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Designed for safety

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Screening

Kucing screens all submitted property listing before publication to ensure compliance with our Terms of Service. We screen all property listings from sellers to evaluate and flag possibly fraudulent listings.

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Check

We check users – homeowners and seekers – ID to ensure that all users are who they pretend to be. To do so, we conduct digitized “know your customer” (eKYC) process to verify and authenticate users’ personal data. For homeowners and seekers in Singapore, we also propose Singpass trusted digital identity service for easy ID verification and secure access to Kucing platform.

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Scanning

We encourage users to provide important documents to improve their chance of success on Kucing. While no screening system is perfect, we check all documents uploaded by sellers (property title) to prevent fraud and scam as much as we can.

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Prevention

Always interact, book, and communicate directly through the Kucing app. As long as you stay on Kucing digital platform throughout your entire real estate journey you’d be protected by our anti-fraud strategy (we never disclose your tel number, your name or your unit number).

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Protection

We follow account authentication and password management best practices. From OTP to password hashing, we have secured the creation, handling and authentication of user accounts.

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Security

We are using in-app payment powered by Apple or Google to process payment on our platform. We are making sure that any payment going through our platform is secure.

Community Guidelines

These Community Guidelines are here to help all of us understand what it means to be part of Kucing community. If you're using Kucing, we’ll assume that you're abiding by these Community Guidelines (along with our Terms of service). As we continue to improve the safety for all our users, we’re constantly refining our guidelines to meet the needs of our community.

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Keep others safe

As a member of our community you should feel safe and make others feel safe as well. It all starts by behaving in an appropriate way!

  • Don’t harm anyone
    As a member of our community you should feel safe and make others feel safe as well. It all starts by behaving in an appropriate way!
  • Don’t endanger people
    You should never cause fear, threaten violence, or wish harm on others. We will not accept users wishing, hoping or calling for serious harm on a person or group of people.
  • Don’t harm anyone
    You should not create conditions that increase the likelihood of an accident or fire hazard. You should not keep unsecured weapons, disease risks or dangerous animals in your property when having a visit.
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Be honest

Trust is one of the pillars of our community. Respect others’ property and personal belongings is the first step towards building trust!

  • Don't spam
    We do not allow to spam out messages in chats. Please keep the promotion of your property or request to a single listing.
  • Don’t phish nor commit fraud
    You should not commit booking fraud, attempt to drive traffic to other sites or market unrelated products, abuse our booking system or make false claims against other members of the community.
  • Don't steal
    You should not take property that isn’t yours, take others’ identity documents or damage others’ property.
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Respect others

Let's all be nice to one another. Being polite and courteous is one of the best ways we can show respect to each other.

  • Don’t harass others
    You should not share personal information to shame or blackmail others, target others with unwanted behaviour or defame others.
  • Don’t be a douche
    You should not make inappropriate or suggestive requests or remarks that will make another person feel uncomfortable. Sending or posting inappropriate pictures is strictly prohibited.
  • Don't be rude
    You should not use of vulgarities on our platform.
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Be sincere

About 3 minutes. It’s all it take to craft a listing that will catch buyers’ attention with a uniquely truthful story about your property. Add some attractive photos. See the magic happen!

  • Don’t misrepresent yourself
    You should not provide a false name, maintain duplicate accounts, or create an account if you’re under 18.
  • Don’t misrepresent your property
    You should not provide inaccurate information, mislead people about the type, nature or details of your property, substitute one listing for another, set up fake or fraudulent listings, or fail to disclose hazards and habitability issues.
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Be dependable

Treat others as you would like to be treated.

  • Don’t break commitments
    In the case both parties have already accepted a booking or a bid, you should not cancel just before the booking or break withdraw from your engagement just because someone offered a better price.
  • Don’t be unresponsive
    You shouldn’t be unresponsive before or during booking, fail to provide an adequate point of contact for meeting before a visit, or ghost user that are interacting with you during a booking or a bid process.

Consequences

Your experience on Kucing is extremely important to us and we are committed to make it better each day. If you ever encounter an issue which you would like us to take a look at, please contact us.
Under these Community Guidelines, we take action against behaviour that targets individuals with unacceptable conduct, as described above.When determining the penalty for violating our community guidelines, we consider a number of factors including, but not limited to the severity of the violation and an user’s previous record of rule violations.The following is a list of potential enforcement options:

  • lock user’s in-app action;
  • Exclude/remove listings;
  • Suspend user’s account.

Safety tips

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Interacting safely on Kucing

Follow essential best practices to ensure safe and secure interactions on Kucing.

  • Check user profile
    All the users posting listings on Kucing (homeowners posting property listing & home seekers posting homecasts) have their identity verified through an eKYC process. Additionally, all potential buyers or renters booking visit on our platform go to the same ID verification process. Once a user’s ID is verified a blue “ID verified” icon is displayed next to their profile picture.
  • Book a visit/viewing
    Use Kucing secured booking platform to book a tour of the property you are interested in. Don’t forget to close all visits with our visit rating tool.
  • Secure meet-ups
    When doing meet-up for a visit, always meet in well-lit, public places – property lobby, gate, guard house... While Kucing may be a community composed of serious users, always remember that meeting up with someone for the first time is akin to meeting a stranger, so be safe and don’t take any risk!
  • Always chat within Kucing
    The in-app chat room between users is open 2 hours prior to an upcoming visit. Don’t bring the conversation out of the platform.
  • Negotiate within Kucing
    Use the property’s bidding offer and accept system to secure a deal and track interactions between users. The bidding process is Kucing’s way of a firm handshake to show both parties are committed to the deal (please note that Bids are a legally non-binding offers and solely rely on a moral commitment).
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Beware of scams

Your safety is our number one priority. Look out for and protect yourself against the latest scams in Singapore! If you come across any suspicious accounts/activities on Kucing, please report it to us.

  • The fake property agent Scam
    Looking for a place to buy? Beware of scammers pretending to be property agents and asking for fees to organise visits. Visiting a property is free! You do not need to pay any fees to secure a viewing booking.
  • The better deals outside Kucing platform scam
    Scammers may entice users to contact them directly on other platforms such as WhatsApp or WeChat by offering a better property listings or faster viewing booking if dealing on third party platforms. Don’t fall for it!
  • Fake Kucing website scam
    Beware of fake links in emails and text messages. If the email or message links to an URL that is not Kucing.sg, don't tap or click it. If you did already, please do not enter any personal information on the website that opened.
  • Asking for a payment scam
    Kucing will never request for payment through a 3rd party vendor or website. Any payment to be processed is only made through the Kucing app.
  • What’s your password scam
    Whatever the situation (e.g., you asked a question to our support team), Kucing will never ever request for your password, personal information or your OTP through phone call or 3rd party websites.

When in doubt, always reach out to Kucing team to confirm if a link/email really came from us! We are always here to assist you