At least 14 cases of a phishing scam involving the impersonation of Singtel were reported to the police with total losses amounting to at least $100,000 since Sept 2, said a police news release on Sept 7.
At least 14 cases of a phishing scam involving the impersonation of Singtel were reported to the police with total losses amounting to at least $100,000 since Sept 2, said a police advisory on Sept 7.
The scam victims would receive an SMS informing them of expiring Singtel points with a link to redeem gifts with their points. Upon clicking on the link, the victims were directed to a phishing website resembling the actual Singtel redemption web page where they were asked to select their gifts. The victims were then directed to a payment page and asked to input their credit or debit card details and one-time password .
They would only realise that they had been scammed when they received notifications from their banks of unauthorised transactions.If in doubt, call us at 1688 to verify. If you have responded to the message, please contact your bank immediately for assistance. We would like to alert our customers to a scam SMS that is circulating. It claims that you have Singtel...
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