Nearly 470 people lose at least S$8.5mil in phishing scams involving OCBC Bank


Victims received unsolicited SMSes purporting to be from the bank, claiming that there were issues with their banking accounts. - ST

SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/Asia News Network): Since the start of December, at least 469 people have fallen prey to phishing scams involving OCBC Bank, with reported losses totalling at least S$8.5 million.

Most of the amount was lost over the past two weeks, said the police in a media release on Thursday evening (Dec 30).

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