QuickCheck: Is RM1,500 being given to housewives, single mothers starting July?
Recently, a claim that the government was providing financial assistance of RM1,500 for housewives and single mothers went viral.
The post on TikTok stated that applications for assistance can be submitted from July 8 to 13. It also included a screenshot of Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim speaking.
Is the claim true?
Verdict:
FALSE
It turns out to be a phishing scam.
According to MyCheck, those who fell for the trap would have to send a WhatsApp message to the scammer. The victim would then receive a link designed to steal their personal information and hack their Telegram account.
Tell-tale signs that the post was fake were the misspelling of the word 'akaun' as 'akun' and the word 'Mykad' as 'mycad'. Also, the link provided by the scammers did not end with '.gov.my'.
MyCheck also said that the photo of the Prime Minister that the scammer used came from an event in Jakarta, Indonesia, that was held on Jan 9, 2023.
Reference:
https://www.mycheck.my/more. php?id=2446487
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