The victims were tricked by scammers impersonating staff from e-commerce marketplaces into providing their credit or debit card details and one-time password. - ST
SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): Phishing scam cases involving e-mails, text messages and phone calls from scammers impersonating e-commerce marketplace staff are on the rise, the Singapore Police Force warned on Tuesday (Oct 26).
At least S$764,000 was lost in September due to non-banking-related phishing scams, the police said in a statement.
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