SINGAPORE: If you have recently come across online advertisements offering cheap deals on crabs, take note – you may have just been targeted by a phishing scam.

Several reports of a phishing scam involving purported false advertisements on the sale of crabs were made in July, the police said on Tuesday (Jul 27).

Victims have so far lost more than S$15,000.

In these cases, the police said victims surfing the Internet or social media platforms would receive pop-up advertisements offering cheap deals on crabs, purportedly sent from a restaurant known as “Crabber Resto” or “Jack Crab Resto”.