![]() SINGAPORE - They were calm and professional, and sounded every bit like employees of a telecommunications firm offering technical support. So an unsuspecting senior information technology executive readily fell for their ruse last month. The fraudsters claimed to be staff members from Singtel, Singapore’s largest telco, providing technical support over the phone. The Singaporean victim in his 50s did not notice that something was awry, as he thought many employees like him were working from home during the pandemic and had “no choice” but to do their work over the phone. The victim, who spoke on condition of anonymity, wanted to be identified only as Mr KK. He ended up authorising a transfer of S$180,000 from his bank account. The transfer did not go through, thanks to a vigilant teller and fraud risk team at OCBC bank, which alerted the police to the transaction on Dec 18 last year. The victim recounted his ordeal to reporters on Wednesday (Jan 6). He hopes that it would serve as a cautionary tale, so that others do not fall for the same trap.
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