Man who drove around S’pore with ‘blaster device’ to transmit over 10.5k phishing messages gets jail一名男子驾车在新加坡境内携带“发射器”发送超过10500条钓鱼信息，被判入狱。
More than 10,500 phishing messages were transmitted to mobile devices between October and November 2025. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Published Sep 14, 2026, 06:31 PM
Updated Sep 14, 2026, 06:31 PM
A Malaysian man, Ong Kak Seng, drove around Singapore with a "blaster device" sending more than 10,500 phishing messages to WhatsApp users in October and November 2025.
More than 31,000 phones were affected, causing one victim to lose over $1,800 by transferring money to a third party.
Ong was sentenced to a year and nine months' jail, and a fine of $1,500 on Sept 14.
SINGAPORE - Promised RM1,000 (S$311) a day, a Malaysian man drove around Singapore with a “blaster device”, transmitting over 10,500 phishing messages to different WhatsApp accounts in October and November 2025.
More than 31,000 mobile phones had fallen within the coverage area of the device, and one person suffered a loss of over $1,800 after transferring cash to a third party’s bank account.
On Sept 14, Ong Kak Seng, 28, was sentenced to a year and nine months’ jail, and a fine of $1,500.
He had pleaded guilty to a cheating charge, and will have to spend an additional week behind bars if he fails to pay the fine.
He committed the offence after owing around RM80,000 to unlicensed moneylenders.
Court documents stated that Ong was in Malaysia around 2023, and got to know a man known only as “Bai Ge”.
In October 2025, Bai Ge found out Ong was in debt, and offered him a job to earn RM1,000 a day.
Ong had to drive around densely populated areas in either Hong Kong or Singapore for up to 12 hours daily , with the blaster device in his car.
Ong knew this was illegal, the court heard.
This was because a driver in Malaysia would ordinarily be paid about RM3,000 a month for performing legitimate services, and Bai Ge was offering a salary of almost 10 times the amount.
Ong told Bai Ge he wanted to work in Singapore.
At Bai Ge’s home in Malaysia later that month, Ong was taught to assemble and set up the blaster device.
On Oct 12, 2025, Ong assembled different components to make the device, which he placed in his car.
Between Oct 13 and Nov 18, 2025, he drove around numerous locations in Singapore for between 10 and 12 hours every day with the device, antennae and various battery packs at the back of his car.
He also met up with one Lie Dao Jing, 27, a Singaporean who was allegedly performing the same task as him. Lie’s case is pending.
Around the same time, the Singapore Police Force (SPF) received multiple reports from the public who received suspicious WhatsApp and text messages, claiming the recipients had “issues” with the verification of their WhatsApp accounts. And requested they provide login credentials via a link on a separate webpage.
This website was a fraudulent page, designed by third parties to take over WhatsApp accounts.
Officers from the SPF’s Police Intelligence Department and Commercial Affairs Department conducted an islandwide operation to catch those involved in transmitting these phishing messages.
Officers arrested Ong on Nov 18, 2025.
Shaffiq Alkhatib is The Straits Times’ court correspondent, covering mainly criminal cases heard at the State Courts.
发布于 2026 年 9 月 14 日下午 6:31
更新于2026年9月14日下午6:31
2025年10月和11月，一名马来西亚男子王觉生（Ong Kak Seng）驾车在新加坡四处行驶，携带“网络钓鱼发射器”，向WhatsApp用户发送了超过10500条钓鱼信息。
超过 31,000 部手机受到影响，导致一名受害者因向第三方转账而损失超过 1,800 美元。
9月14日，翁被判处一年零九个月监禁，并处罚金1500美元。
新加坡——一名马来西亚男子因每天可获得 1000 令吉（311 新元）的报酬，于 2025 年 10 月和 11 月期间，驾驶汽车带着“网络钓鱼发射器”在新加坡四处行驶，向不同的 WhatsApp 帐户发送了超过 10500 条钓鱼信息。
超过 31,000 部手机落入该设备的覆盖范围内，其中一人因向第三方银行账户转账而损失超过 1,800 美元。
9月14日，28岁的王觉生被判处一年零九个月监禁，并处罚金1500美元。
他已承认犯有欺诈罪，如果他不缴纳罚款，将不得不额外服刑一周。
他因欠无牌放贷者约 8 万令吉而犯下此罪。
法庭文件显示，翁某在 2023 年左右身处马来西亚，并结识了一位只被称为“白哥”的男子。
2025年10月，白哥得知翁负债累累，便给他提供了一份工作，每天能挣1000令吉。
Ong 每天要带着爆破装置在香港或新加坡人口稠密的地区开车长达 12 小时。
法庭获悉，翁明知此举违法。
这是因为马来西亚的司机通常每月合法服务的收入约为 3000 马币，而白哥提供的薪水几乎是这个数字的 10 倍。
Ong告诉Bai Ge他想去新加坡工作。
当月晚些时候，在马来西亚白哥的家中，翁学会了如何组装和设置爆破装置。
2025年10月12日，翁组装了不同的组件来制造该设备，并将其放置在他的车内。
2025 年 10 月 13 日至 11 月 18 日期间，他每天驾车在新加坡各地行驶 10 至 12 小时，车后备箱里装着该设备、天线和各种电池组。
他还与一名27岁的新加坡男子李道京会面，据称李道京也在从事与他相同的活动。李道京的案件仍在审理中。
大约在同一时间，新加坡警方接到多起公众举报，称收到可疑的WhatsApp和短信，声称收件人的WhatsApp账户验证存在“问题”，并要求他们通过一个单独网页上的链接提供登录凭证。
这个网站是欺诈网站，由第三方设计，目的是盗用 WhatsApp 账号。
新加坡警察部队情报部门和商业事务部门的警员开展了全岛范围的行动，抓捕那些参与传播这些网络钓鱼信息的人员。
警方于2025年11月18日逮捕了翁。
沙菲克·阿尔哈提卜是《海峡时报》的法庭记者，主要报道国家法院审理的刑事案件。