Within hours, a woman lost more than $170,000 to a bank account in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) after handing her bank details to a scammer pretending to be from Microsoft’s support department. But unlike many victims of technical support scams, the 70-year-old...
In a statement on May 16, the police said the victim had been prompted by a pop-up alert on her computer telling her to contact Microsoft.Within hours, a woman lost more than $170,000 to a bank account in the United Arab Emirates after handing her bank details to a scammer pretending to be from Microsoft’s support department.
In a statement on May 16, the police said the victim had been prompted by a pop-up alert on her computer to contact Microsoft, as her computer had been hacked. But the hotline number provided was fake. Several hours later, the victim was notified by DBS that she had increased the overseas fund transfer limit and a sum of more than $170,000 was transferred to a bank account in the UAE.Officers from the police’s Anti-Scam Centre quickly worked with DBS to trace the money, which was recovered in full.
Turn off the affected computer immediately to limit any further activities that a scammer can perform.Report the incident to the bank.If in doubt, members of the public can contact the technical support team for their devices via official pages.
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