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Extremely thorough man foils ‘Singapore Poly’ student scam (Disclaimer: Microsoft News is currently reviewing the accuracy of this story with the publisher due to social media source.)

A man said Wednesday he had filed a police report after foiling a donation scam by two people claiming to be Singapore Polytechnic students.

The students had tried to solicit money under a bogus fundraising campaign, Facebook user Gabriel YW wrote in a now-deleted post. He was told the donations were for a local charity which indeed held a recent fundraiser – that ended in September.

“Door to door donation drive scam. Please be aware of such cases going on in your estate by some youths. Earlier today I encountered 2 youths claiming to be from Singapore Poly and doing [door-to-door] collections for SingYouth Hub,” the man wrote. 

Among the red flags that the boys raised were their receipt booklets and questionable license permit, Gabriel said. Skeptical, he probed the duo further about their scheme and was unconvinced about the legitimacy of the fundraiser. He then told the boys to leave. 

Afterward, he checked the website of their purported charity, SingYouth Hub, website and called to enquire about its fundraising campaign, only to be told it had ended three months ago. 

One of the first things that Gabriel noticed about the boys were the “off the shelves” receipt booklets they were holding — unusual for donation collectors, according to his post. 

Gabriel then asked for their license permits and saw portions blanked out and re-written with other names and identification numbers. 

“Upon checking their permit, which they happily produced, it shows discrepancies as the original name has been ‘blanco’ and written with another name,” Gabriel added, with reference to the correction fluid brand. 

A photo of the permit handed to Gabriel showed the name “Teh Tze Tzer” as the licensee, different from the original version of the license on SingYouth Hub’s website, which had the name “Tan Chiew Hwee” on it.

No one will ever accuse this guy of not doing his due diligence.

“Two red flags and they tried to convince me that what they did is legal and even tried to call their team leader. I told them to stop whatever they are doing right now and leave the premises,” Gabriel added. “Police has been informed of such activity.”

According to the SingYouth Hub website, their recent fundraising campaign ran from June 18 to Sept. 15. Proceeds from the sale of wristbands went to their social entrepreneurship program, a mental wellness organization and fundraising costs. 

There are a number of ways to verify the legitimacy of donations in Singapore, one of them is to text the license number to the authorities at 79777 using the format “FR”. 

You will then receive an SMS reply indicating whether the organization has a valid license or certificate.

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Si4dr

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Last time "poly student" sell ice cream then evolve to sell handcraft.

Now charity fund raising coming......learned fast man.

REAL charity fund raising will suffer. 😆

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with the govt telling ppl not to give away singpass and other passwords, still got insurance agents going door to door asking ppl to log in into their singpass to check for info ....🙄

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Ct3833

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13 hours ago, Cheesey74 said:

That's why i hesitate to donate to all these youth fundraiser cos really too much scam ard, hence best is to donate directly to the organization.

Agree, even some legit fund raising are not volunteer, they are salesmen, nothing wrong with that but I do not know how much of my donation will go to their salary and commission before the balance gets to reach the charity organisation.  I would rather donate directly to the organisation. "Sir, may I ask you a last question ?" Slsounds familiar ?

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12 hours ago, Ct3833 said:

Agree, even some legit fund raising are not volunteer, they are salesmen, nothing wrong with that but I do not know how much of my donation will go to their salary and commission before the balance gets to reach the charity organisation.  I would rather donate directly to the organisation. "Sir, may I ask you a last question ?" Slsounds familiar ?

Best is those "I'm not trying to sell you anything"

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21 hours ago, Mockngbrd said:

Best is those "I'm not trying to sell you anything"

usually i will reply "yes, i dun need anything, thanks!" [laugh]

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Ichibawa

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Donation drives or flag days from school, universities or any education institutions is just teaching our children to beg for money to reach a certain given quotas. 

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Hi,

I was just chatting with my pioneer gen mum...

She related one of her friends got cheated of her ezpass.

Young person accosted my mother friend at mrt station asking for help.

Did not bring mrt card, can borrow i come back and return you?

Bye bye ezlink card.

Well, mum told her friend why you did not give two bucks for the boy to take the train...

I was more like, why dont direct the boy to control station at mrt...sure they will provide a pass after recording ic and name....

Mrt control station should have authority to grant courtesy passes in this day of facial recognition no?

I was personally accosted outside funan by a chap showing me a police letter from Malaysia seeking help for funds. Forgot the story but I directed him towards the direction towards City hall saying the police officer there will help you...

This happen just before F1 in September....

Is somebody doing something about these scams?

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On 11/17/2024 at 5:20 PM, Datsun366 said:

Hi,

I was just chatting with my pioneer gen mum...

She related one of her friends got cheated of her ezpass.

Young person accosted my mother friend at mrt station asking for help.

Did not bring mrt card, can borrow i come back and return you?

Bye bye ezlink card.

Well, mum told her friend why you did not give two bucks for the boy to take the train...

I was more like, why dont direct the boy to control station at mrt...sure they will provide a pass after recording ic and name....

Mrt control station should have authority to grant courtesy passes in this day of facial recognition no?

I was personally accosted outside funan by a chap showing me a police letter from Malaysia seeking help for funds. Forgot the story but I directed him towards the direction towards City hall saying the police officer there will help you...

This happen just before F1 in September....

Is somebody doing something about these scams?

You got a con me face? 😂. 
Joking…. just wondering how they pick their targets. 

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On 11/17/2024 at 5:20 PM, Datsun366 said:

Hi,

I was just chatting with my pioneer gen mum...

She related one of her friends got cheated of her ezpass.

Young person accosted my mother friend at mrt station asking for help.

Did not bring mrt card, can borrow i come back and return you?

Bye bye ezlink card.

Well, mum told her friend why you did not give two bucks for the boy to take the train...

I was more like, why dont direct the boy to control station at mrt...sure they will provide a pass after recording ic and name....

Mrt control station should have authority to grant courtesy passes in this day of facial recognition no?

I was personally accosted outside funan by a chap showing me a police letter from Malaysia seeking help for funds. Forgot the story but I directed him towards the direction towards City hall saying the police officer there will help you...

This happen just before F1 in September....

Is somebody doing something about these scams?

These people scam ezlink card also happy?

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Got a whatsapp video call from "Singapore police" with the crest icon just now. Terminated it and switched to Flight mode for some time to thwart repeated attempt to call. Later saw the phone number is +92 [laugh]

 

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On 11/17/2024 at 6:37 PM, 13177 said:

These people scam ezlink card also happy?

many old people have ez-link card with hundred of dollar inside :D

time to promote simply go app [laugh]

I link my mom and wife's ez-link to my simply go app with auto top up of $20 to minimise lose when kena scammed [laugh] but i can trace when and where the card was used.

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On 11/17/2024 at 6:14 PM, Mkl22 said:

You got a con me face? 😂. 
Joking…. just wondering how they pick their targets. 

Must have zaik ark/black heart face then no one will approach, can walk in peace. 

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