Beware of scams involving fixed deposit 'promotions'; at least S$650,000 lost since January

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SINGAPORE: The police warned on Thursday (Apr 11) of a scam trend where criminals impersonate banks and offer victims fixed deposit scheme promotions. At least 12 victims have fallen prey since ...

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They would then be instructed to deposit or transfer money into these accounts. \n\n\n\n\n\n      A screenshot of a forged bank statement provided by a scammer to a victim. (Image: Singapore Police Force)\n    \n\n\n\n\nTo dissuade victims from seeking further verification, scammers would say that the accounts had been created \"for them\" or that the accounts were meant to \"hold the funds prior to the creation of their account\".\nIndividuals would realise that they had been scammed after logging into their banking applications and finding no changes to the system records. \n“In some instances, the scammer would quote an 'activation period' which delays the discovery of the scheme,” said the police. \nWhen victims eventually checked directly with the banks, they would discover that the accounts belonged to someone else.\nPHISHING SCAMS\nDBS put out an alert last week, warning customers about phishing SMSes containing fake promotions. \n“These SMSes are scams, and the person on the other end is not a DBS representative,” said the bank. \nIt warned that scammers might try to trick customers into transferring money to their bank accounts. \nScammers might also ask customers for their login information and digital token approval code to steal funds or access their bank accounts without permission, said DBS. \nThe bank reminded its customers to ensure that they use DBS' official website or official mobile applications to conduct any bank-related requests. \nAt least 103 victims fell prey to phishing scams in December involving the impersonation of banks through spoofed SMSes. Another 219 DBS customers fell for such scams in the first two weeks of 2024, losing about S$446,000 in total.\nMembers of the public can find more information on scams online or call the Anti-Scam Helpline at 1800-722-6688. \nThose with any information related to such crimes should call the police hotline at 1800-255-0000 or submit the information online.","kind":null,"is_publish_news":null,"is_publish_highlight":null,"is_publish_live":null,"is_publish_wemedia":null,"editions":null,"symbols":[],"gpt_button":1},"commentList":[],"isCommentEnd":true,"newsSizeData":{"likeSize":0,"commentSize":0,"repostSize":0,"favoriteSize":0,"likeStatus":false,"favoriteStatus":false},"APP":{"userAgent":"Mozilla/5.0 AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko; compatible; ClaudeBot/1.0; +claudebot@anthropic.com)","isDev":false,"isTTM":true,"deviceId":"web-server-community-laohu8-v3","version":"4.22.4","shortVersion":"4.22.4","platform":"web","vendor":"web","appName":"ttm","isIOS":false,"isAndroid":false,"isTiger":false,"isTHS":false,"isWeiXin":false,"isWeiXinMini":false,"isWeiBo":false,"isQQ":false,"isBaiduSwan":false,"isBaiduBox":false,"isDingTalk":false,"isToutiao":false,"isOnePlus":false,"isHuaWei":false,"isXiaomi":false,"isXiaomiWebView":false,"isOppo":false,"isVivo":false,"isSamsung":false,"isMobile":false},"href":"/m/news/2426261187"}