More than S$830,000 lost to Carousell phishing scams in December as police warn of sharp rise in cases

More than S$830,000 lost to Carousell phishing scams in December as police warn of sharp rise in cases

Channel NewsAsia - Commentary·2022-12-29 00:00

SINGAPORE: More than S$830,000 were lost to phishing scams involving fake buyers on e-commerce platform Carousell since the start of December, the police said on Wednesday (Dec 28).

In an advisory, the police said that scammers would pose as buyers on Carousell and victims would be asked to key in their banking details on spoofed websites to facilitate payment or delivery.

The police noted a "sharp increase" in the number of a phishing scam variant involving fake buyers on Carousell in December alone.

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