2. BY SMS OR TEXT MESSAGES
You will get a text message on your mobile phone about an ongoing bank promotion such as a fixed deposit or high interest-rate savings promotion.
The message will contain spoofed links or numbers that you have to contact to find out more about the promotion.
After clicking the spoofed links, you will be redirected to a phishing website where you are prompted to give your credit or debit card details and OTP.
In some instances, if you call the number indicated, a scammer will impersonate a bank employee and ask you to transfer money to a specific account, claiming that the new account opened was part of the promotion.
3. BY VIDEO CALL
You will get a video call on messaging applications such as WhatsApp. The caller will claim to be from a bank and inform you that the “bank” had detected that someone had gained access to your account.
Under the pretext of helping you resolve the issue, the caller will ask you for your personal particulars and bank log-in details.
The police said that in most of these cases, the victims realised that they had been scammed only when they discovered unauthorised transactions made using their credit or debit card.
The police is reminding the public again that banks do not send retail customers emails and messages that contain clickable links.
The banking authorities here already announced in January that this would not be done after the high-profile OCBC phishing scams that affected close to…
