SINGAPORE: The police on Thursday (Dec 7) issued a warning about a new phishing scam that involves Facebook advertisements offering cheap luggage.
The Facebook advertisements or posts offer travel suitcases for as low as S$2 from "Singapore Airlines Travel". These accounts use Singapore Airlines' (SIA) logo as their profile picture.
Since November, 14 victims have fallen prey to this scam, with losses amounting to at least S$799 (US$597).
After clicking on the Facebook advertisement or post to buy the luggage, victims are directed to a phishing website and asked to provide their credentials, such as their name, email address and payment card details.
Their credit card details would then be misused by the scammers.
"Victims only realised that they had been scammed after they were notified about or discovered unauthorised transactions on their card statements," said the police.
The police advised members of the public to adopt precautionary measures such as installing the ScamShield app and enabling two-factor authentication for bank transactions.
"Look out for tell-tale signs of a phishing website and if the deal is too good to be true, it probably is, so check with the company on its official website if such deals are available," said the police.
"If in doubt, never share your personal information and payment card details with anyone."
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The Facebook advertisements or posts offer travel suitcases for as low as S$2 from "Singapore Airlines Travel". These accounts use Singapore Airlines' (SIA) logo as their profile picture.
Since November, 14 victims have fallen prey to this scam, with losses amounting to at least S$799 (US$597).
After clicking on the Facebook advertisement or post to buy the luggage, victims are directed to a phishing website and asked to provide their credentials, such as their name, email address and payment card details.
Their credit card details would then be misused by the scammers.
"Victims only realised that they had been scammed after they were notified about or discovered unauthorised transactions on their card statements," said the police.
The police advised members of the public to adopt precautionary measures such as installing the ScamShield app and enabling two-factor authentication for bank transactions.
"Look out for tell-tale signs of a phishing website and if the deal is too good to be true, it probably is, so check with the company on its official website if such deals are available," said the police.
"If in doubt, never share your personal information and payment card details with anyone."
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