are not covered. — KUA CHEE SIONG/The Straits Times/ANNMobile phone networks that don’t enforce security protocols will have to reimburse victims of certain phishing scams – a ruling that already applies to financial institutions.
The move is part of a proposed “waterfall approach” that will assess responsibility, with retail banks such as Citibank, DBS, UOB and OCBC, and payment service providers like Grab that offer ewallets first in line. Consumers in such cases will then have to bear the full loss. They can take action by lodging a complaint at the Financial Industry Disputes Resolution Centre.
Malware scams are not covered either. These usually involve scammers duping people into downloading and installing malicious Android apps, which give remote access to victims’ devices to obtain their Internet banking credentials or credit card details. Telcos must block sender identification SMS coming in from all other channels to prevent consumers from receiving one from unauthorised or unknown networks.Breaches of these duties would be the starting point for determining who is to held responsible for losses under the framework, which builds on the work done last year by the Payments Council to counter phishing scams involving financial institutions.