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Channel NewsAsia - Friday, June 6

SINGAPORE: Duped by fraudsters in a credit card scam, American businessman Steve Mozena was astonished to discover the transaction apparently originated from a country reputedly tough on crime — Singapore.

"As a result, I have been cheated out of nearly US$9,000 (S$12,300), which is a large amount for a small business like mine," wrote Mr Mozena, who owns a small medical equipment and supplies store in California, in an email last week to Today.

He is not alone: Since 2002, various reports have surfaced of credit card—related scams committed by companies or individuals purporting to be in Singapore. The Commercial Affairs Department has received more than 70 complaints from online merchants overseas since 2003.

However, on Thursday, a Monetary Authority of Singapore representative denied that such cases are on the rise.

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By JORDAN ROBERTSON, AP Technology Writer Wed Jun 4, 7:09 AM ET

SAN JOSE, Calif. - When surfing the Internet for safe Web sites, not all domains are equal.

Companies that assign addresses for Web sites appear to be cutting corners on security more when they assign names in certain domains than in others, according to a report to be released Wednesday by antivirus software vendor McAfee Inc.

McAfee found the most dangerous domains to navigate to are “.hk” (Hong Kong), “.cn” (China) and “.info” (information).

Of all “.hk” sites McAfee tested, it flagged 19.2 percent as dangerous or potentially dangerous to visitors; it flagged 11.8 percent of “.cn” sites and 11.7 percent of “.info” sites that way.

A little more than 5 percent of the sites under the “.com” domain — the world’s most popular — were identified as dangerous.

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SINGAPORE (AFP) — A California-based blogger who allegedly accused a judge of "prostituting herself" has been arrested and charged in Singapore, his lawyer and a court document said Monday.

Gopalan Nair, a former Singapore lawyer who is now a US citizen, was arrested in the city-state Saturday and charged Monday with insulting a public servant, his lawyer Chia Ti Lik told AFP.

Nair, 58, was later remanded in custody for one more week as the authorities said they needed to investigate further, Chia told reporters.

He is due back in court next Monday.

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