On 17 October 2018, the Police received a report from a 22-year-old man who informed that a large sum of money had been transferred from his bank account without his consent. He had earlier received a call from someone who informed that he had been linked to an alleged kidnapping incident.
The man was directed to two separate phishing websites, where he was instructed to key in his bank account details at each of the webpage, and download a software which allowed the computer to be accessed remotely. The man later found out that $49,500 had been transferred from his bank account without his consent. Investigations are ongoing.
In recent events, there is a high amount of phishing websites and emails circulating around the internet.
This website’s have targeted audience to steal credentials such as banks,email and even Singpass. The amount of people that are not IT savvy and fall victim into phony websites like this are on the rise.
What is Phishing?
Fake websites or email that try to imitate just like the real one’s and cheat users into logging in personal information.