Anti-scam app ScamShield now available for Android users
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- 30 Sep 2022
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The app, which can also identify scam SMSes, is available on Google Play Store.
It has been available to iOS users since November 2020.
The Android version was officially launched on Wednesday by Senior Minister and Coordinating Minister for National Security Teo Chee Hean and Minister of State for Home Affairs and Social and Family Development Sun Xueling, during a dinner to commemorate the National Crime Prevention Council's (NCPC) 40th anniversary at Sands Expo and Convention Centre.
The app, developed by NCPC and Open Government Products, a division of the Government Technology Agency (GovTech), blocks calls from a database that is managed by NCPC and the police. It was soft-launched on Sept 1.
While the Android version has almost the same features as iOS does - such as blocking and reporting scam messages and calls - the iOS version is able to divert scam messages to a junk folder, while the Android version only notifies users of them.
This is due to specific limitations of the Android operating system, the police said on Wednesday.
Scam SMSes detected by ScamShield are sent to NCPC and the police for collation, which the police said helps keeps the app updated, to better protect users from scam calls and messages. Read More…
