Police warn of re-emergence of phishing scams involving e-wallets

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SINGAPORE: The Singapore Police Force (SPF) have warned about the re-emergence of phishing scams involving e-wallets. In a news release on Thursday (Jan 13), the police said it had \u0022observed at least 1,200 cases\u0022 of phishing scams since December last year. The

SINGAPORE: The Singapore Police Force have warned about the re-emergence of phishing scams involving e-wallets.

Victims received unsolicited calls via messaging applications such as WhatsApp, Viber or IMO. Victims would then speak to callers who claimed to be from a Government agency such as the SPF or Ministry of Manpower, the police said. During the conversation with the scammers, victims would be asked to provide their personal information, banking credentials and one-time password for verification purposes or to assist in investigations.

Government agencies will never contact members of the public via messaging applications to obtain your personal information, banking credentials or OTPs, the police said.

 

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