Lianhe Zaobao - 名字头像聊天记录全对 “老板”催转2万元员工差点借钱垫付

[AunAun]

WhatsApp chat with 'boss' shows correct name, profile picture and chat history but wrong phone number

Corrected title: The employee almost had to borrow money to cover the S$20,000 transfer from the "boss" whose name, profile picture, and chat history were all correct.

Original in simplified Chinese:
https://www.zaobao.com.sg/news/singapore/story20261012-9822843

Google-translated to English:

(Note that every "yuan" should be "S$".)

https://www-zaobao-com-sg.translate...uto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-US&_x_tr_pto=wapp

 

[A Better Tomorrow]

Whatsapp account can be accessed up to 4 different devices. Meaning that if the user did not go and check to unsign off these devices, it could be subjected to impersonation.

And some smart fuggers think they get others to help them to deal with the BS , just because they are linguist handicapped.

Go back to the old school of talking face to face in the eyes. Some cowards love to pretend in messaging apps that they are still the same old sai person, being as daft as before. Nothing changes.

 

[jkohlc2]

在对方不断催促下，员工终于开始起疑。她点开“老板”的WhatsApp联系人资料，才发现对方使用的电话号码带有印度国家代码（+91），并非林淑慧的号码。

 

[fortunehunter]

Thank you..I was about to comment and see your quote.
Things can anyhow eat edmw cannot anyhow post

 

[ridiculous?]

 

[xcodes]

Whatsapp account can be accessed up to 4 different devices. Meaning that if the user did not go and check to unsign off these devices, it could be subjected to impersonation.

And some smart fuggers think they get others to help them to deal with the BS , just because they are linguist handicapped.

Go back to the old school of talking face to face in the eyes. Some cowards love to pretend in messaging apps that they are still the same old sai person, being as daft as before. Nothing changes.

in such case, unless the scammer holds on to a phone with the whatsapp account not being logged out, then they could do that ... otherwise, not sure how they could do so with the chat history being displayed ...

 

[ahnyaahnya]

Corrected title: The employee almost had to borrow money to cover the S$20,000 transfer from the "boss" whose name, profile picture, and chat history were all correct.

Original in simplified Chinese:
https://www.zaobao.com.sg/news/singapore/story20261012-9822843

Google-translated to English:

(Note that every "yuan" should be "S$".)

https://www-zaobao-com-sg.translate...uto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-US&_x_tr_pto=wapp

So obviously a scam. The boss is unable to send money to the external manager, but hpw come is able to send it to her for her to send it to the manager?

 

[Shion]

never ever log in your whatsapp anywhere else other than your own mobile phone

 

[A Better Tomorrow]

in such case, unless the scammer holds on to a phone with the whatsapp account not being logged out, then they could do that ... otherwise, not sure how they could do so with the chat history being displayed ...

Copy and paste directly from backup storage devices or cloud services.

 

[A Better Tomorrow]

never ever log in your whatsapp anywhere else other than your own mobile phone

Now very easy to scan via qr code or obtain the whatsapp owner unique passkey for fraud.

 

[Shion]

Now very easy to scan via qr code or obtain the whatsapp owner unique passkey for fraud.

scary max !!!

 

[kebinu]

nowadays, I already tell my parents, even if you get a video call from me that look and sound like me asking for money, ignore also. if need, I'll go face to face. dont get scammed.

 

[Laguna123]

My friend also got encounter such case.
“Boss” WhatsApp the accountant to transfer out $30k to a personal account with his same WhatsApp photo and also got the chat history. But if you try to call back using the same WhatsApp then you will see that you are calling a different number.

 

[Roid Rage]

Corrected title: The employee almost had to borrow money to cover the S$20,000 transfer from the "boss" whose name, profile picture, and chat history were all correct.

Original in simplified Chinese:
https://www.zaobao.com.sg/news/singapore/story20261012-9822843

Google-translated to English:

(Note that every "yuan" should be "S$".)

https://www-zaobao-com-sg.translate...uto&_x_tr_tl=en&_x_tr_hl=en-US&_x_tr_pto=wapp

nice whaling. but +91? try harder next time.

 

[coolmyth]

Scary siol!

 

[buttbERry]

this is scary lor

 

[obsceneK2]

Maybe WhatsApp got secret source code leaked out and scammer got hold of it?

 

[AunAun]

in such case, unless the scammer holds on to a phone with the whatsapp account not being logged out, then they could do that ... otherwise, not sure how they could do so with the chat history being displayed ...

Copy and paste directly from backup storage devices or cloud services.

https://spywizards.com/blog/how-to-hack-whatsapp-without-the-phone/

Insert on 15 Oct 2026, at 1946h:
Extract from https://spywizards.com/blog/how-to-hack-whatsapp-without-the-phone/:

Real Ways WhatsApp Accounts Get Compromised

The safest way to understand the query is to learn how real account compromise happens. Most cases fall into a few patterns.

Verification code theft: the victim is tricked into sharing the login code sent by WhatsApp.
Linked-device abuse: someone links WhatsApp Web or desktop during brief access to the phone.
SIM swap: a criminal convinces the mobile carrier to transfer the phone number.
Malicious apps: risky APKs or spyware-like tools expose phone activity outside WhatsApp itself.
Cloud and email compromise: a weak recovery email or cloud backup can create related privacy risks.
Social engineering: fake support, friend impersonation, job offers, and delivery messages pressure the victim to act quickly.

 

[xcodes]

https://spywizards.com/blog/how-to-hack-whatsapp-without-the-phone/

sorry I haven't read that passage yet but it means either way, the scammers have to get hold of something from the victim in order to do this ... but in this particular case, it seems that it's the real chat history? Because usually the chats will have different colours representing the chatters and often own chat will have two blue ticks for message read which an image can't imitate ...

 

[AunAun]

sorry I haven't read that passage yet but it means either way, the scammers have to get hold of something from the victim in order to do this ... but in this particular case, it seems that it's the real chat history? Because usually the chats will have different colours representing the chatters and often own chat will have two blue ticks for message read which an image can't imitate ...

I am not an expert in hacking WhatsApp and I am not sure if I understood you correctly but I've inserted into post #18, an extract from the URL I provided.