'Oh, mum. This is a scam' – Woman lost US$52k; How to protect yourself


The most common type of fraud reported is imposter scams, when a fraudster will try to trick someone into thinking they are with the government or another agency. — ART CHEN/The Star

It started with an error message on the Google account of her iPad and iPhone.

"It was saying, enter and sign in with your password," said the 80-year-old Kettering woman. "I didn't usually do that. I just have an app and if it's Google, that comes up, so it was kind of an odd thing."

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