So there was this singtel prepaid card number that called my mum
first, saying he was from singapore power and and he was checking
on the gas pipes. He asked if my mum's address was still the same
and other not important stuff. Then he called me, at this point I
was not aware that he had already called my mum. So I picked up and
he said he was from DHL and he needed to deliver goods for my
father. He said my father's name. I wasn't surprised that DHL would
need to do this as my father regularly orders goods for his job, so
I cooperated with the person. The call went on for quite long as I
was playing video games and wasn't paying attention, so the person
had to repeat himself several times. But basically, the whole thign
went like this.
I picked up, he said he was from dhl and he is delivering goods
for <father's name>. He says out my father's phone number and
ask if that is my father or not, for "Security purposes". I said
yes that is correct. Then, he said out my house phone number and
ask if that is correct or not. The number was correct but I just
said the phone number not working already(at this point i already
suspicious but I was focused on the game). Then, he asks if anyone
is at home. I said I'm at home. He then ask what time I
will be home until because the delivery will be late. I said I'm
not going out today. Then he said out my FULL address,
EXCEPT the unit number. Then he said please repeat your unit number
for "security purposes". I thought that even if this was a scam of
some sort, he already know so much information about my family,
what harm can unit number do? So I just gave, he said thank you, my
colleague will call you when he is there. Few hours later I foudn
out he called my mum also, so I called back just for fun. Turns out
the phone was off and the number is prepaid.
He also called my mum's office desk number. Even I don't
know my mum's office number.
This thing really got me curious. He put in so much effort, he
found out my address and phone numbers, but what can he do with
this information? I don't see how knowing phone numbers and
addresses can harm us. I'm not rich either so I doubt anyone would
wanna rob/kidnap me.
Anyone has any idea what this guy is planning or what he
could do with the information he has?
Any advice or just entertaining comments would be
appreciated!
I highly recommend you to a keep a lookout on your family's bank
account (including you), just in case. Watch out for any weird,
unknown transactions for the next few days (if there is any). Just
to be safe than sorry. 