It then informs the user if this message is likely to be a scam, based on the number of user reports for similar messages, and whether similar messages have been previously reviewed and blacklisted by the Singapore Police Force. The ScamShield Bot may ask for further information like the message’s Sender ID or the source of the message, an Open Government Products spokesperson said in response to queries from CNA. It is expected to be launched later this year. The bot was announced by Mrs Josephine Teo, Minister-in-charge of the Smart Nation initiative during the Committee of Supply debate on Friday (Feb 24). SINGAPORE: If you’ve received a suspicious message – whether it’s on WhatsApp, Telegram or via SMS – you can soon check if it could be a scam.Īll you have to do is to send a screenshot of it or copy its text into a WhatsApp bot – a new product by the Government’s anti-scam app ScamShield.
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