ScamShield is an app developed by Open Government Products in collaboration with the Singapore Police Force and the National Crime Prevention Council.
There were 22,339 scam cases reported between January and June, up from 13,576 cases over the same period in 2022, the police said in a mid-year report, the Straits Times added. Victims lost S$334.5 million in the first half of 2023.
Ms Josephine Teo, Minister for Communications and Information, launched the Cyber Security Agency’s fifth national campaign atcampaign, “The Unseen Enemy”, highlights the unseen yet pervasive nature of cyber threats and scams in our daily lives, and the need for everyone to be vigilant against these threats. A short video was produced to highlight the losses that unseen cybercriminals can inflict.
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