Recently, SingHealth is making the news, unfortunately, for nothing good.
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, you’d have heard about what happened to SingHealth.
And it’s…pretty shocking.
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Here’s a short flashback to catch you up:
On 20 July, it was reported that SingHealth has had 1.5 million patients’ personal information stolen.
And 160,000 of them had outpatient prescriptions stolen as well.
The affected patients had visited SingHealth’s specialist outpatient clinics and polyclinics from 1 May 2015 to 4 Jul 2018.
And this includes the data of our very own prime minister Lee Hsien Loong and a few other ministers. According to the report, it seems like his data was repeatedly and specifically targeted.
SingHealth said they’ll send an SMS or a letter to affected patients and update them about their status.
Fake SMSes Sent Out Immediately After SingHealth’s Announcement
Immediately after they announced that they’ll be contacting the affected patients, people started receiving fake SMSes.
The SMS told recipients that their non-medical personal data, telephone numbers, financial details and medical records have been accessed.
SingHealth says that this message wasn’t sent by them, and uploaded an image of the official message for reference.
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And now, less than a week after the first scam, a second one appeared.
They can’t seem to catch a break, can they?
SingHealth Warn Users About Scam CallsÂ
On 23 July 2018, SingHealth uploaded another advisory on their Facebook page, warning users against scammers impersonating as SingHealth employees.
These people will try to obtain personal and financial information from unsuspecting victims through the phone call.
SingHealth emphasised that they will only contact patients through SMSes or emails. The only exception would be if they received a phone call from you, and are required to call you back.
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So now you know, should you ever receive a call from anyone claiming to be SingHealth, and asking for your NRIC, Name and Banking details for verification, don’t blur-blur give it to them hor.
It is unknown how extensive the SMS and scam call hoaxes are.
And before you ask, walao, who will get tricked?
Think of it this way. SingHealth is huge.
Their portfolio includes:
- Polyclinics
- SingHealth Community Hospitals
- National Cancer Centre
- Singapore National Eye Centre
- National Dental Centre
- National Neuroscience Institute
- KK Women’s and Children’s Hospital
- Changi General Hospital
- Singapore General Hospital
- Sengkang General Hospital
Polyclinics and public hospitals. Nobody’s sure if they’ve been to these places, especially when they need to remember if they’ve been to these places between 2015 and 2018.
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Heck, maybe even people like you and me (young ‘uns with a fully functioning memory) might not be able to remember in time and gong-gong give away our details.
So share this with your family and tell them not to get scammed, eh?
Again, if you want to know if your data has been accessed, and SingHealth hasn’t got back to you yet, you can check using this link here.
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