SG victims of spoofed work emails suffer losses of over S$70mil, 149 victims in 2022

These spoofed email addresses often include subtle misspellings, or replacement letters, which might not be obvious. — Coffee work photo created by Racool_studio - www.freepik.com

SINGAPORE: Since the start of the year, at least 149 people have fallen prey to a scam involving spoofed work emails, with losses amounting to at least S$70.8mil (RM225.24mil).

In a statement on Saturday (May 21), the police said the scammers, using a hacked email account or email address, would impersonate the colleagues, business partners or suppliers of the victims.