Singapore: Central Provident Fund (CPF) members who log in to their accounts using their Singpass must now go through another step - face verification. The additional precaution comes amid a
Singapore: Central Provident Fund members who log in to their accounts using their Singpass must now go through another step - face verification., said the CPF Board, GovTech and the police in a joint advisory on Thursday .
"As a further precaution, CPF Board and GovTech had urgently introduced the Singpass Face Verification during the login to protect vulnerable CPF members who access CPF e-services," the agencies said in a release. In such malware scams, the victim uses his Android phone to click on a Facebook or other social media advertisement selling an item at a steep discount and receives a link to download an Android Package Kit from a non-official app-store to facilitate the purchase.
The scammer can further delete SMS and email notifications of that bank transfer to cover his tracks. Additionally, the scammer may log in to the victim’s CPF account through Singpass to make a withdrawal.
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