At least S$20,000 lost to fake Singtel SMS phishing scams since June: Police

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At least S$20,000 lost to fake Singtel SMS phishing scams since June: Police
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SINGAPORE: At least S$20,000 (US$14,000) has been lost by victims of a phishing scam variant since June this year, said the Singapore Police Force (SPF) on Wednesday (Jun 28). There have been at least 12 victims of this phishing scam variant, which involve

SINGAPORE: At least S$20,000 has been lost by victims of a phishing scam variant since June this year, said the Singapore Police Force on Wednesday .

Victims would receive unsolicited SMSes, prompting them to click on the link to claim a reward before their Singtel points expire, the police added. The link would then lead the victim to a fake Singtel site where reward items, like an Apple Watch or Apple AirPods, can be selected for redemption.topped up with a nominal amount - S$1 for example - in order to redeem the reward item.

“Victims realised they had been scammed when unauthorised transactions were made to overseas merchant,” the police said.

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