Received an SMS just yesterday afternoon around 4.04PM saying that I had a payment overdue for my UOB credit card and that I had to call someone named Praba to avoid further proceeding/execution against me. Not sure what “proceeding/execution” means but I think he meant “prosecution”.

Project 365: Day 71, 27th April 2009

The only funny thing though is…. I don’t HAVE a UOB credit card. So I knew it was a scam to just fish for my personal banking details and hopefully illegally syphon money out of my account (little do they know though that I don’t have much money in my account to begin with hahaa).

Anyway I was tempted to play along and reply 

“OH NO NO!!! WHAT DO I DO?!?!?!”

But I got distracted with work so I decided to leave it alone.

And about 8.52PM later that night the same number sent me another SMS. This time Praba is says he’s from Kudrat Partners & Co.

Watch out for these kind of scams guys. Bank Negara put up an announcement not long ago warning people of these scams.