SINGAPORE (The Straits Times/ANN): At least 237 people have fallen for a phishing scam involving fake ‘WhatsApp Web’ pages since November, with total losses amounting to S$606,000 (RM2mil), the police said in a statement on Monday (Nov 13).
In these cases, scammers first gain control of compromised WhatsApp accounts after users click on unverified URL links while searching for the official WhatsApp Web webpage.
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