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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Usergti1 01/01/2023
Luckily, I didn't order from them!
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Usergti1 01/01/2023
They should punish by law!
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banban 01/01/2023
stay safe everyone and practice social distancing and wear a mask
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8964 is real 30/12/2022
Now not only this ,Singtel ,jobs app, police ,governments ,lucky draw and so many more ,mostly the scammers are from Taiwan, china , India , South America and Singapore,wow as for Singapore,our spf catch one but come out 3 ……
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Oye Comova 02/01/2023
sg so hightech mah..cant even stop all dis nonsence isit..so dun call urself hightech if cant catch or stop all dis from evolving...ur hightech only for catching smokers i tink,dis one cam catch very fast...damn
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