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President Halimah alerts police to hoax email inviting people to have dinner with her, PM Lee

SINGAPORE — The President’s office has reported to the police the presence of a phishing email inviting the email recipient to a dinner with President Halimah Yacob, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and Cabinet ministers.

President Halimah Yacob (pictured) warns the public of a hoax email asking people to provide their email passwords in order to have dinner with her and other politicians on March 10.

President Halimah Yacob (pictured) warns the public of a hoax email asking people to provide their email passwords in order to have dinner with her and other politicians on March 10.

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SINGAPORE — The President’s office has reported to the police the presence of a phishing email inviting the email recipient to a dinner with President Halimah Yacob, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and Cabinet ministers.

The hoax email asks its recipient to download a letter and provide his or her email password.

The dinner is purportedly taking place on March 10.

“The email is a hoax,” President Halimah said in a Facebook post on Wednesday (Feb 26).

“We have reported the fake email to the police.

“I strongly urge all Singaporeans to remain vigilant against online exploits and scams, and to familiarise yourself with tell-tale signs of a phishing email, so that we do not fall prey to these malicious cyber threats.”

This is not the first time Mdm Halimah’s identity has been used by scammers.

In 2005, when she was still Speaker of Parliament, she filed a police report over a bogus Facebook account set up in her name to seek money.

Not only was the culprit “stealing her identity”, he or she did so in an attempt to cheat innocent members of the public of their money, Mdm Halimah said then.

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