THELOGICALINDIAN - Phishing websites accept been application affected annual involving the Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore as agency of aquiring users acclaim agenda and coffer annual information
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The Singaporean government has accursed two abstracted websites for aggravating to access coffer annual and acclaim agenda advice by distributing apocryphal advice involving the Deputy Prime Minister of Singapore.
Reportedly, the websites accept been assuming that Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam supports the cryptocurrency industry.
One of the sites claims that DPM Tharman has said that Singapore will be advance in the world’s arch agenda currency. The added goes on to explain that Tharman is a adventure backer and that will be advance S$1 billion on account of Singapore.
Naturally, both websites affiance that users can calmly get affluent aural no added than a anniversary — all they charge to do is annals an annual by accouterment their coffer annual and acclaim agenda information.
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The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) stated on September 18th that the account was affected and said the websites are “deceptive and misleading.”
Regardless, Singapore is abstraction up as a rather affable destination for cryptocurrencies. Earlier this year, the DPM Shanmugaratnam said that he doesn’t accede them to be a threat:
In May, the Bitcoinist reported that Singapore has proposed authoritative changes which could about green-light cryptocurrency exchanges.
Recently, the city-state’s MAS partnered up with covering companies NASDAQ, Deloitte and Anquan to advance solutions for accompanying barter and final adjustment of cryptocurrencies and added aegis assets.
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