At least 19 victims have fallen prey to a new variant of phishing scam in December involving the impersonation of iShopChangi, with losses totalling more than $7,000. Read more at stomp.straitstimes.com
Singapore News - At least 19 people have fallen victim to a scam claiming to sell cheap branded suitcases on online shopping platform iShopChangi, with losses totalling at least $7,000. The police said in a statement on Dec 28 that the scam targeted victims with Facebook advertisements and. Read more at www.tnp.sg
A family of five had $150K of their life savings wiped out after trying to purchase eggs on Facebook, CNA reported on Wednesday (Dec 27). The incident took place on Nov 26 when Singh, who declined to be named in full, said his wife chanced upon an advertisement selling organic eggs on Facebook. Thinking that the deal for 60 eggs.
Singapore, with a population of less than 6 million, was hit by 32 million cyber-crimes in 2022 that makes it an average of more than 5 cyber-attacks per person.